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Report from IHT:

Compared to coif-and-cosmetic capitals such as Paris or London, Madrid might not seem like the obvious place to hold a massive beauty convention. But Spain is, in fact, a world leader when it comes to the 21st-century fountain of youth and allure: plastic surgery. The country's 900 state-certified plastic surgeons perform about 500,000 tummy tucks, facelifts and other procedures a year, more than any other country in Europe, according to the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. The industry is among the five largest in the world along with the United States, Argentina, Mexico and Brazil. (Europe's Botox leaders are France and England, however, according to the Spanish Society of Aesthetic Medicine. Spain ranks third, although the injection rate is swelling as quickly as some celebrity lips).