A recent study has found that a majority of US women aged below 50 years have remained involved in getting cosmetic beauty-enhancing treatments, in spite of the poor economic conditions that have prevailing in the world.

The study surveyed more than 1,000 women this month and found that 63% of the women aged between 18 and 34 years and a 73% between 35 and 49, accepted that they have been planning on undergoing age-camouflaging procedures.

Out of those 63% women in the first age category, 44% preferred Botox as it is governed by syringe for the smoothening of frown line. The survey was conducted by E-Poll Market Research in collaboration with cable television network Oxygen Media.

"Interest in plastic surgery remains very strong, despite the economy," said Dr. Gilbert Lee, a San Diego-based plastic surgeon.

The data provided by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons has suggested the preference for Botox treatment surged by 8% in the United States in 2008, while the choices for liposuction, facelifts and breast augmentations reduced remarkably.

The study has also suggested that although the beautification procedure is mostly opted by women, yet 70% of the women aged between 18 and 34 years opined that it is equally acceptable for men as well.