Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon:India and China Closing The Gap In Global Cosmetic Procedures

According to WebMD Health News, new data regarding plastic surgery procedures around the world shows that cosmetic surgery is becoming popular in countries with emerging economies, such as India and China. The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery recently released new statistics which counted 75% of all surgical and nonsurgical procedures performed in the world last year in 2009 in twenty five countries.

"Though the United States has traditionally had the largest number of cosmetic procedures along with Brazil, countries with emerging economies like China and India are generating a lot wealth, prompting people to choose to spend their disposable incomes on plastic surgery procedures,” says Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon Sean Younai, MD, a board-certified plastic surgeon in California.

According to the recent statistics, 17.5% of all procedures such as Beverly Hills facelift and breast augmentation were performed in the U.S., and 14.3% were performed in Brazil. China accounted for 12.7% of cosmetic surgery procedures, followed by India at 5.2%. At present, the top ten countries for plastic surgery are: United States, Brazil, China, India, Mexico, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Turkey, and Spain. The types of procedures that people are opting for differs among countries.

Worldwide, the number one procedure isn’t always breast augmentation or liposuction Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Dr. Younai tells us; in other countries such as Thailand and China, silicone implants for nose reshaping and eyelid surgery are more popular. The popularity of the facelift and tummy tuck Beverly Hills sources say, similarly vary from region to region. And injectables tend to be not as popular in other countries as they are in the U.S yet. The new data also provide information on how many cosmetic procedures are performed across the globe.

This data reported by the ISAP shows what is going on globally for the first time. There are 30,816 plastic surgeons practicing across the globe, and they performed an estimated 8,536,379 surgical procedures and 8,758,187 nonsurgical procedures in 2009, according to the statistics. Surgeons in all 25 countries included in the survey completed

questionnaires on the number of surgical and nonsurgical procedures they performed in 2009. In some countries where there were not enough respondents, researchers made projections based on the responses received. For additional information about specific plastic surgery procedures, please visit www.beverlyhillslooks.com to learn more.