Life in Plastic: Florida Is Most Obsessed With Plastic Surgery

Fact Checked by Nate Hamilton

November 15th is BOTOX day across the country, and Floridians couldn’t be more excited. According to research conducted by FloridaBet.com, your home for Florida sports betting news and updates, residents of the Sunshine State are the most plastic surgery-obsessed in America. 

Using Google Trends, we found that over 12 months beginning on November 8th, 2022, the relative search volume for popular plastic surgery procedures amongst all U.S. states was the highest in Florida. After analyzing search terms including “botox", “rhinoplasty,” “liposuction,” “lip fillers,” “abdominoplasty,” and “breast augmentation,” it is clear that no one in America is googling plastic surgery more than the people in Florida. 

Most Searched Plastic Surgeries in Florida

ProcedureSearch Volume
Botox84
Rhinoplasty24
Abdominoplasty27
Breast Augmentation23
Lip fillers6

States Searching Plastic Surgery the Most

RANKSTATEAVERAGE SEARCH VOLUME
1Florida86.33333
2California81.66667
3Utah81.16667
4Nevada80.83333
5Arizona79.83333
6Texas79.33333
7New York76.16667
8Louisiana74
9New Mexico69.66667
10Georgia68.83333
11New Jersey68.83333
12Mississippi68.33333
13Idaho68
14Rhode Island67.66667
15Oklahoma67
16Alabama66.66667
17Tennessee66.66667
18Arkansas65.5
19South Carolina65.5
20Hawaii65
21Colorado64.83333
22Connecticut64.16667
23Illinois63.33333
24Kentucky63.16667
25Oregon61.83333
26District of Columbia61.66667
27Delaware61.16667
28Washington61.16667
29Massachusetts60.83333
30Maryland60
31Nebraska59.33333
32Alaska58.5
33West Virginia58
34Kansas57.66667
35Missouri57.5
36North Carolina57.5
37Michigan55.5
38Pennsylvania55
39North Dakota54.83333
40Virginia54.83333
41New Hampshire54.66667
42Ohio54
43Indiana53.83333
44Minnesota53.33333
45Montana52.83333
46South Dakota52.5
47Wyoming51.5
48Iowa50.33333
49Wisconsin49.16667
50Maine46.5
51Vermont42.5

How It Breaks Down

Amongst the procedures we looked at, Botox is by far the most popular search term — possibly due to the effectiveness of branding campaigns like National Botox Day. According to AbbVie, the pharmaceutical giant behind Botox, half a million treatments were prompted by National Botox Day last year.

After Botox, abdominoplasty is the most googled plastic surgery. Commonly known as a “tummy tuck,” the procedure is meant to tighten the stomach area and remove excess skin and fat. Not to be confused with a gastric bypass, in which you have your “stomach stapled,” an abdominoplasty is most often performed following a significant weight loss, after pregnancy, or just to reduce the natural tummy “sag” associated with aging.

The next most commonly searched for plastic surgeries are the “nose job” and “boob job” — AKA rhinoplasty and breast augmentation, respectively. Finally, lip fillers is the fifth most popular procedure according to our research experiment.

While many have a glib view of medical cosmetic treatments, Florida residents need not be ashamed of their position as the American state most obsessed with plastic surgery. Attitudes are changing quickly, and according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, over 4 million people receive Botox treatments each year.

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Author

Jeff Parker is an entertainment writer for FloridaBet.com. A writer for film, television and the internet, Jeff is a life long movie buff, with a Masters Degree in Popular Culture. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he works full time as documentary filmmaker and producer.

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