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BAAPS Annual Audit Results

Please find the Audit releases for the following years below:

2022:  Results of BAAPS Audit

London 28 March 2022 - The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons releases 2021/22 Audit figures

BAAPS President Marc Pacifico said:

“The 2022 BAAPS audit shows that demand for cosmetic surgery has more than bounced back post pandemic. Economic uncertainty and a decrease in overall consumer spending does not seem to the deterring patients from having cosmetic surgery. People are choosing to spend on treatments with a proven track-record of safety and which deliver reliable, long-lasting, and natural results.”  See them here.

2021: Results of BAAPS Audit

London 28 February 2021 - The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons releases 2020/21 Audit figures. 

Rajiv Grover, "The figures from the Audit of aesthetic procedures performed by BAAPS surgeons from 2020 – 2021 show a very significant fall – greater than any year in the past 18 years. This is hardly surprising as the audit year covers the height of the Covid Pandemic from soon after the first lockdown for the following 12 months. BAAPS Surgeons were wisely advising patients against elective surgery during this time. Additionally many private hospitals were assisting the NHS with their facilities to help with emergency and urgent medical need rather than elective surgery as were many of the BAAPS surgeons themselves. This is reflected in the reduced numbers of patients actually undergoing surgery.” See them here. 

2020:  Results of BAAPS Audit

London, 15 March 2021 - The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons releases 2019/20 Audit figures.  See them here. 

2019:  Cosmetic surgery stats: number of surgeries remains stable amid calls for greater regulation of quick fix solutions

London, 20 May 2019 – The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS); the only organisation solely dedicated to advancing safety, innovation and excellence in cosmetic surgery; has released its annual audit. Read more..

2018: COSMETIC SURGERY STATS: DAD BODS AND FILTER JOBS

London – ‪05 February, 2018 – New data released today by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk); the only organisation solely dedicated to safety and education in cosmetic surgery; is today the bearer of dad news. Their annual statistics reveal a surprising, yet undeniably clear-cut trend in aesthetic procedures; uncovering a new gender divide. Read More...

2017: The Bust Boom Busts

London – ‪13 February, 2017 – The number of Britons undergoing cosmetic surgery in 2016 was the lowest in nearly a decade, with a climate of global unrest and ‘bad news overload’ leaving patients prioritising stability and comfort over big life changes. Read more...

2016: Super Cuts Daddy Makeovers and Celeb Confessions

London – ‪8th February, 2016 – A record number of over 51,000 Britons underwent cosmetic surgery in 2015, demonstrating the public's love affair with surgical enhancement is far from over, despite any previous ‘blips’ as the economy reshaped itself. Read more...

2015: Tweak Not Tuck

London - 26 January, 2015 - The wave of post-recession excess which last year resulted in a stratospheric rise in glamour model-inspired boob jobs and summer body-influenced transformations has truly washed over, with new statistics showing Britons have settled into more cautious, rational attitudes towards cosmetic surgery. Read more...

2014: Britian Sucks

London, UK – 3 February 2014 – The economy appears buoyant once more as austerity gives way to augmentation, with an impressive double-digit rise in all cosmetic procedures, a trend not seen since the heady pre-recession days of 2008. New statistics from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk); which represents the vast majority of NHS-trained consultant plastic surgeons in private practice; today reveal that the number of cosmetic ops last year increased 17% on average since 2012 and not even one individual procedure decreased in popularity. Read more...

2013: Britons Raise a Few Eyebrows

London, UK – 28 January 2013 – Despite a gruelling ‘double-dip’ recession, a breast implant scandal and an ongoing government enquiry into the sector, Britons were able to maintain a poker face as demand for anti-ageing procedures soared. Audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk) today reveal that although the number of overall procedures remained static and barely changed at all over the last year, facial rejuvenation treatments in particular proved the nation's favourites with eyelid surgery, fat transfer, brow and face lifts all experiencing a double-digit rise. Read more...

2012: Britons Tighten Belts, in More Ways Than One!

London, UK – 30 January 2012 – The economy may be shrinking but so are waistlines around the UK, in particular male ones. In spite of a climate of financial austerity and a burgeoning breast implant scandal over the last year, Britons have clearly not lost faith in the benefits of cosmetic surgery. Audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk) today reveal that the number of procedures continued to increase steadily by nearly 6% increase on average (similar rise to 2009 and 2010) and rather unusually, not even one individual procedure decreased in popularity. Read more...

2011: Moobs and Boobs; Double Digits Rise!

London, UK – 31 January 2011 – Britons still found ways to perk up during (arguably the worst period in) the recession, according to the latest audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk), the not-for-profit organisation established for the advancement of education and practice of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for public benefit. The number of surgical procedures in 2010 showed a slow but steady rise of 5% from 2009 to a total of 38,274. The most impressive statistics have been recorded specifically in breast augmentation (up 10%), facelifts (up 12%) and a whopping increase of 28% in gynaecomastia or ‘man boob’ ops –now the second most common procedure among males.
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2010:  Britons still perk up! 

London, UK – 31 January 2010 – Britons still found ways to perk up during (arguably the worst period in) the recession, according to the latest audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk), the not-for-profit organisation established for the advancement of education and practice of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for public benefit. The number of surgical procedures in 2010 showed a slow but steady rise of 5% from 2009 to a total of 38,274. The most impressive statistics have been recorded specifically in breast augmentation (up 10%), facelifts (up 12%) and a whopping increase of 28% in gynaecomastia or ‘man boob’ ops –now the second most common procedure among males. Read more...

2009: Over 36,400 Surgical Procedures in The UK in 2009

London, UK - 1 February 2009 - The economy may have been sagging but the nation still found ways to remain uplifted during 2009, according to the latest audit figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (www.baaps.org.uk), the not-for-profit organisation established for the advancement of education and practice of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery for public benefit. The number of surgical procedures last year exceeded 36,400 –a slow but steady rise of 6.7% from 2008, despite the financial downturn. The most impressive stats have been recorded specifically in male surgery, the demand for which has grown by 21% overall, with the number of gynaecomastia (or ‘man-boob’) ops alone having shot up by 80%. Read More...