Thin is in: in search of the perfect male body

ARE MEN more body conscious now than they were 10 years ago?

Sat, 18 Feb, 2012 - 00:00

Polly Vernon and Ailin Quinlan

Apparently yes. Infinitely more.

And it’s starting young — my eyes may have widened when my teenage daughter happened to mention recently that she knew boys who used hair-straighteners, but to her it was nothing unusual.

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