Survey: Love has eye for plastic surgery
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Love is not blind -- at least when it comes to facial plastic surgery.
Of people who are dating or married, 59 percent of women and 54 percent of men would like to change at least one feature on their partner's face, according to an American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery survey released Monday.
It found that men were most likely to take suggestions about plastic surgery as an insult.
Women were more likely than men to take suggestions as gestures of love and when a sweetheart offered to pay, were twice as likely to go ahead with plastic surgery.
"This survey shows that love is not blind and, in fact, has an eye for improvement," academy president Dr. Keith LaFerriere said in a statement.
The Alexandria, Virginia, academy sponsored the telephone survey December 2-5 of 1,000 adults across the United States, including 738 who were dating or married. It had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.2 percent.
Respondents said they would change their lover's hair (24 percent women, 17 percent men), wrinkles (9 percent women, 11 percent men), nose (11 percent women, 9 percent men), mouth (6 percent each), eyes (5 percent each) or ears (4 percent each).
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