Cosmetic Surgery To Beat the Mid-Life Blues

In an age when it's common place to see a 50-year-old Madonna cavorting in a leotard and celebrity mum's like Jade Jagger and The Duchess of York hitting the town with their daughters, Times journalist Carole Midgley observes that cosmetic surgery is a part of this new female attitude.

The article titled "Tattoos, tummy tucks and miniskirts" details that like the traditional male stereotype of a mid-life crisis complete with sports car, leather pants and ponytail, middle-aged women are now having their own very public version of this rite of passage.

Migley's main point was that women shouldn't strive to emulate a male stereotype that has always been much maligned. However, Migley does concede that it is encouraging to find women able to express themselves in a way that may not have been possible 20 or so years ago.

For many women this increased confidence may be in part due to cosmetic surgery. Procedures such as the arm lift to reduce 'bingo wings', and the breast uplift which returns the breast to higher, firmer position, are just two such operations which can help to restore a more youthful appearance.

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