It used to be that cosmetic surgery was used mostly to make big noses smaller and small breasts larger, or to repair damage from accidents and birth defects. Well, no more. In the last seven years the number of youth enhancing procedures like Botox injections and chemical peels have increased by a whopping 81 percent, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

These procedures might make you look younger — but not better. MSNBC recently asked Dr. Tony Youn, a Michigan plastic surgeon, to put together a before and after slide show and lecture on the stars we love to watch. He takes apart Nicole Kidman’s face piece by piece, and commends Susan Sarandan for her restraint and good taste.

This riveting slide show is a great lesson on plastic surgery that most likely will inspire you to accept your years — and the face that goes with it. Tara Parker Pope, who writes the well blog for the New York Times, says the slide show is a lesson on what not to do.

If you must use plastic surgery, Youn also provides a list of tips on how to turn back the clock without looking bizarre.

He writes a blog on celebrities and their plastic surgeries called celebritycosmeticsurgery.blogspot.com.

What do you think of what these celebrities have done to their faces? Would you have plastic surgery to make you look younger?

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