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April 23, 2012
There was a time when men were allowed to age
gracefully and CEOs had grey hair. Now men are competing with
20-something entrepreneurs like Mark Zuckerberg and trying to live up to the
“six pack” ideal of male attractiveness and masculinity.
So, while women have been undergoing minimally
invasive cosmetic treatments, such as Botox
and Restylane, men have stepped up to the plate, choosing surgical options. In
an effort to get rid of “love handles” and other abdominal fat, more than
41,000 men underwent lipoplasty in 2011, representing a 14 percent increase
from the past year, according to the American
Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), reporting to the Los Angeles
Times.
The LA Times interviewed
Stephen, an Orange County lipoplasty patient who typifies that trend. “I
couldn’t get rid of the fat. I tried diets. I walked five days a week and
worked out three, but it just accumulated and I couldn’t get rid of it.”
Stephen was embarrassed to wear a T-shirt for five years because it showed his
fatty abdomen and chest.
Eyelid Surgery in men is also on the
rise. ASAPS reports that 23,000 eyelid surgeries were performed in men in 2011,
representing a 6 percent increase over last year. A Beverly Hills plastic
surgeons believes that eyelid and abdominal surgery are so popular “because the
eyelids and midsection are among the first parts of the body to show signs of
age and among the most difficult to remedy without surgery.”
A Utah plastic surgeon
tells the LA Times that plastic surgery in men is becoming much more
acceptable. In the past patients would hide for 8 weeks after surgery; “Now you
have your surgery in the morning and in the afternoon you’re talking to your
friends.”
Whether you’re male or
female, a huge portion of the U.S. population is aging. This may be the largest
factor in driving the male plastic surgery trend. According to the 2011
International Study of Aesthetic/Cosmetic Surgery Procedures, “people ages
35 to 64 account for 71 percent of all cosmetic procedures in the U.S.,
the country with the largest number of cosmetic procedures performed.”
The bottom line is that in
2011, 9 percent of surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures in the
U.S. were performed in men, representing a 121 percent increase since 1997.
