Michelle Pfeiffer was recently voted by US OK! readers as the #1 woman celebrity who has become more beautiful with age. Ms Pfeiffer says that the key to such a timeless beauty is simple – get enough sleep, eat well and exercise appropriately. She also adds that she is not interested in plastic surgery, claiming “All the plastic surgery in the world can’t stop you getting older”. So should we assume that she never had plastic surgery?
The discussion I had with my work colleagues over whether or not to believe that she did NOT have plastic surgery (with most insisting that she did judging by how the sides of her nose stretched when she smiles- whatever that means) then led to the question : Would you have plastic surgery, if money wasn't an issue? And by this, I mean for shallow reasons, as in you took one look at yourself in the mirror and thought, "Hmm...that area needs a bit of a nip and tuck."
While I wasn't surprised that all seven of them said 'definitely' if they lived in cut-throat Tinseltown, I was surprised when all said 'definitely' if someone had walked in then and given them free 'samples' with half of them mumbling about keeping it from their husbands who liked them just the way they are.
So I started asking pretty much everyone I came in contact with, stopping short of a drunk man violently shaking a parking meter in Surry Hills. Most said yes. My boss's wife even tried to convince me and another colleague to go to the Philippines because she heard of a 3-in-1 package deal. Two 19-year old acquaintances confessed to getting their boobs done. And even my own dad - my belching, beer-chugging, lift-a-leg-to-let-rip-a-big-o ne dad had had his eyebags removed (this anecdote was willingly disclosed by my mum under the influence of a bottle of Ricadonna).
While I would love to stand firm and announce an intent to embrace and preserve all things natural, I'm realistic enough not to utter 'never' to my own question - especially when I am forced to go through photos of my high school days to point out triumphantly, "See! SEE! I DID have eyelids!!!"
So, would you have plastic surgery if money wasn't an issue? If yes, what would you have done?
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