It’s alarming enough that cosmetic surgery patients get younger by the day, especially after reports of that 12-year old girl from Texas who had liposuction as a way of losing weight.

But it’s even more alarming when a growing number of these patients go under a cosmetic surgeon’s knife so they can look like their favorites stars.

A growing number of young people are turning to plastic surgery in order to look like their favorite celebrities. In fact, 10 percent of all people who get cosmetic procedures are under 20 years old.

“Look at her. She looks completely different,” said Vicky Hahm, admiring Ashlee Simpson’s new look. Hahm is among the growing number of 20-somethings getting cosmetic surgery. She is in the doctor’s office for a series of procedures that will make her lips, skin and eyes more like that of Simpson.

After the first news of the day has been delivered, hit your surgeon's clinic and make sure your operation is scheduled before 12 noon.

Now, you should be rushing -- that is if you like to heed the call of a recent research which reveals that mornings’ the best time to go under the surgeon’s knife, and conversely, more complications occur when surgery is performed in the afternoon.

Now this could be a significant finding since not one is loving the idea of being told to fast all day or spend an anxious morning waiting to have the surgery in the afternoon.

The BBC quoted the researchers at Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center in Duke University saying:

This rumor has been in the mill for quite some time – busty Canadian women with suicidal tendencies. This time around there are statistics to prove: suicide rates among women with breast implants are 73% higher than in the general population.

With this concern, plastic surgeons were encouraged to observe sound medical practice by paying particular attention to the reasons why women want to undergo breast augmentation.

When the insecurity of being flat-chested cannot be remedied by plastic surgery, doctors are advised to refer their patients to mental health professionals.

These issues were raised after researchers at the Laval Faculty of Medicine and Canadian Public Health Agency have found that women, who undergo breast implant surgery, are more likely to plunge into depths of despair.

Believing that injections of fat-derived stem cells have the potential to regenerate breast tissues, the use of adipose or fat stem cells is being studied as an alternative to breast reconstruction surgery. Said option may represent a better solution for soft tissue reconstruction in breast cancer patients.

With the National Cancer Institute (ANI) funding and pursuing the research, the doctors expressed this concern:

"The surgical options for breast reconstruction involve either the use of implants or a procedure whereby fat tissue taken from another part of the body is shaped into the form of a breast. Neither is ideal nor without risk."

By a simple grin, there are comedians who strike funny, pronto. And then there are those acts that make our sides hurt as soon as they spew forth sarcastic one-liners.

Those funnymen were not born laughing. We are certain about that. But if we are to believe this new research, they need not set up an audition to spot good stand-up comedians. It’s a cinch. It's in the face – with mouths shut up.

But it seems that when it comes to making people laugh, those comedians who look funny are the ones who tend to be the most successful, for a scientific study have "auditioned" what a funnyman’s face needs to look like.

A string of many other uses for Botox have been discovered just for this year alone, but the Botox train is showing no signs of slowing down.

A Journal & Courier report recently revealed that Botox can also be used against excessive underarm sweating.

Excessive underarm sweating, or "severe primary axillary hyperhidrosis," usually is relieved for about six months with one Botox treatment. The underarm is given 15 to 20 pin-prick injections just under the skin.

Botox blocks the chemical signals from the nerves that stimulate the sweat glands. Cheryl Foley, Swan's cosmetic services nurse, says that some patients have reported reduced sweating within two days. A major reduction is normally seen within four weeks. The treatment was approved in 2004 by the federal Food and Drug Administration. It usually costs $1,000 to $1,200, and is sometimes covered by insurance.

Sure, our cats and dogs now have their own spas where they can be pampered by trained professionals who will cater to their every need. There are even restaurants just for pets.

But cosmetic surgery for our furry little friends? CBS News tells us:

To Ralph Liberatore, the thought of having his miniature pinscher Butch neutered was painful.

Was it concern for his vanity?

"Well, probably ... sure," says Liberatore. "How is he going to be looked at by the other dogs in the dog world?"

Then he heard about Neuticles - testicular implants made of silicone that would make Butch look like Butch again.

For wanting a shot at being beautiful, Americans spent $9.4 billion on cosmetic surgery – the 2005 records of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons reveal.

We guessed it right, the trend shows no indications of reversing.

This is the big trend – at least according a new book "Beauty Junkies: Inside Our $15 Billion Obsession With Cosmetic Surgery," which contains facts and figures, and ‘why and hows’ of today's culture of cosmetic enhancement.

No immune to the pull, author Alex Kuczynski admits to an addiction to cosmetic enhancement that starts with Botox® and progresses to liposuction and an unfortunate lip-filling incident that causes her to miss a good friend’s memorial.

The Advertiser reported that East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey Primary Care Trust (PCT) has allowed the spate of free operations in the past five years -- paying for 485 people to have cosmetic surgery, including tummy tuck, liposuction, penis reconstructions and nose jobs.

The number also included three individuals who have been granted sex change operations and some 45 men who went through a "reconstruction of the penis." No precise dates and other details were released because it could lead to the people being identified.

The most sought procedure – 135 persons, was Rhinoplasty (nose job), an operation that would cost the patient at least £4,500 if carried out in a private cosmetic surgery clinic.

Keeping tabs on the tabloids, we are quoting the Mail, which reported,

"Age has not yet caught up with Michael Jackson…cosmetic surgery unfortunately has."

Look now, it really is hard to put an age to that ensemble of a face -- pretty much the kind we're used to seeing atop Jackson’s lithe body. The inky-black sunglasses that stubbornly sit on Jackson's now warped nose might be the oldest thing on showbiz. Indeed, it's no longer all that unusual a look.

And the Mail blabbers "scarring caused by numerous cosmetic operations on his nose", deep "craters" on either sides of his nostrils" and the “stitched-on appearance of his hair..."