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title: Eyelid Surgery Is Now the Most Common Cosmetic Operation for Women Worldwide
description: A global survey of plastic surgeons finds eyelid surgery overtook liposuction for women in 2025, while filler treatments fell by a quarter.
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date: 2026-10-02T11:03:34.359Z
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For the first time, eyelid surgery has overtaken liposuction as the most common cosmetic operation for women worldwide, according to the [International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery's latest global survey](https://www.isaps.org/discover/about-isaps/global-statistics/global-survey-2025-full-report-and-press-releases/). Plastic surgeons performed 1,909,270 eyelid procedures on women in 2025, ahead of breast augmentation and liposuction. A year earlier, liposuction led the women's list and eyelid surgery was second.

Counting men and women together, eyelid surgery, or blepharoplasty, rose 16.2% in a year to 2,457,677 procedures, while liposuction fell 11.4%. China, Brazil, Japan and South Korea together accounted for about four in ten of those eyelid operations: China performed about 306,000, Brazil 244,937, Japan 222,086 and South Korea 203,018, against 137,684 in the US.

## Breast Lifts Rose 48% in a Year, the Biggest Jump of Any Surgery

Breast lifts went from 772,138 to 1,143,862, enough to move them to fourth place on the women's list, ahead of the tummy tuck. Brow lifts rose 23.5% and neck lifts 13.2%, while [face lifts](https://richwoman.co/article/robert-paresi-facial-fat-grafting-facelift-over-65) held level.

Lip enhancement fell 15.4%, buccal fat removal fell 24.4% and breast augmentation slipped 2.2%, though augmentation is still the second most common operation for women. Nearly half of breast augmentations, 49.5%, were on patients aged 18 to 34.

## Plastic Surgeons Gave a Quarter Fewer Filler Treatments

Hyaluronic acid filler had the steepest fall of the five most common non-surgical treatments: plastic surgeons gave 4,737,957 in 2025, down 25.2% from 6,338,184 the year before. A smaller injectable, poly-L-lactic acid, which stimulates collagen, fell further, by 33.7%. Dr. Amin Kalaaji, a plastic surgeon in Norway who chairs the society's Global Survey Committee, said "we observed a significant decline in non-surgical treatments."

Botox and similar botulinum toxin injections dropped 7% to 7,333,647, and they are still the most common cosmetic procedure of all, for women and men and for every adult age group. Non-surgical skin tightening went the other way, up 23.3%.

In all, plastic surgeons performed 35,204,030 cosmetic procedures in 2025, 8.7% fewer than in 2024 but 9.2% more than in 2021. Non-surgical treatments fell 15.7%, while surgery held nearly level, down 0.4%. The society gives no reason for the shifts. Its survey counts only procedures done by board-certified plastic surgeons, so filler or Botox from other practitioners is not included, and it says that reporting 51 locations separately this year, up from 32, "has influenced some worldwide procedure totals."

## Liposuction Is Still the Most Common Cosmetic Surgery in the US

The US performed more cosmetic procedures than any other country, 5,461,476, and has the most plastic surgeons, 7,749. Liposuction still comes first there, with 355,603 operations, followed by breast augmentation, the tummy tuck and the breast lift, with eyelid surgery fifth. US plastic surgeons performed 3,232,108 non-surgical treatments in 2025, down from 4,165,645 in 2024.

Dr. Naveen Cavale, a plastic surgeon in the UK who chairs the society's Communications Committee, said cosmetic surgery "is actual surgery that involves risks and possible side effects" and urged patients to choose a board-certified plastic surgeon trained and experienced in the procedure they want.

## FAQ

**Q: Are fillers becoming less popular?**
In the US, plastic surgeons gave 997,296 hyaluronic acid filler treatments in 2025, down from 1,229,041 in 2024, about 19% fewer. The survey cannot show whether some patients moved to other injectors.

**Q: Which cosmetic procedures do men have most?**
Men had 14.4% of cosmetic surgeries and 15.2% of non-surgical treatments in 2025. Their most common operations were eyelid surgery (548,407), male breast reduction, or gynecomastia (282,954), and nose reshaping (247,477), and their most common treatment overall was botulinum toxin.

**Q: Which countries attract the most cosmetic surgery patients from abroad?**
The Dominican Republic, Tunisia and Mexico had the highest share of foreign patients in the ISAPS survey.

**Q: What are the top 5 most common cosmetic surgeries?**
Counting men and women worldwide in 2025: eyelid surgery (2,457,677), liposuction (1,849,828), breast augmentation (1,622,639), breast lift (1,143,862) and tummy tuck (1,039,808). Nose reshaping (rhinoplasty) was just behind at 1,015,685.