The celebrities who most influence the public's interest in surgery
A list of the celebrities who are most influential when it comes to the British public’s plastic surgery interests has been revealed by cosmetic surgery advice website Flawless.org.
Composed almost entirely of reality TV personalities, the list is topped by Keeping up with the Kardashians star Kylie Jenner.
Jenner receives an average of 7,460 searches per month relating to her cosmetic treatments.
Fifth on the list is Jenner’s father, former Olympic medallist, Keeping up With the Kardashians star and recent I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here contestant Caitlyn Jenner.
UK searches about Jenner’s gender reassignment surgery average at 2,000 monthly, though this figure peaked by 376% within the first 24 hours of this year’s I’m A Celebrity airing.
Former Love Island contestant Megan Barton-Hanson is second on the list, with 6,490 searches per month, followed by Kim Kardashian with 5,080, Love Island’s Molly May Hague with 2,670.
Other Love Island contestants Maura Higgins and Anna Vakili also made the list, as did reality personalities Khloé Kardashian, Katie Price and Charlotte Crosby; and music industry name Simon Cowell.
The average monthly searches were from January to October this year.
A survey by Flawless.org into people’s motivations for considering undergoing plastic surgery procedures found that 1 in 10 female respondents said it was due to “celebrities who had work done before”.
40% said celebrities and influencers are a big source of surges in cosmetic surgery.
