Vikas Thakur / / 9 min readThe Medical Board of Australia approved its cosmetic surgery endorsement framework back in 2023. As of the Board's most recently reviewed pages, no training program has been accredited and no doctor has been granted the endorsement, so the credential exists in law with no living examples yet.
Vikas Thakur / / 9 min readTikTok's cosmetic surgery ad policy, last updated April 2026, now lets approved advertisers run before-and-after imagery, but its own page limits the exception to "USA & Canada." Copy that ad creative into an AU campaign and the exception does not travel with it.
Vikas Thakur / / 8 min readMen's share of cosmetic procedures grew 6.3% worldwide in 2024 while women's fell 3.9%, according to ISAPS's survey of 2,975 surgeons across 32 countries. Women still account for 84.0% of all procedures. Australia performed 177,502 procedures that year, but no dataset breaks that figure down by patient age or gender.
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Vikas Thakur / / 8 min readAlmost 7 million Australians, 38% of adults, are considering a cosmetic procedure in the next decade, according to the ACCSM's 2023 national survey. Here's who they are, what's driving the decision, and where demand is highest.
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Vikas Thakur / / 6 min readAustralia performs more than 500,000 cosmetic procedures a year, according to ACCSM's 2023 national survey. A narrower ISAPS count of board-certified plastic surgeons alone puts 2024 volume at 177,502. Here's why the numbers differ.
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Vikas Thakur / / 4 min readAustralia's cosmetic surgery market reached USD 1,942.5 million in 2025 and is forecast to hit USD 4,145.4 million by 2034, an 8.52% CAGR, according to IMARC Group. Full data breakdown.