This breast implant will likely have to come out, by the way. Image: FDA

Boob Jobs, Butt Lifts & Botox Grow Despite Real Risks

Ruptured implants, deadly fat injections and the threat of disease haven’t slowed the rise in cosmetic surgery, new numbers show.

Breast augmentations remain hugely popular — though removals are growing at a faster rate. Neither are burgeoning at the pace of “buttock augmentation with fat grafting.” Meanwhile, the number of Botox treatments continues to swell.

Those are just some highlights from the latest annual report issued this week by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), detailing how Americans spend more than $16 billion a year on the never-ending quest to look better by nipping, tucking, stabbing, sucking and stuffing fat into their bodies. We’ll get to the considerable risks of these cosmetic procedures below. But first, let’s do the numbers:

By far, the two fastest-growing surgical cosmetic procedures in 2018 compared to 2017 were:

• Buttock augmentation with fat grafting: Up 19 percent to 24,099
• Hair Transplant: Up 18 percent to 23,658