They report an increase in cosmetic surgeries worldwide

The International Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) released the results of its annual global survey on aesthetic/cosmetic procedures this week at the ISAPS Olympiad Athens World Congress 2023, which brought together more than 1,000 attendees from 90 countries to discuss the latest scientific research. , innovations and techniques to improve patient safety in aesthetic plastic surgery.

The report shows an overall increase of 11.2% in procedures performed by plastic surgeons in 2022 with more than 14.9 million surgical procedures and 18.8 million non-surgical procedures performed worldwide.

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The report shows a continued increase in cosmetic surgery with an increase of 41.3% in the last four years.

Both surgical and non-surgical procedures showed increases since the last survey (16.7% and 7.2%, respectively), with a significant increase of 57.8% in non-surgical procedures in the last four years.

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Liposuction was the most frequent surgical procedure in 2022 as in 2021, with more than 2.3 million procedures and an increase of 21.1%. The top five surgical procedures were liposuction, breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, tummy tuck, and breast lift replacing rhinoplasty in the top five. The most popular non-surgical procedures are botulinum toxin, hyaluronic acid, hair removal, chemical skin, and non-surgical fat reduction. Chemical skin enters the top five, replacing non-surgical skin tightening.

He Breast augmentation remains the most common surgical procedure for women, with 2.2 million procedures and a significant 29% increase compared to 2021. All breast procedures show remarkable growth over the previous year, with more than 4.4 million breast procedures and an increase of 25%.

Buttock Augmentation shows the largest increase in surgical procedures, with 820,762 practices performed and an increase of 56.8%. Overall, body and extremity procedures increased 25.3%. Face and head procedures remain the most popular, although only with a slight increase of 4.3% due to a slight decrease in the most common procedures: eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, and lip enhancement/perioral procedure. Eyelid surgery is replaced by liposuction as the most popular surgical procedure among men.