Why would a girl barely out of her teens deliberately want to look “done”? A good question discussed in this article from the Guardian.
Lindsay Lohan… real age: 24; face age: 36.
Heidi Montag… real age: 24; face age: 36.
(Both photographs from Rex Features )
There’s nothing new in celebrities having cosmetic surgery, but the age at which they start is falling fast. Last year actress Charice Pempengco, 18, had Botox to look “fresh” for her role in Glee, and reality star Heidi Montag, 24, famously had 10 procedures in 10 hours. She later conceded that all the surgery makes “hugging” difficult.
In America, patients under 34 account for 20% of Botox procedures and chemical peels, and over 9,000 breast enhancement operations are carried out on girls aged 13 to 19. The move to look ageless though, rather than younger, is recent, with women today encouraged by some practices to get “preventative” Botox injections. But the more you get, some women are finding, the older you look.