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Berlusconi eyes are for his wife
The BBC ^ | January 30, 2004

Posted on 01/31/2004 8:23:28 PM PST by RWR8189

Italian papers scrutinised the prime minister's new look (picture: La Repubblica)



Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has thanked his wife for coaxing him to have cosmetic surgery.

He said the idea for his controversial eye enhancement came from Veronica.

But he was so delighted with the result that he planned more changes, he said at a meeting with fashion designers in the capital, Rome.

The 67-year-old prime minister sparked mass interest when appeared in public a week ago with a new look after disappearing for more than a month.

'Feeling fine'

The image-conscious politician looked younger and thinner and admitted to having cosmetic surgery around his eyes and going on a diet - all after persuasion from his wife.

I look in the mirror and I like what I see and I think I am more pleasing to others too


Silvio Berlusconi

"She convinced me to do it. Veronica is behind the whole thing," he said, adding that he was pleased with the outcome.

"I like the way I look. I feel fine. I look in the mirror and I like what I see and I think I am more pleasing to others too."

Mr Berlusconi denied having had surgery on other areas of his face but said that may yet come.

"I am not finished yet, as you can see."


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bbc; berlusconi; italy
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To: MinuteGal
FWIW -- He may look even better in about a month. There still seems to be soem swelling around his eyes, to me.
I'm sure everyone is different, but I know a male who had plastic surgery done around his eyes, and the swelling lasted several weeks.
41 posted on 01/31/2004 9:47:40 PM PST by Tuscaloosa Goldfinch
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To: dighton
“She convinced me to do it. Veronica is behind the whole thing.”

Right on. I'm all for self-improvement. :) His face looks smoother but he's lost some character and I don't think he's as good-looking now. On the other hand he is smoother. :)

42 posted on 02/01/2004 5:47:11 AM PST by veronica ("America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people." GW Bush 1-20-04)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
I agree... If I was actually rich, I'd probably have a lot of plastic surgery. Us poor folk just have to happy with what we have LOL
43 posted on 02/01/2004 9:07:02 AM PST by cyborg
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To: cyborg
Um, I don't think you understood what I wrote. I'm definitely *not* pro-plastic surgery, unless it's absolutely necessary, regardless of how much money I have or don't have.
44 posted on 02/01/2004 3:34:38 PM PST by NYC GOP Chick (AAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: NYC GOP Chick
I understood you were saying. I'm not pro-cosmetic surgery either, but if I had the money it sure would be tempting!
45 posted on 02/01/2004 3:48:47 PM PST by cyborg
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