Looking Good in laterlife
                              May 2007

 Looking Good in laterlife is a regular column reporting on the latest tips on beauty products and processes for the more mature face and body.    

Anyone who has looked after her (or his) appearance over the years has the edge in later life compared to ravers who burned all their candles at both ends.     

A vast industry is out there to help with all and every beauty concern. In this column every month laterlife.com will report on ideas and products, old and new. All with the focus on maturity of course. 

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PENSIONERS EMBRACE PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Almost Quarter Of A Million Retirees Resort To Cosmetic Surgery To Look Young

• Over 230,000 UK pensioners have resorted to cosmetic surgery

• 24% believe artificial enhancement is the answer to eternal youth

• 83% always take care of their appearance

AXA research has found that the stigma surrounding plastic surgery is vanishing with over 230,000 UK pensioners admitting to cosmetic enhancement.

In addition, retired people are so keen to embrace plastic surgery at almost one in ten (9%) would go under the knife or have botox injections if it meant changing something they did not like about their appearance. Furthermore, a quarter of British pensioners (24%) feel that plastic surgery would make them look younger.

The older Britons get, the vainer the nation becomes, with pensioners showing up younger generations by spending more time on traditional beauty methods too.

• Eight out of ten retirees (83%) state they always take care of how they dress compared to 79% of workers.

• Furthermore, almost nine in ten (89%) say that everyone should care about the way they look and almost half (44%) say we should do all we can to look younger.

Despite embracing cosmetic surgery, Britain is left trailing behind in the global grey league, led by Australian retires – one in ten of which have gone under the knife.

Pensioners that have resorted to plastic surgery:-

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