Table 1.
Gender-specific demographic data for nonsurgical cosmetic procedures from The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery procedure surveys from 2005 to 20144–13
| YEAR | TOTAL | FEMALE TOTAL | FEMALE % | MALE TOTAL | MALE % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL PROCEDURES | 2005 | 9,297,730 | 8,525,713 | 91.7 | 772,017 | 8.3 |
| 2006 | 9,533,982 | 8,786,240 | 92.2 | 747,742 | 7.8 | |
| 2007 | 9,621,999 | 8,725,422 | 90.7 | 896,577 | 9.3 | |
| 2008 | 8,491,862 | 7,794,073 | 91.8 | 697,789 | 8.2 | |
| 2009 | 8,522,139 | 7,747,782 | 90.9 | 774,357 | 9.1 | |
| 2010 | 9,336,814 | 8,586,740 | 92.0 | 750,074 | 8.0 | |
| 2011 | 7,555,986 | 6,904,810 | 91.4 | 651,176 | 8.6 | |
| 2012 | 8,416,470 | 7,608,459 | 90.4 | 808,011 | 9.6 | |
| 2013 | 9,536,562 | 8,654,899 | 90.8 | 881,663 | 9.2 | |
| 2014 | 8,898,652 | 7,998,136 | 89.9 | 900,516 | 10.1 | |
| NEUROTOXIN | 2005 | 3,294,782 | 2,990,658 | 90.8 | 304,124 | 9.2 |
| 2006 | 3,181,591 | 2,881,119 | 90.6 | 300,472 | 9.4 | |
| 2007 | 2,775,175 | 2,445,656 | 88.1 | 329,519 | 11.9 | |
| 2008 | 2,464,123 | 2,239,024 | 90.9 | 225,099 | 9.1 | |
| 2009 | 2,557,068 | 2,299,282 | 89.9 | 257,786 | 10.1 | |
| 2010 | 2,437,165 | 2,211,930 | 90.8 | 225,235 | 9.2 | |
| 2011 | 2,619,739 | 2,355,455 | 89.9 | 264,284 | 10.1 | |
| 2012 | 3,257,913 | 2,915,865 | 89.5 | 342,048 | 10.5 | |
| 2013 | 3,766,148 | 3,381,476 | 89.8 | 384,672 | 10.2 | |
| 2014 | 3,588,219 | 3,174,856 | 88.5 | 413,363 | 11.5 | |
| FILLER | 2005 | 1,645,441 | 1,511,305 | 91.8 | 134,136 | 8.2 |
| 2006 | 1,972,131 | 1,868,934 | 94.8 | 103,197 | 5.2 | |
| 2007 | 1,723,478 | 1,610,616 | 93.5 | 112,862 | 6.5 | |
| 2008 | 1,528,829 | 1,444,505 | 94.5 | 84,324 | 5.5 | |
| 2009 | 1,579,897 | 1,461,550 | 92.5 | 118,347 | 7.5 | |
| 2010 | 1,547,679 | 1,457,647 | 94.2 | 90,032 | 5.8 | |
| 2011 | 1,441,703 | 1,336,346 | 92.7 | 105,357 | 7.3 | |
| 2012 | 1,623,346 | 1,497,811 | 92.3 | 125,535 | 7.7 | |
| 2013 | 2,125,506 | 1,964,853 | 92.4 | 160,653 | 7.6 | |
| 2014 | 1,908,993 | 1,751,049 | 91.7 | 157,944 | 8.3 | |
| LASER HAIR REMOVAL | 2005 | 1,566,909 | 1,334,669 | 85.2 | 232,240 | 14.8 |
| 2006 | 1,475,296 | 1,308,739 | 88.7 | 166,557 | 11.3 | |
| 2007 | 1,412,658 | 1,226,974 | 86.9 | 185,684 | 13.1 | |
| 2008 | 1,280,963 | 1,101,255 | 86.0 | 179,708 | 14.0 | |
| 2009 | 1,280,031 | 1,113,996 | 87.0 | 166,035 | 13.0 | |
| 2010 | 936,271 | 817,383 | 87.3 | 118,888 | 12.7 | |
| 2011 | 919,802 | 812,352 | 88.3 | 107,450 | 11.7 | |
| 2012 | 883,893 | 757,489 | 85.7 | 126,404 | 14.3 | |
| 2013 | 901,570 | 773,278 | 85.8 | 128,292 | 14.2 | |
| 2014 | 828,480 | 721,874 | 87.1 | 106,606 | 12.9 | |
| ABLATIVE LASER | 2005 | 475,689 | 432,606 | 90.9 | 43,083 | 9.1 |
| 2006 | 576,512 | 528,061 | 91.6 | 48,451 | 8.4 | |
| 2007 | 509,901 | 479,799 | 94.1 | 30,102 | 5.9 | |
| 2008 | 570,880 | 532,008 | 93.2 | 38,872 | 6.8 | |
| 2009 | 522,319 | 463,339 | 88.7 | 58,980 | 11.3 | |
| 2010 | 562,605 | 518,275 | 92.1 | 44,330 | 7.9 | |
| 2011 | 345,587 | 319,810 | 92.5 | 25,777 | 7.5 | |
| 2012 | 432,496 | 401,915 | 92.9 | 30,581 | 7.1 | |
| 2013 | 359,404 | 334,026 | 92.9 | 25,378 | 7.1 | |
| 2014 | 408,433 | 381,890 | 93.5 | 26,543 | 6.5 | |
