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cosmetic surgery statistics 2019

| June 7, 2019

Tweak vs tuck: Cosmetic surgery statistics are out. Let’s see what’s trending. More than 28,000 Brits underwent a cosmetic procedure last year according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS). Its annual audit shows a slight increase of 0.1% on 2017. Women underwent 92% of all cosmetic procedures that were recorded with the three most popular procedures being breast augmentation, breast reduction and blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery). The biggest increases for women were for liposuction procedures which rose 12%, and facelifts which rose 9%. Former BAAPS President Rajiv Grover, who compiles the audit on an annual basis, said: “The…

Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery)

| January 31, 2017

  What is Blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery)? Blepharoplasty is the medical term for eyelid surgery. This can be for either cosmetic reasons or to help restore eyesight affected by overly droopy eyelids. While current techniques were introduced fairly recently, historic cases of eyelid surgery date back as far as 1st century Rome. As a cosmetic surgery technique, blepharoplasty is used to counter the aged and tired appearance that can be caused by sagging skin around the eyes. Excess skin in the upper eyelids can cause them to droop over the eye while excess in the lower eyelids can pull them down,…