The changing face of Silvio Berlusconi

A youthful 57-year-old Silvio Berlusconi pictured at AC Milan, the football club of which he is president, in 1993 Photograph: Nick Kidd/Rex Features

Berlusconi shows the strains of office in 2002 during his second stint as his country's PM Photograph: Action Press/Rex Features

A faceful of fake tan cannot hide deep lines on Berlusconi's forehead as speaks in Strasbourg in 2003 Photograph: Christian Lutz/AP

It's December 2004 and Berlusconi 'feels 25 years younger', thanks to a hair transplant and facelift Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters

Also in 2004, Berlusconi admits at a press conference that he has had an eyelift Photograph: Rex Features

Berlusconi, perhaps fearful of unravelling strands, smoothes his hair in 2009 Photograph: Gregorio Borgia/AP

A chunky, thick-necked Berlusconi – now aged 73 – gestures during a meeting in Rome in 2010 Photograph: Stringer Beijing/Reuters

Berlusconi shows his teeth in Rome in 2011. He has undergone bone transplant surgery to repair damage caused when a man threw a heavy souvenir at him in 2009. Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters