http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2271134/15million-people-plastic-surgery-world-just-year–SOUTH-KOREA-leading-way.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490
It’s official: South Korea has world’s highest rate of cosmetic plastic surgery, but…
http://www.asianplasticsurgeryguide.com/news10-2/081003_south-korea-highest.html
Based on reports in the popular media glorifying cosmetic surgery attitudes in East Asia, it has come to be assumed that the South Korean population has the highest rate of going under the knife in pursuit of beauty, a presumption that has” fed on itself” and generated everything from envy to criticism to undue cultural stereotyping.
So, is this correct? And if it is, how true and to what extent?
Our analysis (see chart below) of the latest raw data from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery not only confirms that South Korea is indeed the country with the world’s highest per capita rate of cosmetic plastic surgery, but it also provides an easy means for accurately determining and comparing such rates in most countries.
At the same time, it dispels as a myth an equally popular notion.
• Raw Data: Previous statistics compiled by the ISAPS in years past have been of limited value since the totals were badly skewed by the number of member plastic surgeons reporting data from each country. Countries where larger numbers of member surgeons chose to submit data appeared to have much higher rates of surgery than countries with smaller numbers of participating member surgeons.
This and related major procedural flaws are now addressed by improved methodology and extrapolation to include input from, essentially, all of a country’s board-certified (or the national equivalent) plastic surgeons. Cosmetic surgery performed by non-plastic surgeons was not included.
The statistics for 2009, while not perfect, are thus the most comprehensive that have ever been compiled on international plastic surgery trends.
Interpretation of statistical data by the ISAPS, however, was minimal.
• Our Analysis: Due to the absence of detailed demographic profiles, our calculations to determine per capita rates were kept deliberately simple. We took the total number of reported invasive surgical procedures reported by the ISAPS (excludes non-invasive procedures like BOTOX and filler injections) and divided that by the most reliable total population estimates for each country posted on Wikipedia for year 2009.
In terms of total number of plastic surgical procedures performed, the United States headed the list of Top 25 Countries at just over 1.3 million operations. That number was then divided by the country’s population of just over 309,000,000 to yield a value of 0.0042.
In other words, 42 out of every 10,000 people of all ages (children, teens, young adults, middle aged, elderly) in the entire United States underwent an invasive cosmetic surgical procedure in year 2009. Obviously, most cosmetic procedures are performed on young and middle aged adults rather than on children, teens, and the elderly, but this data was not provided.
To simplify terminology, we defined PP10K as an easier way of signifying “procedures per ten thousand people of all ages per year.” The United States population thus had a PP10K value of 42.
PP10K values were determined for East Asian countries and several other countries with the highest volumes of plastic surgery. While China ranked third in the world for total number of surgical procedures performed at 1.22 million and the highest in Asia by far, that high total divided by its 2009 population of 1.322 billion people yielded a PP10K of 0.0009, or an approximate per capita rate of 9 (meaning only 9 people out of 10,000 per year).
Note that since some people underwent multiple major procedures during the year (for instance, eyelid surgery and rhinoplasty), some would be counted more than once and so PP10K provides only a close approximation of “per capita” data. Operations performed on medical tourists traveling from outside the country are also included. While detailed data on multiple procedures or percentage of medical tourists was not provided by the ISAPS, it would be expected to be fairly similar in most countries. Despite such limitations, the PP10K still provides a useful metric to allow for meaningful country-to-country comparisons.
• Results: Here are the PP10K rates of plastic surgery for the largest providers of cosmetic care in East and Southeast Asia as well as for a few other major players in the world:
Asian Plastic Surgery Guide’s | |||
| Country | Total Procedures | Total Population | PP10K |
| South Korea | 365,000 | 49,232,000 | 74 |
| Brazil | 1,054,000 | 193,000,000 | 55 |
| Taiwan | 103,000 | 22,929,000 | 44 |
| United States | 1,300,000 | 309,000,000 | 42 |
| Japan | 411,000 | 127,288,000 | 32 |
| Thailand | 76,000 | 65,500,000 | 11 |
| China | 1,215,000 | 1,322,000,000 | 9 |
| India | 683,000 | 1,184,000,000 | 6 |
PP10K = procedures per 10,000 people of all ages per year
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For example, people in South Korea undergo invasive plastic surgery at a rate 1.7 times higher than people in Taiwan, 1.8 times higher than people in the United States, 2.3 times higher than people in Japan, and 8.2 times higher than people in China.
So, yes, South Koreans do indulge in more plastic surgery than people in other countries.
But, what about all those sensational stories stating that every other woman in South Korea has undergone serious cosmetic work?
The statistics here don’t begin to substantiate such claims.
“More” doesn’t equate with “all,” even though the numerical values would certainly be much higher than 74 in 10,000 if one considered only young adults in the center of Seoul (as would also be the case for Los Angeles, Rio, Shanghai, and other cosmetic surgery “hotspots”).
