What looks good on the goose looks good on the gander too, a new survey shows.

Men are turning to plastic surgery and cosmetic procedures to brighten up their appearances at a faster rate than women, according to a survey released on Wednesday.

Men's use of fat injections to soften deep wrinkles leaped 497 percent last year from the previous year. Women's use of the injections fell 36 percent, according to the American Academy of Facial and Plastic Reconstructive Surgeons survey.

Men's use of Botox injections to eliminate frown lines rose 88 percent, while women's Botox use fell 8 percent, it said.

And for smoothing skin, use of microdermabrasion among men rose 79 percent and use of laser resurfacing rose 13 percent, the survey showed.

Meanwhile, women's use of microdermabrasion dropped 13 percent and their use of laser resurfacing dropped 38 percent during the same time period, the survey showed.

The number of men getting rhinoplasty -- more commonly known as nose jobs -- rose 47 percent, while the number of women doing so rose 5 percent, it said.

Typically, men and women visiting plastic surgeons for cosmetic reasons were age 40 to 59, it said.

The study said 44 percent of men and 57 percent of women tell their doctor that looking younger is the reason they are choosing cosmetic surgery.

By 25 to 10 percent, men are more likely than women to say they want facial cosmetic surgery for work-related reasons, it said.

The study was conducted by written questionnaires from January 20 to March 3 among the more than 2,600 members of the association, who focus on treatment of the face, head and neck.

By comparison, in the prior year, women's use of Botox rose 60 percent while men's fell 14 percent; women's use of laser resurfacing rose 13 percent while men's fell 19 percent; women's use of fat injections fell 17 percent and men's fell 54 percent; and women's use of microdermabrasion fell 46 percent and men's use fell 78 percent, the survey said.

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