Plastic surgery seems to make people look about 8.9 years younger than their actual age, researchers from the University of Toronto
Jeremy P. Warner, M.D., and team set out to determine how much younger esthetic facial surgical procedures made people look, in order to measure surgical success. They gathered data on 60 patients who had all undergone facial plastic surgeries. They were aged between 45 and 72 years. The patients were divided into three groups:
- Face and neck lift group
- Face and neck lift and eyelid work (blepharoplasty) group
- Eyelid work, and face, neck and forehead lifts
Forty medical students were asked to guess the age of people shown to them in photographs. They looked at pictures of patients before and after surgery.
The researchers found that:
Photographs taken before surgery - students guessed they were 1.7 years younger than they actually were (average)
Photographs taken after surgery - overall (all three groups), students guessed they were 8.9 years younger than they actually were
Face and neck lift group - 5.7 year change in perceived age
Face and neck lift and eyelid work - 7.5 years change in perceived age
Eyelid work, and face, neck and forehead lifts - 8.5 year change in perceived age
The medical students were fairly similar in how they perceived people's ages.
The authors explained that their study differs from previous ones in that it quantified how much younger the medical students thought the people in the photographs were after undergoing surgery. They added that the more facial surgeries people do, the younger their perceived age becomes.
The authors wrote:” This effect is more substantial when the number of surgical procedures is increased, an effect unrelated to the preoperative age of a patient and unaffected by other variables that we investigated. The ability to perceive age correctly is accurate and consistent."
(Source- Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery)
Here is the cost of Plastic Surgery in US
Actual Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery Prices
The following table gives an estimate of the total average cost including all the costs outlined earlier for some of the most popular cosmetic surgery procedures.
The next table gives you the 2010 US
The last table below gives you the 2010 cost by region.
Procedures Average Total Cost
Breast Augmentation $6,000
Breast Lift $5,200
Breast Reduction $5,200
Eyelid Surgery $4,000
Facelift $8,500
Liposuction (one area) $4,000
Male Breast Reduction $5,200
Rhinoplasty $5,000
Tummy Tuck $6,400
National Average Plastic Surgery Cost per Procedure 2010
Surgeon/physician fees only. This does not include costs for surgical facility, anesthesia, medical tests, prescriptions, surgical garments or other miscellaneous fees related to surgery given earlier in this article. Data taken from ASAPS (American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) and ASPS (American Society of Plastic Surgeons)
Procedures Surgeon Fee(ASAPS) Surgeon Fee(ASPS)
Autologous Fat (injectable) $1,763 $1,700
Botox $398 $375
Breast Implant Removal no data $2,288
Breast Augmentation (Implants) $3,600* $3,351
Breast Lift $4,401 $4,207
Breast Reduction in Men $3,377 $3,013
Buttock Augmentation (Implants) $4,459 $4,500
Buttock Lift $4,950 $4,379
Cheek Implants $2,732 $2,739
Chemical Peel $679 $706
Chin Augmentation $2,239 $2,000
Collagen, Bovine Injections $473 $475
Dermabrasion no data $1,200
Ear Surgery (Otoplasty) $3,048 $3,054
Eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) $2,912 $2,828
Facelift $6,629 $6,231
Forehead Lift $3,173 $3,161
Hair Transplantation no data $4,676
Hyaluronic Acid (Juvederm) $558 $547
IPL Laser Treatment $384 $470
Laser Hair Removal $314 $383
Laser Skin resurfacing (ablative) $2,232 $2,040
Laser Skin resurfacing (non-ablative) $952 $1,156
Laser Treatment of Leg Veins $351 $404
Lip Augmentation (surgical) $2,022 $1,683
Liposuction $2,914 $2,884
Lower Body Lift $7,904 $7,247
Microdermabrasion $123 $146
Polylactic Acid (Sculptra) $897 $940
Polymethyl Methacrylate (Artefill) no data $1,099
Rhinoplasty $4,314 $4,306
Sclerotherapy $344 $354
Thigh Lift $4,882 $4,507
Tummy Tuck (abdominoplasty) $5,332 $5,130
Upper Arm Lift $4,070 $3,729
Vaginal Rejuvenation no data no data
The cost of plastic surgery is dependent on a few factors, cost for the actual procedure, amount of work involved, medications, anesthesia, medical tests, surgical garments or other miscellaneous fees related to the surgery.
