"I've had a little lipo. I've had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works. None of it."

The star of A Fish Called Wanda said she is now on a mission to shatter the myth of the body beautiful.

"I don't have great thighs. I have very big breasts and a soft, fatty little tummy. And I've got back fat.

"People assume I'm walking around in little spaghetti-strap dresses. It's the insidious Glam Jamie, the Perfect Jamie, the great figure, blah, blah, blah... It's such a fraud. And I'm the one perpetuating it."

A damning blow for cosmetic surgery, but what do you think? Is cosmetic surgery a waste or time and money? Are there any real long term benefits?

People who say it's awful are the ones who just can't afford it

Karen Smith, England

If it makes you feel good and you can afford it, why not. I don't believe people who say it's awful. Most of these are people who just can't afford it. Given half the chance I'm sure they'd do it. If the time comes in a few years, I would consider it.
Karen Smith, England

Plastic surgery is just part of the modern cult of beauty. The beauty industry insists that only perfection is acceptable. The misery millions feel just because they aren't devastatingly curvaceous is cruel and unnecessary. Thank you Jamie, honesty is far more beautiful than perky breasts.
Ania, Poland

I have one thing to say to all women who think they look too fat or unattractive: Stop reading your stupid fashion magazines! I couldn't care less whether a girl is a size six or 16, just as long as they have some kind of personality. Most fake looking types have zero personality these days and make themselves totally unapproachable anyway because they think they're better than everyone else.
Rich, UK

Having had seven hospital stays for cosmetic surgery after a road accident I can say that it has its uses

Rowan, UK

Having had seven hospital stays for cosmetic surgery after a road accident I can say that it has its uses - but I do believe that some people that I met while in there needed more work on their personality than their bodies. This pandering to the search for a perfect nose (some people I met were having their fifth or sixth nose job) reflects on their own low self esteem and the shallow beliefs of this society.
Rowan, UK

I really admire the fact that Jamie Lee is brave enough to show the world her flaws. It makes her strengths so much greater.
Rachel, USA

It's sad that the world we live in has become so shallow to put merit into only someone's looks and not what's on the inside. Is this really how we want to raise our children? Way to go Jamie! We need more real role models and less fake ones.
Debra, USA

I'm astonished at the number of presumably sane people prepared to pay hard cash just to be flattered

Wils, N Ireland

Three cheers for Jamie Lee C and she gets my vote any day. It's sad though that sense prevailed only after she fell for the line that cosmetic cutting would improve her looks. Having never seen anyone look better after such surgery, I'm astonished at the number of presumably sane people prepared to pay hard cash just to be flattered by an industry that panders to their lack of self belief.
Wils, N Ireland

To be beautiful or to enjoy the beauty of being, that is the question!
Eric Bergey, Canada

I realise that there are those for whom cosmetic surgery is about genuine quality of life, rather than pure vanity. To all the others I would say, invest in an Open University course and make your brain beautiful - the effects are far more beneficial and last a lot longer!
FM, UK

Cosmetic surgery can be a bad thing, but can also massively help improve a person's self-confidence. Just don't go too far.
Matt, UK

I had my ears pinned back when I was eight years old as I was being massively bullied at school. The long term benefits are immeasurable in my case. I am not in favour of all plastic surgery but it does have a place.
Jo, UK

Management won't take her seriously because she looks so fake

Diane, UK

I think I'll pass this story on to a girl I work with. She's 29 and has Botox in her forehead, her already lovely nose shortened, her lips injected with what appears to be lard, dreadful breast implants which make her chest look like two beachballs, and lipo on her thighs. She thinks she looks great - the men and women in the office call her Barbie because of her unnatural shape and the amount of plastic surgery she's had done. The sad thing is, she's very bright and hard-working, but management won't take her seriously because she looks so fake. Hopefully once she's seen Jamie Lee's podgy tum and lumpy thighs she'll start to re-evaluate what she's doing to herself.
Diane, UK

I couldn't afford the amount I need!
R, UK

Personally I don't find the artificial look attractive at all... but there are a thousand porn stars who'd disgaree!
Jay, UK

Beauty is just a trend

Will, UK

Beauty is just a trend. During Victorian times plumpness was something to strive for. Many tribes in Africa regard plumpness as the ideal in beauty. The problem today is the modelling world, where the beanpole woman is marketed as a "beauty". I don't understand this. None of my friends favour skinny women. It seems that people involved in the modelling world are causing many people anguish by convincing them that their own bad taste is the best.
Will, UK

Sorry Jamie, despite your flaws you still qualify as a babe.
John, Scotland

Most people seeking plastic surgery need psychiatric counselling, not the surgeon's knife. Good for Jamie Lee. Besides, she's still gorgeous.
Hugh, UK

She is being totally honest and I admire her for that.
Debra James, UK

It's a vicious circle that will result in everybody looking the same

Kerry, UK

I think cosmetic surgery (except in serious medical cases) is wrong because it puts more pressure on all of us to conform to a stereotype. The more people who have nips and tucks to make them fit the ideal, the more the rest of us will feel unattractive and 'different'. It's a vicious circle that will result in everybody looking the same. We should celebrate our differences and spend our money on the things that matter.
Kerry, UK

I think Kerry has got it spot on. Just look at the daily tabloids for proof. Every female beauty icon of our times conforms to the same blueprint. Fashions come and go, but if you have to resort to something as permanent as surgery to fit the current ideal, something is very wrong.
Kaye, UK

There's no such thing as a perfect body - years ago rounded bodies were considered sexy, now it's thinner ones. As for cosmetic surgery, it doesn't solve the underlying problems, for example if you have fat removed it's probably because you overeat or don't exercise enough, hence the fat will return unless there is a change in diet or lifestyle.
Caron, England