Before you next ask your partner Do I look fat in this?” or Are my crows feet really noticeable?”, you may want to consider what’s really going through their head following a new survey by Cosmetic Physicians Society of Australasia.
A poll of more than 500 Australians, conducted by CPSA in partnership with Younger You, found that one in three people would change their partner’s physical appearance.
Top of the list of physical attributes they’d wish to change was weight at 43 per cent and stomach at 42 per cent, followed by loss of volume around the jaw line with 20 per cent and wrinkles also with 20 per cent.
While I know I’m far from perfect, it’s scary to think that I may have mistakenly misunderstood a boyfriend’s loving glance” for him working out what changes he could make to enhance my looks.
But it’s not just partners that are critical of our appearance – it seems we are our own worst enemy, with more than half of the survey respondents revealing they had considered having a non- or minimally-invasive cosmetic procedure or cosmetic surgery themselves.
There was also an additional 30 per cent who admitted they already had a non- or minimally-invasive cosmetic medical procedure and 15 per cent having had a surgical cosmetic procedure.
These results are not surprising,” says CPSA president Dr Gabrielle Caswell. Australia spends more per capita on cosmetic medicine than any other country, primarily due to the high incidence of sun-damaged skin in this country.”
This figure continues to increase every year and people are also becoming more open about their cosmetic treatment, whether it’s anti-wrinkle injections or laser hair removal, so it’s becoming a lot less taboo.”
Let’s just hope we don’t get so carried away with trying to please our partners or ourselves that we err on following in Heidi Montag’s excessive surgical footsteps.