More men opting for cosmetic surgery

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GROWING TREND: Kenny Rogers has admitted to having a little help in the ageing process.

Plastic surgeon Leo McCafferty believes selfies have something to do with it.

"There are all of these pictures and you say to yourself, 'I look older than I feel,' " McCafferty said during a recent interview in his office. "People are working longer and people want to look as young as they feel."

Whatever the reason, the number of middle-aged and older men signing up for cosmetic surgery has increased nearly three-fold in the past 15 years as guys seek a more youthful appearance, or at least a delay before the tell-tale sags of aging settle in permanently.

Financial adviser Jim Wehrheim, now just shy of his 65th birthday and with no plans of retiring, sought out McCafferty six years ago about a double chin that threatened to overtake his jawline.

"I did it for myself," he explained. "I just didn't like the way I looked."

It's a familiar theme among his male patients, McCafferty said.

"I think certainly there's an element of vanity, but a certain amount of vanity is good. We need to kind of take care of ourselves."

Another patient of McCafferty's, Bruce, a 55-year-old executive from Chicago who underwent a facelift earlier this month, freely admits the procedure was "all about me."

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