ArticlePlastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open2024
Using Microeconomic Spending Traits to Inform Trends in Utilization of Cosmetic Procedures by Race and Ethnicity.
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- Psychological Disorder and Patient Satisfaction in Aesthetic Surgery-A Systematic Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Pooled it
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Abstract
Background: Cosmetic plastic surgery in the United States is underutilized by African American and Hispanic populations compared with their White and Asian counterparts. This study evaluated whether microeconomic spending traits as a representation of financial stability can inform trends in cosmetic procedure volumes by racial group. Methods: Annual volumes for the top five cosmetic surgical and cosmetic minimally invasive procedures by racial/ethnic group from 2012 to 2020 were collected from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons' annual reports. Factor analysis was used to calculate inflexible and flexible consumer spending by racial/ethnic groupings from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics' consumer expenditure data. All four factors were calculated across US Bureau of Labor Statistics-defined racial/ethnic groupings and standardized so they could be interpreted relative to each other. Results: Compared with the other groupings, the White/Asian/other grouping spent significantly more on average for inflexible consumer spending ( Conclusions: This study demonstrates that inflexible and flexible consumer spending follow trends in utilization of cosmetic surgical and minimally invasive procedures by racial/ethnic groups. These microeconomic spending inequities may help further contextualize the racial/ethnic variation in access to cosmetic surgery.
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