Cosmetic surgery - Beauty only as deep as our pockets

EYEBROWS are sure to be raised at the surprising results of today’s Irish Examiner-redC opinion poll on cosmetic surgery.

Reflecting the changing face of Ireland, it found that while just 1% of the population admit to having had plastic surgery, as they grow older, one out of every five people (20%) would consider having it at some point in the future.

Belying the time-worn cliche that ‘beauty’ is in the eye of the beholder, the poll indicates that, to an ever increasing degree, it resides in one’s image of one’s self.