The 2011 ISAPS (International Society Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) has released a study listing countries in order of surgical/nonsurgical aesthetic procedures performed by board (or the equivalent) certified plastic surgeons in 2010. The United States topped Brazil and then some unsuspected countries are ranking rather highly. While I have pretty good insight on how common plastic surgery in New Jersey is, I did not realize it was so popular in some of the places listed.
I’ve listed the top 20 in order of ranking,
1) United States
2) Brazil
3) China
4) Japan
5) India
6) Mexico
7) Italy
South Korea
9) France
10) Colombia
11) Germany
12) Turkey
13) Spain
14) Russia
15) Canada
16) United Kingdom
17) Taiwan
18) Venezuela
19) Argentina
20) Thailand
Some of these were surprising to me, and the list is interesting enough that I felt like sharing.
Best wishes for a wonderful 2012!
Evan Sorokin MD
