Numbers of Plastic Surgery procedures increases as Economy improves

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released their statistics for 2010 yesterday.  The overall number of cosmetic procedures increased 5 % in 2010.  This may represent some pent-up demand as patients return who had put off cosmetic work when the economy was so unstable.  Reconstructive procedures also increased 2% in 2010 with breast reconstruction up 8% !  This puts breast reconstruction into the top five reconstructive procedures for the first time .  The other top reconstructive procedures were (1) tumor removal (2)laceration repair (3)scar revision and (4) hand surgery.  Good news !  Hopefully this means that our work to get the word out to patients  undergoing mastectomies about their reconstructive options is working!