Soaring numbers of young people are turning to plastic surgery to improve their looks, new figures show.
A plastic generation, inspired by cosmetically enhanced stars such as Jordan, had 22,041 operations in 2005 - up by more than a third on the previous 12 months.
The number of men going under the knife has almost doubled - from 1,348 in 2004 to 2,440 last year, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
Doctors and campaigners are warning surgery is not a quick route to happiness and blame celebrities for selling a false version of beauty.
The figures, from 170 plastic surgery practices, show breast enlargement was the most popular operation, with the number carried out last year up by more than half on 2004, at 5,646.
In men, the most popular procedure was a nose job, with 735 carried out.
BAAPS president Adam Searle said: "The media and celebrities are encouraging people (to believe) plastic surgery is normal and that is very dangerous.
"Some people see programmes on TV; it all looks very glamorous and they think it will change their lives.
"It can be very rewarding when you work on someone who has a serious problem but we try to dissuade people from treating it in the same way as buying a new wardrobe of clothes."
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A plastic generation, inspired by cosmetically enhanced stars such as Jordan, had 22,041 operations in 2005 - up by more than a third on the previous 12 months.
The number of men going under the knife has almost doubled - from 1,348 in 2004 to 2,440 last year, according to the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
Doctors and campaigners are warning surgery is not a quick route to happiness and blame celebrities for selling a false version of beauty.
The figures, from 170 plastic surgery practices, show breast enlargement was the most popular operation, with the number carried out last year up by more than half on 2004, at 5,646.
In men, the most popular procedure was a nose job, with 735 carried out.
BAAPS president Adam Searle said: "The media and celebrities are encouraging people (to believe) plastic surgery is normal and that is very dangerous.
"Some people see programmes on TV; it all looks very glamorous and they think it will change their lives.
"It can be very rewarding when you work on someone who has a serious problem but we try to dissuade people from treating it in the same way as buying a new wardrobe of clothes."
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