Interesting insights form the ASAPS 2015 Statistics on Cosmetic Surgery:
Americans spent more than 13.5 billion on combined surgical and nonsurgical procedures in 2015.
Nonsurgical procedures are up 22% with, and combined surgical and nonsurgical procedures are up 20% compared to last year’s data.
Cosmetic procedures have increased by 39% over the past five years (from 2011) with surgical procedures up 17% and nonsurgical procedures up 44%!
Among the procedures with the most significant increases between 2014 and 2015 are Nonsurgical Skin Tightening (up 58%) and Tattoo Removal (up 39%).
While practice revenues in 2015 remained on par with previous years, over 80% of respondents expect practice revenues to increase in 2016. In addition, 74% believe profit margins will also rise in the coming year.
Read Part I of this new article on the history of tattoos and tattoo regrets: “Women are the ones who show up at tattoo removal clinics and tend to go through with it. Men may not like their tattoos either, but a lot of them don’t follow through with the decision-making to have it done.”
