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Cosmetic Surgery - UK

Published by: Mintel International Group Ltd.

Published: Nov. 1, 2007 - 83 Pages


Table of Contents


ISSUES IN THE MARKET

Key themes

Definitions

ABBREVIATIONS

MARKET IN BRIEF

Non-surgical gives the blade a run for its money

A sum of small parts

Cutting through the desire divide

Pro-cedures

No to the knife

INTERNAL MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Key points

Celebrity beauty: fact or fiction?

Figure 1: Agreement with the statement “I would consider cosmetic surgery”, 15-19-year-olds, 2002-06

Cosmetic surgery - negative publicity hurts

Health obsession

Figure 2: Consumer expenditure on selected leisure goods and activities, 2002-06

The impact of the Internet

Figure 3: Used Internet at home in the last 12 months, 2002-06

Advances in medical technology

BROADER MARKET ENVIRONMENT

Key points

Demographics

Figure 4: Changes in the UK demographic profile, by age, 2002-07 and 2007-12

Increased competition on occasional spend

Women - working and spending more

A MATTER OF SIZE

NHS - focus on congenital abnormalities

REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT

Trade associations

British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)

British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)

Other associations

Product and clinic eligibility - growing concern

… and the winner is

COMPETITIVE CONTEXT

Key points

SUN, SEA, SAND… AND SURGERY

COMPETITION FROM THE WIDER BEAUTY INDUSTRY

Cosmeceuticals - a safer alternative to surgery

Beauty supplements

Facial acupuncture and psychodermatology gather momentum

Toners massage electronic beauty aid sales

Slimming aids and slimming foods

MAGIC UNDERWEAR AND CONTOUR CLOTHING

THE FAT BACKLASH

STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES IN THE MARKET

Strengths

Weaknesses

MARKET SIZE AND FORECAST

Key points

An age of growth

Figure 5: UK value and number of cosmetic surgery procedures, 2002-12

The future in sutures

THE FUTURE

Expected to break the £2 billion barrier by 2011

Figure 6: UK value Forecast of cosmetic surgery and non-surgery procedures, 2007-12

Slower growth, but still at an impressive level

Favourable socio-economic environment

Market’s growth due to increased volume demand

Growth obstacles

Outlook

FACTORS USED IN THE FORECAST

SEGMENT PERFORMANCE

Key points

Non-surgical procedures plump up growth

Figure 7: UK retail value and number of procedures of cosmetic surgery, split into surgical and non-surgical

procedures, 2002-07

SURGICAL PROCEDURES

Figure 8: UK retail value and number of procedures of cosmetic surgery, by sector, 2002-07

Body reshaping sculpting growth

Anti-ageing lifts

One in five senses

Keeping abreast of developments

Up, up, up and away

Figure 9: Prices for breast augmentation, by country, 2007

A sense of proportion

Breast uplifts on the rise

Less embarrassment about ‘other’ problems

NON-SURGICAL PROCEDURES

Surge in non-surgical

Botox - facing the future

Filling a gap in the market

Chemical peels and microdermabrasion

Laser treatments - wide scope of use

Other techniques - wide variety

The shape of the future

MARKET SHARE

Key points

Transform comes top

Figure 10: Providers’ shares in cosmetic surgery, 2005-07

Spire and BMI tucking away sharp growth

PROVIDERS AND PROCEDURES

Key points

Figure 11: Number of providers, by category, 2007

PRIVATE HOSPITAL GROUPS

Figure 12: Major hospital groups that offer cosmetic surgery, 2007

BMI Healthcare

Nuffield Hospitals

Spire Healthcare

Capio Healthcare

HCA International

Aspen Healthcare

SPECIALIST COSMETIC SURGERY CLINICS

Figure 13: Specialist clinics that offer cosmetic surgery, 2007

MYA

Transform Medical Group

The Harley Medical Group

The Hospital Group

Hurlingham Clinic and Spa

The Pountney Clinic

Surgical Aesthetics

Court House Clinic

Specialist clinics - hair loss

NON-SURGICAL PROVIDERS

Providers of non-surgical treatments

Figure 14: Value of non-surgical sector, by provider, 2002-07

Specialist non-surgical clinics

Medi-spas - a growth sector

BRAND COMMUNICATION AND PROMOTION

Key points

The theatre of advertising

Figure 15: Main monitored media advertising spend on cosmetic surgery, 2003-07

Adspend by advertiser

Figure 16: Main monitored media advertising spend on cosmetic surgery, by leading advertisers, 2007

Groups dominate

Building awareness and trust

Financial lift

Open and informative

Stitching men up through advertising

Nothing to get cut up about

New celebrity faces

CONSUMER EXPERIENCE OF SURGERY

Key points

Interest costs

Figure 17: Experience of cosmetic surgery, August 2007

No to the knife, but yes to surgery

Get the London look

Cutting through the desire divide

Figure 18: Experience of cosmetic surgery, August 2007

Yummy mummies

Fear and finance fare well for fillers

CONSUMER REASONS TO HAVE SURGERY

Key points

Media exposes self-consciousness

Figure 19: Reasons to have cosmetic surgery, August 2007

Age of self-consciousness

Figure 20: Selected reasons to have cosmetic surgery, by age, August 2007

Weighing up the cost of surgery

Sexing it up

Parental guidance

APPENDIX

Advertising data

Broader market environment

Figure 21: Structure of the UK population, by age and gender, 2002-12

Consumer - experience of surgery

Figure 22: Experience of cosmetic surgery, by gender, age, social grade, region, household income,

supermarket used, daily newspapers, age of children in household, Internet usage, mobile phone network

provider and TV reception, August 2007

Preference for surgical vs non-surgical treatments

Figure 23: Preference for surgical and non-surgical treatments, by gender, age, social grade, region,

household income, supermarket used, daily newspapers, age of children in household, Internet usage and

TV reception, August 2007

Terrestrial TV only

Consumer - reasons to have surgery

Figure 24: Reasons to have cosmetic surgery, by gender, age, region, social grade, daily newspapers,

Sunday newspapers, household income, age of children in household, Internet usage, supermarket used,

mobile phone network provider and TV reception, August 2007

Consumer - obstacles to tackle

Figure 25: Obstacles to having plastic surgery, by gender, age, region, social grade, daily newspapers,

Sunday newspapers, household income, age of children in household, Internet usage, supermarket used,

mobile phone network provider and TV reception, August 2007

Consumer Prospects

Figure 26: Degree of potential for UK adults to have cosmetic surgery, by gender, age, social grade, region,

household income, supermarekt used, daily newspapers, age of children in household, Internet usage,

mobile phone network provider, tv received, August 2007

APPENDIX: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Abstract

Clearly, self-perception is highly subjective and it could be argued that those who seek cosmetic surgery may have an overly heightened awareness of their looks. However, we live in an increasingly image- and youth-obsessed society and these are the driving forces behind the dynamic growth in the industry.

This report highlights the blurring of the boundaries between surgical and non-surgical treatments and throws the spotlight on who is having surgery, who wants surgery and which providers are most likely to get their custom.



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