Ten billion

4 May 2010 - The year 2009 will be remembered for the financial tsunami, which started in the United States. Thousands of people got laid off or could no longer afford their mortgage payment. Yet, figures were recently published that USD 10 billion is the approximate amount Americans spent in 2009 on plastic surgery  procedures. The top five procedures were breast augmentation, nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, liposuction and "tummy tuck". So Americans may be poor, at least they look beautiful (they think).