Talking about her cosmetic surgery, Linda Briggs in Candis Magazine

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• Around 72,000 cosmetic surgery operations are performed in Britain each year,
• Liposuction, eyelid lifts and breast implants are the most popular procedures for British people who are considering cosmetic surgery,
• Britain is top of the cosmetic surgery league in Europe and third in the world, behind only the US and Brazil. The most popular operation in the US is liposuction, whereas the Brazilians tend to favour bottom implants!
• In the past 13 years more than £7million has been paid out in compensation for mistakes made during cosmetic surgery.

"Cosmetic surgery can make you feel much
happier and more confident about yourself
- as long as you don't expect miracles"
 

Forget growing old gracefully -cosmetic surgery to make you look younger is a great idea.   Before I had surgery my brain was telling me that I was 25, but my body looked so much older.  Middle-aged people today have a much younger outlook than they used to, so why shouldn't they have a body to match? I've had a 60-year-old client who wanted a facelift so that she could go on a world cruise to find herself a new husband and women as old as 80 come to me for advice on looking younger!

Some people say that your wrinkles are part of your character and history, but I disagree.  I don't want people to see what a hard life I've had!  I don't want to be reminded every time I see crow's feet around my eyes, that I spent the afternoon gardening and screwing my eyes up in the sun.

Our society is very shallow. Everyone judges you on your appearance and age and older people are discriminated against based on their looks.

People treat me differently now.   As soon as I'd had my facelift and hair extensions, I was quickly moved downstairs at work to meet all the new clients. Men my son's age used to ignore me if I was struggling with my shopping, whereas now that I'm blonde and I look younger, they're rushing to help.

If I wanted a job now, I would definitely exploit my new-found youth and lie about my age to get what I wanted.

Cosmetic surgery can make you feel much happier and so much more confident about yourself - as long as you don't expect miracles.  I was really unhappy for several years before I underwent surgery.  I was spending a fortune on non-surgical facelifts and a guest at my sisters wedding even asked me if I was the bride's mother!  One day I looked in the mirror and thought, that face has to go'. Now I'm hooked - the next job is liposuction because my bum is spreading.