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The Most Popular Cosmetic Surgeries
What’s most asked for right now?

Janet Youtt

• Liposuction, a surgical technique that removes unwanted fat from the body by sucking it out through a tube attached to a vacuum.
• Breast enlargement, or augmentation, in which fluid- or gel-filled implants are inserted between breast tissue and the chest wall.
• Eyelid surgery, which corrects drooping upper eyelids and puffy bags below the eyes.
• Facelift, medically called rhytidectomy, which creates a more youthful contour of primarily the cheeks and neck by removing excess skin and fat; tightening the underlying muscle and connective tissue; and pulling tight the remaining skin.
• Tummy tucks, medically called abdominoplasty, which can require an overnight hospital stay after doctors remove excess skin and fat from the middle and lower abdomen, and tigten abdominal muscles. A partial abdominoplasty is a less extensive procedure in which fat is removed only from below the navel.

Source: American Society of Plastic Surgeons