The menopause isn’t so scary that young women need to sign up for costly surgery | Catherine Bennett

The benefits of tissue harvesting to delay a supposed middle age hell are doubtful

Against a background of tasteful pastel - which signals from the off that we are in the land of discretionary spending on faulty female anatomy - the ProFaM website makes its unique bid for women's money. Ovarian tissue storage! And not only for fertility-related reasons. Who'd want a menopause? "Will you be ready?" the website challenges. "You never know what the future holds, so freeze the biological clock and prepare for the future."

For many women, alas, the offer will be empty. The ProFaM clockstopping technique requires young ovarian tissue and costs up to 7,000 for removal (storage and reinstatement extra). "Age 25-30 is optimal," the doctors say. Once reinstalled, the tissue is supposed to function as "natural HRT".