Plastic surgery rates continue to rise in the UK
Male tummy tuck operations up 15% in 2011 alone
Although UK consumers may be tightening their belts in a financial sense, the fact that their waistlines are growing in an actual sense means that the uptake for procedures such as tummy tucks and so on is higher than ever.
According to audit figures from the British Association for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), it has been revealed that the number of surgical procedures in 2011 showed a rise of 5.8% on 2010, to total 43,069. The most impressive statistics were recorded in the area of male tummy tucks which grew by 15%.
Male aesthetic surgery seems now accounts for 10% of all surgical procedures carried out in the UK, a growth of 5.6%, while women’s procedures also grew by 5.8% overall.
Breast augmentations have maintained a constant growth of 6.2%, continuing to hold their place as the most popular procedure of all, with numbers nearly twice as high as the next most popular surgery.
Rajiv Grover, consultant plastic surgeon and President Elect at BAAPS commented: “The continued popularity of aesthetic plastic surgery even through financially difficult times demonstrates that the public sees real value in the psychological and physical achievements that can be achieved.”