| INTESE PULSED LIGHT | 2005 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2007 | 647,707 | 584,530 | 90.2 | 63,177 | 9.8 | |
| 2008 | 526,828 | 479,941 | 91.1 | 46,887 | 8.9 | |
| 2009 | 452,210 | 404,534 | 89.5 | 47,676 | 10.5 | |
| 2010 | 381,480 | 345,545 | 90.6 | 35,935 | 9.4 | |
| 2011 | 439,161 | 396,866 | 90.4 | 42,295 | 9.6 | |
| 2012 | 337,482 | 308,764 | 91.5 | 28,718 | 8.5 | |
| 2013 | 456,613 | 413,186 | 90.5 | 43,427 | 9.5 | |
| 2014 | 370,496 | 318,846 | 86.1 | 51,650 | 13.9 | |
| FRAXEL | 2005 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2007 | 167,351 | 153,954 | 92.0 | 13,397 | 8.0 | |
| 2008 | 110,392 | 103,468 | 93.7 | 6,924 | 6.3 | |
| 2009 | 119,676 | 109,091 | 91.2 | 10,585 | 8.8 | |
| 2010 | 102,016 | 94,003 | 92.1 | 8,013 | 7.9 | |
| 2011 | 100,433 | 92,719 | 92.3 | 7,714 | 7.7 | |
| 2012 | 86,313 | 75,349 | 87.3 | 10,964 | 12.7 | |
| 2013 | 90,801 | 83,490 | 91.9 | 7,311 | 8.1 | |
| 2014 | 84,833 | 75,589 | 89.1 | 9,244 | 10.9 | |
| NONINVASIVE TIGHTENING | 2005 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2006 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2007 | 258,236 | 239,168 | 92.6 | 19,068 | 7.4 | |
| 2008 | 257,995 | 232,594 | 90.2 | 25,401 | 9.8 | |
| 2009 | 275,118 | 264,366 | 96.1 | 10,752 | 3.9 | |
| 2010 | 247,500 | 236,588 | 95.6 | 10,912 | 4.4 | |
| 2011 | 297,795 | 279,549 | 93.9 | 18,246 | 6.1 | |
| 2012 | 350,353 | 318,196 | 90.8 | 32,157 | 9.2 | |
| 2013 | 388,311 | 342,277 | 88.1 | 46,034 | 11.9 | |
| 2014 | 433,671 | 395,581 | 91.2 | 38,090 | 8.8 | |
| SCLEROTHERAPY | 2005 | 554,252 | 548,045 | 98.9 | 6,207 | 1.1 |
| 2006 | 559,284 | 541,291 | 96.8 | 17,993 | 3.2 | |
| 2007 | 471,639 | 467,844 | 99.2 | 3,795 | 0.8 | |
| 2008 | 423,842 | 417,465 | 98.5 | 6,377 | 1.5 | |
| 2009 | 452,924 | 442,015 | 97.6 | 10,909 | 2.4 | |
| 2010 | 444,888 | 434,994 | 97.8 | 9,894 | 2.2 | |
| 2011 | 354,731 | 348,501 | 98.2 | 6,230 | 1.8 | |
| 2012 | 296,501 | 282,229 | 95.2 | 14,272 | 4.8 | |
| 2013 | 375,446 | 367,384 | 97.9 | 8,062 | 2.1 | |
| 2014 | 315,707 | 305,377 | 96.7 | 10,330 | 3.3 | |
| MICRODERMABRASION | 2005 | 1,023,931 | 939,508 | 91.8 | 84,423 | 8.2 |
| 2006 | 993,072 | 921,970 | 92.8 | 71,102 | 7.2 | |
| 2007 | 829,658 | 743,748 | 89.6 | 85,910 | 10.4 | |
| 2008 | 557,131 | 517,307 | 92.9 | 39,824 | 7.1 | |
| 2009 | 621,943 | 565,031 | 90.8 | 56,912 | 9.2 | |
| 2010 | 450,744 | 416,315 | 92.4 | 34,429 | 7.6 | |
| 2011 | 499,427 | 468,466 | 93.8 | 30,961 | 6.2 | |
| 2012 | 498,820 | 454,069 | 91.0 | 44,751 | 9.0 | |
| 2013 | 479,865 | 452,351 | 94.3 | 27,514 | 5.7 | |
| 2014 | 417,034 | 372,218 | 89.3 | 44,816 | 10.7 | |
| CHEMICAL PEELS | 2005 | 556,171 | 533,009 | 95.8 | 23,162 | 4.2 |
| 2006 | 558,430 | 530,147 | 94.9 | 28,283 | 5.1 | |
| 2007 | 575,081 | 536,044 | 93.2 | 39,037 | 6.8 | |
| 2008 | 591,808 | 554,492 | 93.7 | 37,316 | 6.3 | |
| 2009 | 528,285 | 492,335 | 93.2 | 35,950 | 6.8 | |
| 2010 | 493,806 | 469,570 | 95.1 | 24,236 | 4.9 | |
| 2011 | 384,222 | 360,313 | 93.8 | 23,909 | 6.2 | |
| 2012 | 443,824 | 418,774 | 94.4 | 25,050 | 5.6 | |
| 2013 | 444,268 | 412,870 | 92.9 | 31,398 | 7.1 | |
| 2014 | 484,053 | 452,872 | 93.6 | 31,181 | 6.4 |