Note that while South Korea takes the prize for having the world’s highest PP10K, it is easily surpassed by several much larger countries in total number of plastic surgery operations performed in 2009.
Based on reports in the popular media glorifying cosmetic surgery attitudes in East Asia, it has come to be assumed that the South Korean population has the highest rate of going under the knife in pursuit of beauty, a presumption that has” fed on itself” and generated everything from envy to criticism to undue cultural stereotyping.
So, is this correct? And if it is, how true and to what extent?
Our analysis (see chart below) of the latest raw data from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery not only confirms that South Korea is indeed the country with the world’s highest per capita rate of cosmetic plastic surgery, but it also provides an easy means for accurately determining and comparing such rates in most countries.
At the same time, it dispels as a myth an equally popular notion.
• Raw Data: Previous statistics compiled by the ISAPS in years past have been of limited value since the totals were badly skewed by the number of member plastic surgeons reporting data from each country. Countries where larger numbers of member surgeons chose to submit data appeared to have much higher rates of surgery than countries with smaller numbers of participating member surgeons.
This and related major procedural flaws are now addressed by improved methodology and extrapolation to include input from, essentially, all of a country’s board-certified (or the national equivalent) plastic surgeons. Cosmetic surgery performed by non-plastic surgeons was not included.
The statistics for 2009, while not perfect, are thus the most comprehensive that have ever been compiled on international plastic surgery trends.
Interpretation of statistical data by the ISAPS, however, was minimal.
• Our Analysis: Due to the absence of detailed demographic profiles, our calculations to determine per capita rates were kept deliberately simple. We took the total number of reported invasive surgical procedures reported by the ISAPS (excludes non-invasive procedures like BOTOX and filler injections) and divided that by the most reliable total population estimates for each country posted on Wikipedia for year 2009.
In terms of total number of plastic surgical procedures performed, the United States headed the list of Top 25 Countries at just over 1.3 million operations. That number was then divided by the country’s population of just over 309,000,000 to yield a value of 0.0042.
In other words, 42 out of every 10,000 people of all ages (children, teens, young adults, middle aged, elderly) in the entire United States underwent an invasive cosmetic surgical procedure in year 2009. Obviously, most cosmetic procedures are performed on young and middle aged adults rather than on children, teens, and the elderly, but this data was not provided.
To simplify terminology, we defined PP10K as an easier way of signifying “procedures per ten thousand people of all ages per year.” The United States population thus had a PP10K value of 42.
PP10K values were determined for East Asian countries and several other countries with the highest volumes of plastic surgery. While China ranked third in the world for total number of surgical procedures performed at 1.22 million and the highest in Asia by far, that high total divided by its 2009 population of 1.322 billion people yielded a PP10K of 0.0009, or an approximate per capita rate of 9 (meaning only 9 people out of 10,000 per year).
Note that since some people underwent multiple major procedures during the year (for instance, eyelid surgery and rhinoplasty), some would be counted more than once and so PP10K provides only a close approximation of “per capita” data. Operations performed on medical tourists traveling from outside the country are also included. While detailed data on multiple procedures or percentage of medical tourists was not provided by the ISAPS, it would be expected to be fairly similar in most countries. Despite such limitations, the PP10K still provides a useful metric to allow for meaningful country-to-country comparisons.
• Results: Here are the PP10K rates of plastic surgery for the largest providers of cosmetic care in East and Southeast Asia as well as for a few other major players in the world:
세계 1위 ‘성형대국’ 대한민국
한겨레 등록 : 2013.02.01 10:59
http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/international/international_general/572350.html
세계에서 가장 성형 수술을 많이 받는 나라는 어디일까. 인구 대비 비율로 따지면 한국이 최고라는 통계가 나왔다.
영국 <이코노미스트>는 30일(현지시각) 국제성형의학회(ISAPS)의 보고서를 인용해서 한국이 지난 2011년 인구 1000명당 성형 수술을 받은 횟수가 약 13.5건으로 1위였다고 보도했다. 다음으로는 그리스가 약 12.5건, 이탈리아가 11.6건, 미국 9.9건 순이었다. 국제성형의학회는 회원들을 대상으로 한 설문조사와 각국의 통계를 종합해 이런 결과를 발표했다. 총량으로 따지면 미국이 311만건으로 1위, 브라질이 145만건으로 2위였으며, 한국은 65만건으로 7위였다.
외신들은 인구대비 비율로 따지면 한국이 성형수술 1위로 나타난 것을 흥미로운 현상으로 보도했다. <이코노미스트>는 미국이 세계 어느 곳보다 미용에 대한 관심이 높다는 것을 이번 결과로 확인할 수 있었지만 인구 대비로 하자면 한국이 눈에 띈다고 전했다. 영국 <데일리메일>은 “싸이가 성형수술을 권유받은 적이 있고 한국의 미스코리아가 성형수술로 논란에 오른 적이 있다”고 전했다. 성형 수술 중에는 주름이나 털 제거 같은 비절개 수술이 전체 절반 가량으로 가장 높은 비중을 차지했다. 비절개 수술 중 보톡스 시술만 300만건이 넘었다. 절개 수술 중에 전세계적으로 가장 흔한 것은 지방 제거 및 흡입 수술로, 세계 인구의 비만화 경향을 반영한다고 <이코노미스트>는 전했다.
