Age-defying actress Demi Moore has furiously denied that her astonishingly youthful appearance is down to plastic surgery.The Hollywood star, who turns 47 in November, has kept her youthful looks, with close friends convinced that she has spent at least £200,000 remodelling her face and body.
But in an interview carried out in Paris in which she said she felt young enough to have another child, Moore flatly denied that she had ever had any surgery.
'It's completely false - I've never had it done,' said Moore, adding: 'But I would never judge those who have.
'If it's the best thing for them, then I don't see a problem.
'On the other hand, I don't like the idea of having an operation to hold up the ageing process - it's a way to combat your neurosis. The scalpel won't make you happy.
That said, the day when I start crying when I look at myself in the mirror might be the day when I'm less adamant about not having it done.
'For the moment I prefer to be a beautiful woman of my age than try desperately to look 30.'
When French reporter Fabrice Gaignault suggested to Moore that she looked 30 at the most anyway, the actress simply laughed.
Moore is believed to have spent a fortune on surgery over the past decade in a bid to rejuvenate her career and impress her toyboy lover, Ashton Kutcher, whom she married in 2005.
Kutcher, 31, is her third husband, after Freddy Moore and Bruce Willis, with whom she had three daughters.
Asked in Paris why men had an easier time getting older, Moore replied: 'Because it's easier for them.
In great shape: Demi as a young actress
In great shape: Demi as a young actress
'Again, social conditioning states that when men age they become more charming.
'We use that useful word they are "distinguished". How many times have I heard that word in Hollywood to describe a mature actor?
'Men seem to get classier than us when they age. We live in a society which glorifies youth for women and gives value to maturity only for men.
'It's necessary to get rid of these ridiculous codes. It's fear which makes women less attractive, not age or appearance.'
Asked how living with Kutcher, who is almost 16 years her junior, had affected Moore, she replied: 'The age gap is not relevant at all in our relationship.
'What matters most for me is to have found someone for whom the age gap doesn't mean anything and most of all with whom I have an incredibly deep relationship.
'Of course, Ashton's youth ensures that I have a completely different emotional relationship with him than I had when I lived with Bruce.
'We're at different stages in our personal lives and in our careers. But we look at that as a positive thing because we are massively enriched by having different things to deal with and to share.
'And also I won't pretend that I'm not hugely happy to live with such a handsome man!'
Asked if Kutcher was too immature for her, Moore replied: 'I've met a lot of 40 and 50-year-olds who were a lot more immature than him.
'Ashton is very responsible, and he was comfortable from the very beginning with the family responsibilities he had to take on.
'Most men aged 25 would not have been able to deal with it. I don't judge them, but I think Ashton is far more ahead of his time. We share everything. He's also my best friend.'
Moore even suggested that she might still have a baby with Kutcher.
'Why not? Everything is possible!' said Moore.
'We have so much to live for, and obviously one of them is to have a child. I'm very enthusiastic about all the possibilities that living together gives us.
'I'm an incurable optimist and a go-getter - it's in my nature to focus much more on what makes me happy than what makes me nervous.'
The family unit: Demi with (L to R) daughter Rumer ex-husband Bruce, daughters Scout and Tallulah and husband Ashton Kutcher
The family unit: Demi with (L to R) daughter Rumer ex-husband Bruce, daughters Scout and Tallulah and husband Ashton Kutcher
Moore is a practising follower of the Kabbalah faith - a version of Judaism popular with numerous celebrities also including Madonna.
She said: 'It gives me strong tools to keep going with my day-to-day life.
'It also provides me with ways to understand myself better and not be egotistical.
'I like the idea of being connected, not only to my family and my colleagues on the screen but to everything around me.
'I wouldn't have answered your questions with as much sincerity, conviction and, I hope, deepness a few years ago.'
Despite such 'deep' words the evidence against Moore as far as plastic surgery is concerned is overwhelming.
Her surgeon in the US is said to be Brian Novack, about whom a close friend of Moore's said in 2004: 'He's a fantastic surgeon and his clients don't look like they've had surgery.
'Demi can't stand it that there is part of her that is not perfect.
'She's also sensitive about her age, although Ashton has told her a million times he doesn't care about what she looks like because he loves her.'
Among the work Moore has allegedly had is liposuction to her hips, thighs and stomach, estimated to have cost £16,000, a £9,500 breast implant operation and £20,000 of work on her face.She has also paid an army of advisers including a nutritionist, personal trainer, yoga teacher and kick-boxing coach.
After a string of film flops in the late Nineties and a difficult break-up with her husband of 11 years, Bruce Willis, Moore has enjoyed a comeback since first having surgery in 2001.Her two latest films, Happy Tears and The Joneses, are due to be released in the autumn.The full Paris interview with Demi Moore is in the latest edition of French Marie Claire magazine.
