Article: BANK YOUR BODY; LIFEstyle: Freezing your physical assets - from skin to eggs - is a controversial new trend in anti-ageing. So will you invest?

Byline: CLAIRE COLEMAN

REMEMBER a few years ago when your skin was clearer, your body thinner and you could run up a flight of stairs without breaking into a sweat?

Now imagine how seductive it would be if someone offered you the chance to freeze time, halt the ageing process and look and feel as great as you did at 21.

Until recently, the likelihood of this would have been regarded as just science fiction.

But advances in medical technology mean that increasing numbers of us can, to a certain extent, freeze our assets in their prime to use in the future when we need an injection of youth and vigour.

Banking your body is the latest trend in anti-ageing, ...

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