DID YOU KNOW?

• Most women have one breast larger than the other.
• Breast Augmentation is continually the most popular plastic surgery procedure in the U.S.
• Close to 300,000 women had breast augmentation last year, up 2% from the previous year.
• In the past year, up to 90,000 women have had a breast lift.
• 30-39 year olds make up the highest number of breast implant patients.
• Women over 40 get the highest number of breast lifts.
• Equally as many women over 40, have had a breast augmentation, as women in their 20’s.
• Breast implants, whether saline or silicone, do not interfere with breast feeding.
• The FDA approves cosmetic breast augmentation, with saline implants, for women above
• the age of 18; with silicone implants the approved age is 22. There is no age limit on implants for reconstructive reasons.

*Source for the above: American Society of Plastic Surgery’s 2010 Plastic Surgery Statistics http://www.plasticsurgery.org/News-and-Resources/2010-Statistics.html