Lip injections are having a major moment right now: More people than ever are going under the needle for a plumper, perkier set of lips. According to data on cosmetic procedures, the trend is not just confined to the most obvious locations (i.e. Los Angeles or New York) — interest in lip augmentation across the nation is surging. So much so that the city with the largest swell in lip injections may surprise you.
A recent data analysis from RealSelf, which keeps its finger on the pulse of data and trends in plastic surgery, found the city with the highest interest in lip injections is…Phoenix? Yep. The city had was over 30 percent more interested in the procedure than the national average, topping the interest in Los Angeles. (29 percent) and San Diego (26 percent).
Intrigue over lip injections keeps growing, says the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Case in point: A record number of people underwent lip augmentation procedures in 2015 (which, in what's probably not a coincidence, also happens to be the same year Kylie Jenner started talking about the procedure).
The following year, the number of lip augmentation procedures rose 4 percent and injectable fillers (a category that includes lip injections) jumped 2 percent, according to the most recent data.
While the report doesn't explore why certain cities might be more interested in a certain procedure than others, it also revealed some other intriguing trends about which procedures are popping up more and more, and which cities have below average interest. Breast augmentation is apparently super popular in Salt Lake City (almost 50 percent higher than the national average), while women in New York aren't interested (27 percent below average).
Interest in "cosmetic toxins," a.k.a. Botox or Dysport, is high in San Diego and Phoenix, but also surprisingly in Denver, too. (Interest on the ski slopes is 21 percent above the national average.) Non-surgical fat reduction (think: CoolSculpting) meanwhile, is super-hot in Cincinnati and both Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia. Go figure.
The biggest takeaway from the RealSelf report, though, is that people across the country — not just in major coastal cities — are interested in going under the needle or knife. Looks like the rise in plastic surgery procedures won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
For more on lip injections:
- How Lip Injections Completely Changed the Way I Do My Makeup
- The Secret Downside of Lip Injections
- Here’s Why You Should Never Go For Bargain Lip Fillers
Now, watch as a dermatologist explains lip injections:
