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UK plastic surgery is on the increase, despite the recession. Find out which procedures are going up - and which are downo Get the dataPlastic surgery is big business in the UK - and despite the recession, it's a growing one.Breast augmentations are still by far the most popular cosmetic surgery procedure for women and have risen year on year - although these figures take no account of the breast implant scandal, which recently led plastic surgeons to call for a ban on advertising it.Plastic surgery statistics in the UK show a record number of male 'tummy tuck' operations as the rise in demand outstrips that for all other procedures - including women's breast enlargement.Figures published by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPs) - that really is its acronym - showed abdominoplasty operations grew by 15%, while overall male cosmetic surgery grew by 5.6%. The association represents one in three plastic surgeons.The figures are only surgical procedures. They do not include non-surgical "l