Australia has just made it into the list of the world’s Top 25 countries for plastic surgeons and procedures, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS).
Australia was ranked 21st in the Institute’s Biennial Global Survey list of countries with the most surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures in 2009.
ISAPS president Foad Nahai (pictured) said the Survey of plastic surgeons and procedures reveals a new hierarchy of countries with the most surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures.
“While the United States continues its dominance in the field, countries not always associated with plastic surgery are emerging as major centres,” he said.
The top 25 countries and regions were:
1. United States
2. China
3. Brazil
4. India
5. Mexico
6. Japan
7. South Korea
8. Germany
9. Turkey
10. Spain
11. Argentina
12. Russia
13. Italy
14. France
15. Canada
16. Taiwan
17. United Kingdom
18. Colombia
19. Greece
20. Thailand
21. Australia
22. Venezuela
23. Saudi Arabia
24. Netherlands
25. Portugal
The survey also revealed that liposuction is now the world’s most popular plastic surgery procedure representing 18.8 percent of all procedures, followed by breast augmentation at 17 percent, blepharoplasty (upper or lower eyelid lift) at 13.5 percent, rhinoplasty at 9.4 percent and abdominoplasty (‘tummy tuck’) at 7.3 percent.
In addition the survey showed that the number of non-surgical procedures performed by plastic surgeons has topped surgical procedures for the first time.
The top five non surgical procedures were: toxins or neuromodulators injections (Botox, Dysport) (32.7 percent), hyaluronic acid injections (20.1 percent), laser hair removal (13.1 percent), autologous fat injections (5.9 percent) and IP Laser treatment (4.4 percent).
According to the survey, the total number of surgical procedures performed in 2009 is projected to be 8,536,379 while the number of non-surgical procedures is estimated at 8,759,187 – bringing the combined worldwide total of surgical and non- surgical procedures performed by board certified plastic surgeons to17,295,557.
In Australia the number of surgical procedures performed by board-certified plastic surgeons in 2009 was 62,300 while the number of non-surgical procedures performed by board-certified plastic surgeons was 67,900 – a total of 130,200 procedures.