지역별로 선호하는 성형수술은 조금 달랐다. 한국과 일본, 중국 같은 아시아 국가에서는 코 성형이 많았다. 한국과 중국, 일본은 코 성형 수술 상위 5개국안에 모두 포함됐다. 반면 미국과 브라질은 가슴 수술에 대한 선호도가 높았으며, 멕시코와 이탈리아, 중국이 뒤를 이었다. 총량으로 따졌을때 전세계적으로 절개 수술 중 2위가 가슴 성형 수술이었다. 브라질은 특이하게도 남성의 가슴 축소 수술이 인기가 있었다. 또한 엉덩이 임플란트 수술 인기도 높았는데 이는 브라질의 해변 문화의 영향인 것으로 보인다고 <데일리메일>은 전했다.
조기원 기자 garden@hani.co.kr
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세계 1위 ‘성형대국’ 한국, 최다는 눈·가슴 아닌
[중앙일보] 입력 2013.02.01 02:07 / 수정 2013.02.01 07:42http://joongang.joinsmsn.com/article/985/10575985.html?ctg=1200&cloc=joongang|home|top
세계 1위 ‘성형 대국’은 한국이었다
영국 이코노미스트지 보도
한국서 수술한 외국인 포함
1000명당 13.5건으로 최다
공정위, 양악 과장광고 경고
한류 열풍 이후 한국인이 외국인들로부터 자주 받는 질문이 있다. “K팝 가수 등 연예인 중 성형미인이 많다는데 사실인가요?”다. 순간 애국심이 발동해 “과장됐다”고 말하며 슬쩍 넘어갔던 경우가 많았을 법하다.
그러나 앞으론 그러기가 힘들어질 듯하다. 한국이 성형대국이란 사실이 통계로 확인됐기 때문이다. 영국 이코노미스트지는 국제미용성형학회가 각국의 회원들을 대상으로 실시한 조사를 바탕으로 “2011년 기준으로 인구 1000명당 성형수술이 가장 많았던 나라가 한국이었다”고 31일(한국시간) 보도했다.
한국에선 인구 1000명당 13.5건 정도의 성형수술이 이뤄졌던 것으로 나타났다. 여기엔 한 명이 여러 번 시술을 받은 경우도 포함돼 있다. 2위는 그리스로 12.5건이었다. 뒤이어 이탈리아(11.6건)·미국(9.9건)·콜롬비아(7.9건)·대만(7.8건) 등이 상위권에 올랐다.
대한성형외과학회 이사인 김우섭 중앙대 주임교수는 “국내에서 시술받는 외국인이 포함돼 순수하게 한국인만 집계된 게 아닌 듯하다”며 “어쨌든 한국은 인간관계가 너무나 조밀해 다른 사람의 시선을 의식할 수밖에 없어 성형이 많은 건 사실”이라고 말했다.
성형수술의 총량으로는 미국이 1위였다. 2011년 311만 건이 이뤄졌다. 2위는 브라질(145만 건), 3위 중국(105만 건), 4위 일본(95만 건), 5위 멕시코(79만 건) 순으로 나타났다. 한국은 65만 건으로 7위에 올랐다.
성형 가운데 가장 큰 비중은 주름·반점·털 제거 등 이른바 비절개 시술이었다. 조사 결과 중 절반 가까이가 비절개였다. 특히 보톡스 시술이 조사 대상국들에서 300만 건 이 넘었다.
절개 시술 중 가장 많이 이뤄진 성형은 지방 제거였다. 이코노미스트지는 “선진국뿐 아니라 신흥국에서도 살찐 사람이 최근 급증하고 있기 때문으로 보인다”고 풀이했다. 절개 시술 2, 3위는 가슴·코 성형이었다.
이코노미스트지에 따르면 지역별로 선호하는 시술이 다르게 나타났다. 비절개 시술인 보톡스가 가장 많이 이뤄진 나라는 브라질이었다. 절개 수술 중 한국·중국·일본에서 가장 많은 것은 코 성형이었다. 미국과 브라질에선 가슴 성형의 비중이 높았다.
이태휘 공정위 서울사무소 소비자과장은 “의료 광고는 대한의사협회의 사전심의를 받아 심의번호를 기재하게 돼 있다”며 “광고를 보고 병원을 찾아가기 전에 반드시 심의번호를 확인해야 허위·과장광고로 인한 피해를 막을 수 있다”고 말했다.
이에 대해 병원 측은 “환자의 개인 정보를 외부에 공개할 수 없는 사정상 자료를 제출하지 못한 것”이라며 “양악수술을 집도하는 원장 한 명당 1000회 이상의 양악수술 임상 경험을 갖고 있는 것은 사실”이라고 해명했다.
