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Men are fuelling the latest boom in cosmetic surgery in their search for perfection.
These days, it’s not just women who are opting for a nip or tuck. In the past five years, the number of men turning to cosmetic surgery has risen by more than 300%, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
Figures for men using Botox are even more startling – one in 10 of his Botox clients are now male. And, thanks to the arrival of Dysport, the male Botox injection, these numbers are set to increase again. Dysport does away with the spookily surprised look that isn’t quite so fetching on blokes, giving a heavier, Gordon Brown-style brow instead.
Other popular procedures include nose jobs (rhinoplasty), liposuction, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), ear correction (otoplasty), facelifts and neck-lifts. In fact, the surgery-lite business is booming. Procedures for men, such as silicone calf implants, are given equal billing with those for women. “Tattoo removal, hair restoration, laser hair removal and glycolic skin peels are top of the popularity chart.”
Last year, there was a 60% increase in tummy tucks for men, largely as a result of weight-loss surgery that sheds the stones and leaves behind excess skin.
It’s hard to imagine John Wayne or Jack Nicholson toying with the idea of a spot of lipo and yearning wistfully for a baby-smooth forehead. So, why are so many men resorting to the scalpel – including, it is rumoured, George Clooney, who made reference to having an eye-lift last year?
Also, men are realising that problems they thought they were stuck with, such as gynaecomastia [man boobs], are actually treatable.” “Men are vain, and they are becoming much less self-conscious about procedures,”
“Men are often more anxious, too, so that might make them more susceptible to pain. They often want more pain relief.” A couple who both came in for liposuction. The next day, she was up and about, but he was still lying there and really struggling. That’s not unusual. Some men are a bit wussy: they have ‘man recovery’, in the same way they have ‘man flu’.” Some men scar more easily, too. “Men have thicker skin,” “If it is thinner, you get a finer scar. With facial surgery, the key difficulty is deciding where to hide the scars without hair and make-up to cover them.”
When it comes to liposuction, men opt to have it on the waist, abdomen and chest, which can cost from £3,000 to £6,000. The procedure doesn’t work for beer bellies, as they are caused by fat underlying the muscle, but it does work for man boobs, something that more than 30% of men have. Treatment involves liposuction to remove excess fat, and then removing the gland under the nipple. It costs about £4,000, and the patient can be back on his feet in a few days.
So, what’s the future? With an ageing, youth-obsessed culture, most surgeons expect to see more men coming in for surgery, and less furtiveness about booking a fortnight off work to have a spot of lipo or a facelift. And given the male propensity to boast about just about anything, a new nose or a brow-lift could soon rival the MacBook Air in the status stakes.
Men are fuelling the latest boom in cosmetic surgery in their search for perfection.
These days, it’s not just women who are opting for a nip or tuck. In the past five years, the number of men turning to cosmetic surgery has risen by more than 300%, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
Figures for men using Botox are even more startling – one in 10 of his Botox clients are now male. And, thanks to the arrival of Dysport, the male Botox injection, these numbers are set to increase again. Dysport does away with the spookily surprised look that isn’t quite so fetching on blokes, giving a heavier, Gordon Brown-style brow instead.
Other popular procedures include nose jobs (rhinoplasty), liposuction, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), ear correction (otoplasty), facelifts and neck-lifts. In fact, the surgery-lite business is booming. Procedures for men, such as silicone calf implants, are given equal billing with those for women. “Tattoo removal, hair restoration, laser hair removal and glycolic skin peels are top of the popularity chart.”
Last year, there was a 60% increase in tummy tucks for men, largely as a result of weight-loss surgery that sheds the stones and leaves behind excess skin.
It’s hard to imagine John Wayne or Jack Nicholson toying with the idea of a spot of lipo and yearning wistfully for a baby-smooth forehead. So, why are so many men resorting to the scalpel – including, it is rumoured, George Clooney, who made reference to having an eye-lift last year?
Also, men are realising that problems they thought they were stuck with, such as gynaecomastia [man boobs], are actually treatable.” “Men are vain, and they are becoming much less self-conscious about procedures,”
“Men are often more anxious, too, so that might make them more susceptible to pain. They often want more pain relief.” A couple who both came in for liposuction. The next day, she was up and about, but he was still lying there and really struggling. That’s not unusual. Some men are a bit wussy: they have ‘man recovery’, in the same way they have ‘man flu’.” Some men scar more easily, too. “Men have thicker skin,” “If it is thinner, you get a finer scar. With facial surgery, the key difficulty is deciding where to hide the scars without hair and make-up to cover them.”
When it comes to liposuction, men opt to have it on the waist, abdomen and chest, which can cost from £3,000 to £6,000. The procedure doesn’t work for beer bellies, as they are caused by fat underlying the muscle, but it does work for man boobs, something that more than 30% of men have. Treatment involves liposuction to remove excess fat, and then removing the gland under the nipple. It costs about £4,000, and the patient can be back on his feet in a few days.
So, what’s the future? With an ageing, youth-obsessed culture, most surgeons expect to see more men coming in for surgery, and less furtiveness about booking a fortnight off work to have a spot of lipo or a facelift. And given the male propensity to boast about just about anything, a new nose or a brow-lift could soon rival the MacBook Air in the status stakes.
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