More US men are choosing cosmetic surgery

With procedures for droopy eyelids, bulging love handles and over-sized breasts, more men are readjusting their bodies to enhance their looks and stack the odds in their favour career-wise. "It's much more acceptable in society today for men to seek plastic surgery," Dr Phillip Haeck, a plastic surgeon in the western state of Washington, told reporters. "There is an incredible push for men to smell good, to have smoother skin and coincidentally to pay more attention to how they look," said Haeck, 53, who underwent surgery on his eyelids two years ago and who has seen a 19 percent increase in male clients in the last five years. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the total number of cosmetic procedures on men grew by 16 percent between 2000 and 2005 with breast reduction, tummy tuck, lip augmentation, eyelid surgery and liposuction among the most popular.

Cosmetic surgery demand soars

Demand for cosmetic surgery is soaring in the UK with new figures showing the number of people having liposuction rose by 90 per cent last year.
Nose jobs and eyelid surgery are still the most popular procedures and men are increasingly booking themselves in for so-called "moob jobs" to have their breasts reduced.
But the number of people undergoing liposuction has rocketed - prompting experts to warn it is not a solution for obesity.
The operation has jumped from being the eighth most popular cosmetic procedure in 2005 to the third most popular in 2006.
According to today's figures from the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), 3,986 liposuctions were carried out last year - up from 2,099 in 2005.
BAAPS, which is based at the Royal College of Surgeons, said other operations - such as breast surgery and nose jobs - had also seen a rise.