Overweight women are more willing to pile on extra weight in order to get NHS surgery rather than go on a diet .
The website goodsurgeonguide.co.uk interviewed 1,216 women throughout the UK to find out whether or not they would consider undergoing NHS funded surgery to enhance specific aspects of their body and looks.
The study highlighted that 60 per cent of women would opt for a type of cosmetic surgery should it be funded by the Government.
A third of overweight women would prefer to put on weight with the hope of getting free weight loss surgery than diet to lose weight .
Nearly a third (32%) would deliberately put on weight to become ‘morbidly obese’ should it mean that they could undergo an NHS funded operation.
The research was commissioned by the UK’s biggest cosmetic treatment review website. It discovered that a tenth of respondents had already asked for weight loss surgery from their GP.
The survey also showed that 28 per cent were content to claim they were ‘depressed’ in an attempt to get a free nose job.
60 per cent of the women interviewed would opt for a type of cosmetic surgery should it be funded by the Government.
Just over a fifth stated they would ask the NHS to fund a breast lift after breast feeding as drooping boobs would impact on their confidence and sex life.