--- title: Plastic Surgery Trends 2013: Botox, Breast & Butt Augmentation description: 2013 was a good year for butt augmentation and neck lifts canonical: https://time.com/10334/here-are-the-most-popular-plastic-surgery-procedures-in-three-charts/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-26T23:06:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:08:37.735Z article:section: Health og:title: Plastic Surgery Trends 2013: Botox, Breast & Butt Augmentation og:description: 2013 was a good year for butt augmentation and neck lifts og:url: https://time.com/10334/here-are-the-most-popular-plastic-surgery-procedures-in-three-charts/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f338ff795f33a59/6986835cd0b6f23b0930305c/462580019.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1498 og:image:height: 843 og:image:alt: plastic surgery og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Plastic Surgery Trends 2013: Botox, Breast & Butt Augmentation twitter:description: 2013 was a good year for butt augmentation and neck lifts twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4f338ff795f33a59/6986835cd0b6f23b0930305c/462580019.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Here Are the Most Popular Plastic Surgery Procedures In Three Charts > Sponsored content. 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For instance, breast implants remain the top cosmetic surgical procedure and Botox remained the top minimally invasive procedure. Interestingly, the procedures that are gaining popularity are buttock augmentation and neck lifts. Below are some of the most popular procedures Americans are going under the knife for. Clive Goodman, a former editor at the now-defunct tabloid News of the World, admitted to hacking Kate Middleton's phone no less than 155 times, and intercepting the phones of Prince William and Prince Harry dozens of times American Society of Plastic Surgeons The latest wildfire that broke out in Carlsbad on Wednesday is one of several fires dotting Southern California. At least 30 homes were engulfed in flames, causing of thousands of evacuations, including from Legoland, the popular amusement park American Society of Plastic Surgeons Gloria Allred is a feminist lawyer and partner in the Los Angeles Law Firm of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg. 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