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The editors at Best MBA Programs decided to research the topic of: The Business of Body Enhancement Recently, it seems your greatest imperfections can be magically fixed by a pill or scalpel. More and more Americans are OK losing cash in their wallet, for a gain in cup size or a rise in their pants. Viagra

- Price of a single Viagra pill in the U.S.: $9-$10

- $1.9 billion in worldwide sales in 2009

- In the first 10 years of sales, 30+ million men in 120 countries have been prescribed Viagra

- 48% of men suffer at least 1 side effect while using Viagra

- Only 1% of men stop using it due to side effects

- Average duration of erection with a placebo and 20 minutes of sex videos, among men with erectile dysfunction:

- 3.6 seconds

- Average duration of erection with 100 mg of Viagra and 20 minutes of sex videos, among men with erectile dysfunction:

- 1 minute

- That is $10 for 56.4 extra seconds

- Or about 18 cents per second

- In August 2011, Pfizer won a patent infringement case

- Gaining 7 more years of exclusive rights to Viagra

- Saving Pfizer $1 billion in U.S. annual sales Cosmetic Plastic Surgery

- 2009 - 2010: average American income fell 0.6% to $62,481

- Americans compensated for the recession by spending:

- 3.8% less on food

- 2% less on housing

- 1.4% less on clothes

- 7% less on entertainment

- At the same time spending:

- 1.3% more on breast augmentation

- 5.1% more on lipo

- 8.1% more on eyelid surgery

- 24.4% more on butt lifts

- 13,828,726 total cosmetic surgeries in the U.S. in 2011

- 5% increase from 2010

- 87% increase from 2000

- Annual salary for plastic surgeons: $275,000-$499,656

- 10-year job growth: 24.4%

- Nearly 1/3 of cosmetic-surgery patients make less than $30,000 a year

- About 70% make less than $60,000

- Women accounted for 91% of all cosmetic procedures in 2009

- In 2010, there were 1.2 million male cosmetic patients

- up 2% from 2009 Breast Implants

- Approximately 5-10 million women worldwide have breast implants

- $3,388: national average surgeon/physician fee for breast augmentation in 2011

- $1+ billion total spent on breast augmentation in 2011 alone

- 4% increase in breast augmentation from 2010 to 2011

- That's nearly 11,000 more surgeries Nose Job

- Nearly 1/4 million nose jobs in 2011

- -3% from 2010

- -37% from 2000 Butt Implants

- 1,149 butt implants in 2011

- 43% increase from 2010

- No data from 2000! Minimally Invasive Procedures

- There were over 13 million total cosmetic surgeries in 2011

- 89% of those were minimally invasive procedures

- Botulinum Toxin Type A (Botox, Dysport) has seen a 621% increase since 2000 Does Surgery Make You Happy?

- 92.2% of patients considered their appearance as good as they expected or better

- 81.4 % were more satisfied with their overall appearance

- Little or no improvement was seen in self-esteem and mental health



