The time in which we live forces us to face a dynamic of innovations, which carry with them a large number of changes in ethics and in the way of life. Plastic surgery in China is experiencing an unpredictable development in recent years as special applications have been created where you can find suitable surgeons.
Such is Gengmei which since its inception in 2013, its users have grown from 1 million to 36 million. More than half are young women in their twenties. Similarly, cosmetic surgery platform So-Young has seen its monthly active users grow, from 1.4 million in 2018 to 8.4 million today.
Their popularity is an indication of changing attitudes towards cosmetic surgery in China, which now performs more surgeries than any country in the world after the US
According to a report by Deloitte, the market in China has almost tripled in value over four years to an estimated 177 billion yuan ($27.3 billion; £19.7 billion) in 2019 – an annual growth rate of 28.7%, well above the global level of 8.2%.
If this continues, China could become the world's largest surgery market
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