Breast Reduction Statistics

There seems to be many sources of statistics, but none of them appear to be comprehensive.

I did find numbers reported by The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) that placed breast reduction surgery in the top five surgical procedures.

ASAPS report that the number of surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures in the United States increased by 20 percent in 2003 to a total of nearly 8.3 million. The number of surgical procedures increased 12 percent from 2002.

The five most popular surgical cosmetic procedures in 2003 were: liposuction (384,626); breast augmentation (280,401); eyelid surgery (267,627); rhinoplasty (172,420); and female breast reduction (147,173). Breast reduction may be covered by insurance, depending on terms of the policy and individual patient factors.