Plastic surgeons in NHS England in 2024, by staff grade

As of February 2024, there were 595 consultants of plastic surgery in the NHS England Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS).  

Plastic surgeries carried out in the UK

In 2023, roughly 26 thousand cosmetic surgeries were carried out in the UK. Although in 2015, the figure for cosmetic surgeries was over 51 thousand procedures. The number of cosmetic surgeries increased by almost five-fold between 2003 and 2015. The most popular cosmetic surgery among women in the UK in 2023 was breast augmentation, In contrast for men, rhinoplasty was the most carried out procedure.

Cosmetics market in the UK

While surgery may not be viable for many people, there are plenty of cosmetic products that people are purchased on a regular basis. In 2023, the sales value of the cosmetics market in the UK was almost 9.6 billion British pounds. Facial care was the leading category in the UK in skincare cosmetics, with a sales value over 1 billion British pounds in 2022.