Latest research by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has come to a surprising conclusion a persons’ level of body satisfaction has little influence on their decision to go ahead with cosmetic surgery.

Data from the study shows that the majority of people who elect to have plastic surgery have a normal level of body satisfaction and don’t, as was previously commonly thought, have low levels of self-esteem.

The study followed a range of 52,000 men and women. It’s main aim was to study two factors how attractive they felt and their level of comfort when in swim-wear. With the exception of liposuction, the overall body satisfaction was around the same for those who were considering cosmetic surgery as those who were not contemplating going under the knife. Liposuction was the only surgery where patients reported a lower body satisfaction than people who had not undergone surgery.

The data also showed how acceptable cosmetic surgery has become with 48%of women and 23% of men claiming they were interested in cosmetic surgery. Just under 11 million cosmetic surgery procedures were carried out last year in America alone according to the ASPS. Women accounted for the majority of procedures, accounting for 90% of the total with 9.9 million procedures, with men having 1.1 million operations just 10% of the total.