British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

{{short description|British medical association}}

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The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons is a British surgical organisation based at the Royal College of Surgeons of England premises in London, established as the British Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons in 1979.

Mary O'Brien is the president .{{cite news |date= |title=Vicky Eldridge speaks to Mary O’Brien about what it feels like to be the first woman to lead the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons |url=https://aestheticmed.co.uk/site/industrynewsdetails/female-force}}

In April 2022 the association performed an audit and discovered that the number of patients being treated for serious complications following cosmetic surgery abroad in the last four years had increased by 44% in 2021.{{cite news |title=Patients having treatment abroad - medico-legal advice for GPs |url=https://www.gponline.com/patients-having-treatment-abroad-medico-legal-advice-gps/article/1803021 |access-date=10 November 2022 |publisher=GP |date=24 October 2022}}