The argument for and against plastic surgery as an anti aging strategy is hotting up as two Hollywood celebrities speak out against plastic surgery as a means of looking younger.  According to Jane Fonda both she and Sally Field have made a "pact" not to go for any more surgery in the quest to look younger.

Fonda, 69, who has done all of the talking in the debate, says she would prefer to age gracefully and not fight the natural aging process. In an interview reported as part of a promotional drive for a new women's radio network, the actress is quoted as saying:

"I realised that I'm going to be 70 in a year, and I have chosen not to have any more plastic surgery. Sally Field and I have kind of made a pact about that."

Fonda is no stranger to plastic surgery famously having breast implants in her 50's. May be for her it's a question of drawing the line and finally accepting that aging is inevitable. Whatever her motivation she now says she prefers to be a positive role model for older women.

Presumably she wants that face to be mobile, human and recognizable rather than the strange stretched faces that can result from too much surgical intervention.

Fonda and Field have now officially joined the line of Hollywood celebrities who have publicly come out against plastic surgery.

62 year old British actress Jacqueline Bisset spoke out very strongly against plastic surgery in a recent article, saying that she thought ‘women who had cosmetic surgery looked like freaks’.

Still young looking Andie MacDowell - from a slightly younger generation than Bisset or Fonda - has also been quite forthright in her views against plastic surgery preferring to put her faith in a good diet, exercise and, of course - great anti aging skin care.

Jane Seymour takes a similar line despite admitting to having had plastic surgery to reduce the bags under her eyes. The 54 year old British actress has recently said she is against plastic surgery for professional reasons as much as anything, believing that the surgery takes away mobility and expressiveness in the face.

"When I see people on television and nothing is moving and their eyebrows are up near the corner of their head I think, 'How can they do this? They're destroying their expression"

Interestingly there seems to be more tolerance of plastic surgery among the younger celebrities and probably more so in the US than the UK and Europe. Despite this several high profile young celebrities have spoken out against surgery including: Kate Winslet, Kate Beckinsale and Diane Lane.

It's good to see that the topic is now up for public debate and that even Hollywood celebrities are beginning to feel they have nothing to lose by talking openly about the pros and cons of plastic surgery.  Just like the rest of us in fact!

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