We also sought to investigate a specific form ofpeer influence, namely appearance conversations with friends,on attitudes towards cosmetic surgery. Jones, Vigfusdottir,and Lee(2004) have suggested that appearance conversations with friends serve to direct attention to appearance as an issue,reinforce its importance and advocate appearance ideals.Several studies have found that more frequent appearance-related conversations with friends are as sociated with elevated body dissatisfaction(e.g., Clark & Tiggemann, 2006;Jones et al.,2004;Shroff & Thompson,2006)and we proposed that this would lead to more favourable attitudes towards cosmetic surgery.