ARIANA blows the 45 candles on her chocolate-flavoured birthday cake. Her birthday wish is to look younger as her dressing mirror has been showing a wrinkled her. And to make her wish come true, the socialite’s present to herself is a face-lift.
The middle-aged woman is a typical client for cosmetic plastic surgery, says Dr Morthy, a doctor who specialises in skin care therapy. She can be pigeonholed into one group of Malaysian women who go under the knife to make themselves look young and healthy. These women are above 45 years, moneyed, and are facing the inevitable effects of ageing.