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Breast augmentation has now su...According to recently released data from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, liposuction has surpassed breast augmentation as the most popular cosmetic surgery procedure worldwide amid increased worry over the potential cancer risks associated with the implants.
The proportion of cosmetic operations performed that involved suction to remove extra fat was 14.8% for contouring, compared to little over 13% for breast augmentation. A global upsurge in aesthetic medicine, which saw over 30 million surgical and non-surgical operations performed in 2021 and an increase of 19.3% from the year before includes changing patterns.
The information, which was released on Tuesday as part of ISAPS' most recent annual survey, reveals that the cosmetic surgery market has expanded well beyond pre-pandemic levels in addition to recovering from two years of loss brought on by the Covid virus.
Between 2017 and 2021, the overall number of surgical treatments increased by more than 33%, while the number of non-surgical procedures of which botulinum toxin, or Botox, grew by more than 54% within the same time frame.