Conor Stewart
Research expert covering health & pharmaceuticals in the UK & Europe
Get in touch with us nowIn 2023, approximately 26 thousand cosmetic surgeries were carried out in the United Kingdom (UK). Seven years prior to that, the figure for cosmetic surgeries stood at over 51 thousand procedures. The number of cosmetic surgeries increased by almost five-fold between 2003 and 2015.
Popular types of cosmetic surgery
The most popular cosmetic surgery among women in the UK in 2020 was breast augmentation with over 4.6 thousand procedures, while breast reduction was the second most common surgery with approximately 3.1 thousand procedures. For men, rhinoplasty was the most carried out procedure in 2020 with 413 surgeries carried out.
Cosmetics market in the UK
In 2019, the sales value of the cosmetics market in the UK amounted to almost 9.35 billion British pounds. This is an increase of over 1.7 billion British pounds from the sales value in 2009. Cosmetic facial care was the leading category in the UK in skincare cosmetics, with a sales value of over 806 million British pounds in 2019.
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Leading cosmetic procedures
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Plastic surgery within the public eye
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