According to American Society of Plastic Surgeons Briefing paper:

• In 2010, more than 3.2 million cosmetic surgery procedures were performed on ethnic people.

• This indicates an increase of 243% since 2000.

• 25% of all plastic surgery patients were ethnic.

• The number of men is almost equal to the number of ethnic women going for plastic surgery.

Do you wonder what brought this change in the behavior of ethnic people towards plastic surgery? Ethnic people have some goals and destinations in mind when they choose plastic surgery methods. These goals are more or less same as to those of Americans or Europeans. They want to change their appearance. Some of them do not like one or more of the body parts, others simply want to reverse signs of aging.

Mainstream media and celebrities played a pivotal role in introducing and making plastic surgery popular among ethnic people. Most of the ethnic people who come for any plastic surgery method are impressed of one or other celebrity. Moreover, with increased media coverage awareness is increasing among common people. Social media and internet has also played their part.

Apart from this, there are several other factors that have triggered this boom in the adoption of plastic surgery by ethnic people. Reduced costs have pursued many ethnic people to opt this once very expensive process. Advanced technology and more sophisticated tools have also convinced ethnic people to go for plastic surgery.

Common Plastic Surgery Procedures in Ethnic People:

Generally, three main ethnic categories are living in America: Hispanic, African and Asian.

Hispanic Americans:

• In 2010, Hispanics had 1.5 million cosmetic surgery procedures.

• This indicates that Hispanics lead all other ethnic groups in having plastic surgery procedures.

• Out of 13.1million plastic surgery cases reported in 2010, 11% were reported to be conducted on Hispanics.

• Most commonly requested surgical processes include nose reshaping, breast augmentation and liposuction.

• Most common minimal invasive processes requested by Hispanics include Botox, chemical peels and injectable fillers.

African Americans:

• African Americans are reported to have more than one million plastic surgery procedures in 2010.

• They made up 8% of the total plastic surgery options of 2010.

• Most commonly requested surgical processes are nose surgery, breast augmentation and liposuction.

• Most commonly requested less invasive procedures include Botox, chemical peels and injectable fillers.

Asian Americans:

• Asian Americans are reported to have 761,000 cosmetic surgery procedures in 2010.

• They made up to 6% of all cosmetic surgery procedures.

• Most common plastic surgeries requested by the Asians include nose reshaping, eyelid surgery and liposuction.

• Most commonly requested minimally invasive surgeries include Botox, injectable fillers and chemical peels.

Role of the Plastic Surgeon:

Ethnic people are more prone to have side effects or scars after plastic surgery. Some of the scars might fade away with time, others remain there permanently. This is due to the presence of the melanin, a skin pigment. In order to get complete look and most out of the surgery, ethnic people must make sure that the doctor they choose is qualified experienced and is accredited by American Society of Plastic Surgeons.