Total surgical and non-surgical procedures increased by 3.4% in 2023, up to 34.9 million.
MOUNT ROYAL, NJ, June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) released the results of its annual global survey of aesthetic/cosmetic surgery this week at the ISAPS World Congress in Cartagena, showing a greater 5.5% increase in surgical procedures, with more than 15.8 million procedures performed by plastic surgeons and 19.1 non-surgical procedures. In the last four years, the total increase is 40%.
Aesthetic processes
Liposuction was the most common surgical procedure in 2023 as it was in 2022, with more than 2.2 million, followed by breast augmentation, eyelid surgery, abdominoplasty, and rhinoplasty. The most popular non-surgical procedures were botulinum toxin, hyaluronic acid, hair removal, non-surgical skin tightening and non-surgical fat reduction.
All face and head procedures showed significant growth from the previous year, with more than 6.5 million procedures and an increase of 19.6%. The top procedures were eyelids with more than 1.7 million and a 24% increase, rhinoplasty with 1.1 million procedures and a 21.6% increase, and lip augmentation/perioral procedures with 0.9 million and a 29% increase. There were 4.1 million breast procedures (-5%) and 5.1 million body and limb procedures (-0.4%).
Liposuction became the most common surgery for women replacing breast augmentation, with 1.8 million procedures and a significant increase of 29% compared to 2021. Blepharoplasty was the most popular surgery for men, replacing liposuction.
Most breast augmentations (53.7% of total) and rhinoplasty (65.8%) were performed in 18-34 year olds, while botulism injections were most popular among 35-50 year olds (49% of total) .
Botulinum toxin remained the most common non-surgical procedure for both men and women and across all age groups, with 8.8 million procedures performed by plastic surgeons worldwide. In second place, hyaluronic acid procedures increased by 29% to 5.5 million.
Commenting on the global results, Dr. Gianluca CampiglioGlobal Survey Editor and plastic surgeon at Italy he said, “Although 85.5% of the total number of cosmetic procedures are performed on women, procedures on men have seen a greater increase, mainly due to an 18% increase in face and head surgery.“
The US performed the most procedures with over 6.1 million, followed by Brazil with 3.3 million
For a copy of the detailed survey results, visit https://www.isaps.org/discover/media-centre/
For media inquiries, please contact: media@isaps.org.
SOURCE INTL COSMETIC PLASTIC SURGERY SOCIETY
