And the winner is… eyelid surgery. For the first time, eyelid surgery was the most common surgical procedure in 2024, according to the annual statistics from The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS).
Eyelid surgery replaced liposuction, with 2.1 million, followed by liposuction, breast augmentation, scar revision, and rhinoplasty, the new stats show.
Overall, there were more than 17.4 million procedures performed by plastic surgeons and 20.5 non-surgical procedures in 2024, an increase of 42.5% over the past four years.
The most popular non-surgical procedures were botulinum toxin, hyaluronic acid fillers, hair removal, non-surgical skin tightening, and chemical peels.
Most face and head procedures showed growth from the previous year, with more than 7.4 million procedures and a 4.3% increase.
Top procedures were eyelid surgery with more than 2.1 million and a 13.4% increase, rhinoplasty with 1 million procedures and a 10% decrease, and fat grafting – face 0.9 million and a 19.2% increase. There were 3.9 million breast procedures (-14.1%) and 6 million body and extremities procedures (-14.8%).
Liposuction was still the most common surgical procedure for women, followed by eyelid surgery and breast augmentation. Eyelid surgery was again the most popular surgical procedure among men, followed by gynecomastia and scar revision.
Most breast augmentations (54% of the total), rhinoplasties (60.1%), and external genital surgery (48.4%) took place among 18–34-year-olds, whereas botulinum toxin injectables were most popular among those aged 35–50 (47.0% of the total).
Liposuction and non-surgical fat reduction were distributed quite evenly among both age groups.
Botulinum toxin remained the most common non-surgical procedure for both men and women and among all age groups, with 7.8 million procedures performed by plastic surgeons worldwide. In second place, hyaluronic acid procedures increased by 5.2% to 7.8 million.
Once again, the US performed the most procedures with over 6.1 million, followed by Brazil with 3.1 million (which is first in surgical procedures), and Japan.