SOUTH KOREA EXPANDING ITS FOOTHOLD IN GLOBAL COSMETICS SURGERY LANDSCAPE AT AN EVER FASTER PACE
August 1st, 2016
The cosmetics surgery sector in South Korea, the industry’s undisputed bellwether in Asia, expanded strongly in 2015, with the number of total cosmetics surgery procedures growing by 17.9% year on year, to 1.2 million, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS). South Korea’s world market share in total cosmetics surgery procedures also grew in 2015, to 5.3%, up from 4.8% in the previous year. The South Korean cosmetics surgery market continues to perform strongly, hand-in-hand with an on-going increase in the number of ...
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