I'm Always Looking on the Bright Side and the Backside

I've written about the breast implant indicator before, which says that cosmetic surgeries like breast implants decrease during bad economic times.

2009 was a rough year for boob jobs, but breast augmentation beat out liposuction as the most popular surgical procedure for the second year in a row. Breast augmentations numbered 311,957 last year, down 12% from 2008; liposuctions numbered 283,735, down 17%.



Two surgeries are surging in popularity. Buttock lifts, which involve reshaping of the bottom, increased 25% to 3,024 procedures, and buttock augmentations increased 37%, to 4,996.