Seeking good looks, more men going under the knife (Lifestyle Trend)

By Sreeparna Chakrabarty, New Delhi, Jan 26 : Move over the cosmopolitan women, the metro-sexual man is here to stay. As more and more men are becoming conscious of the need to look good, they are opting for plastic surgery to enhance their looks for a better career or simply to look attractive, experts say.

From facelifts to eyelid surgery to nose jobs, many men are opting for plastic surgery and cosmologists say that men care about their looks more than even their wives or girl friends do nowadays.

"Plastic surgery isn't just for women any more. A large number of men are also opting for it. In fact, more men are going under the knife than ever before as looking your best is important in today's image-conscious world," Manoj Khanna, internationally acclaimed aesthetic and cosmetic surgeon at Enhance Clinics in the capital, told IANS.

According to Khanna, one of the most common procedures which men undergo is hair transplant. Liposuction or fat removal comes a close second.

Around 70 percent of the men opting for such procedures are from middle class families and are in the age group of 20-40 years.

Money does not seem to be a consideration for those seeking good looks.

While a hair transplant costs anywhere between Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 300,000, a liposuction costs Rs.75,000 to Rs. 150,000.

"Everybody wants to look good. Cosmetic surgery has absolutely no side effects and has a huge impact on your personality," he said.

The best thing about cosmetic surgery is that one can go to work the next day itself as there is no recovery time, doctors said.

According to Anup Dhir, the three most common things which men opt for are male breast reduction, hair transplant and liposuction.

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Seeking good looks, more men going under the knife (Lifestyle Trend)