News » Liposuction figures on the increase
According to figures released by the British Association of Aesthetic
Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), nearly 4,000 liposuction procedures were
carried out in 2006, an increase of nearly 90% on the previous year.
The figures revealed that liposuction had now gone from being the eighth most popular procedure in 2005 to the third most popular procedure in 2006.
The most popular procedure remained breast surgery, followed by eyelid surgery.
The figures revealed that BAAPS surgeons carried out 28,921 last year, an increase of nearly a third on 2005's figures.
The majority of cosmetic surgery was carried out on women (92%), with the top procedure being breast augmentation, with more 6,156 operations being carried out.
Rhinoplasty - nose jobs - remained the top choice for men, with 525 operations carried out by BAAPS members.
The figures also showed that anti-ageing procedures (facelifts, eyelid surgery and brow lifts) were continuing to increase in popularity, rising by 44%, 48% and 50% respectively.
However, the number of ear correction operations fell by a fifth in 2006.
The top surgical procedures for men and women in 2006 were:
The figures revealed that liposuction had now gone from being the eighth most popular procedure in 2005 to the third most popular procedure in 2006.
The most popular procedure remained breast surgery, followed by eyelid surgery.
The figures revealed that BAAPS surgeons carried out 28,921 last year, an increase of nearly a third on 2005's figures.
The majority of cosmetic surgery was carried out on women (92%), with the top procedure being breast augmentation, with more 6,156 operations being carried out.
Rhinoplasty - nose jobs - remained the top choice for men, with 525 operations carried out by BAAPS members.
The figures also showed that anti-ageing procedures (facelifts, eyelid surgery and brow lifts) were continuing to increase in popularity, rising by 44%, 48% and 50% respectively.
However, the number of ear correction operations fell by a fifth in 2006.
The top surgical procedures for men and women in 2006 were:
- Breast augmentation - 6,156 (up 9% from 2005)
- Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) - 5,065 (up 48%)
- Liposuction - 3,986 (up 90%)
- Face/neck lift - 3,281 (up 44%)
- Breast reduction - 3,219 (up 19%)
- Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) - 2,743 (47%)
- Rhinoplasty (nose jobs) - 2,678 (up 18%)
- Otoplasty (ear correction) - 943 (down 20%)
- Brow lifts - 868 (up 50%)