EYELID SURGERY IS THE MOSTLY PERFORMED SURGERY IN THE WORLD

According tot the results of International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)’s research over 20 million aesthetic suregery has been performed during 2014. And among these operations eyelid surgery is at the top.
Prof. Dr. Nazim Cerkes as a vice president of the ISAPS (International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery) based in the US with more than 2700 member surgeons from 95 different countries mentioned that this annual resaerch is the most siginificant sttatistical research on its subject and the world’s leading media foundations are considering it as referance.
However in Turkey the most performed aesthetic surgery is the rhinoplasy

Some highlights of the research results:
• Over 20 million people had aesthetic operations in 2014.
• Most cosmetic surgery made countries: the US (over 4 million), Brazil (over 2 million), Japan, South Korea, Mexico…
• The most common surgical procedures, respectively, eyelid surgery, breast augmentation, fat injections and rhinoplasty …
• The most common surgical procedures: Botox, filler procedures, hair removal, chemical peels, and laser peeling operations ..
• Considering the aesthetic surgery in female to male ratio seems to be 86% to 14%.
• Women are mostly having breast augmentation with prosthesis, fat removal with liposuction, eyelid surgery, fat injections and tummy tuck surgeries.
• Men are mostly having eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, fat removal with liposuction, size reduction of big breasts (gynecomastia), and fat injections.
• Turkey took the 9th place among the countries according to the number of operations performed.

Dr. Cerkes stated that in our country the most performed operation is rhinoplasty due to the physical properties our race and it is followed by liposuction, tummy tuck and breast surgery respectively.

Prof. Nazim Cerkes explains the main concepts of the ISAPS, established in 1970 as iinternational organization which accepts only well trained aesthtic surgeons as a member, as follows;
– Giving information to the plastic surgeons about the latest deveplopments in plastic surgery by organizing conferences and congress.
– Giving right information about cosmetic surgery procedures to the public using the media.
– Ensuring the necessary conditions for aesthetic operations are performed in healthy conditions and with minimum risks.