Over 40? Go to Glastonbury? Then you are probably having a midlife crisis The midlife crisis has under gone a transformation in recent years We are spending less to recapture youth, instead longing for a simple life Attending festivals and dreaming of opening a B&B are signs of a crisis Worrying about losing your job to younger colleagues also high on list Average age for men to reach their midlife crisis is 43, for women it is 44 By Katy Winter For men it used to involve a red Ferrari, for women, a nip and a tuck ... but a new study has shown that when faced with modern day mid-life crisis, 40-somethings will head to Glastonbury! In fact, a review of the way we handle our middle-aged meltdowns has shown we're spending a lot less to feel young. According to new research, longing for a simpler life and spending a long weekend on Worthy Farm with ageing rockers is now the most popular way of clinging to youth. A midlife crisis typically lasts between three and ten years in men - twice as long as women- and attending Glastonbury is now one of the ways people try to cling on to their youth Everybody may 'be naughty' but the middle-aged are increasingly trying to re-capture their youth and becoming reflective if they hit a midlife crisis The poll, which listed the top 40 signs of a modern midlife crisis shows a distinctly different approach to handling the dreaded transition into later life. Rather than splashing the cash to appear down with the kids, struggling middle agers are now a lot more contemplative, with looking up old boyfriends and girlfriends on Facebook another sure sign of the modern mid life crisis. Fears over the future featured heavily in the poll, particularly job insecurities. Now, mid-lifers are so worried about being upstaged by tech-savvy youngsters in the work place, they signing up for sites like Twitter so as not to appear behind the times. As well the more reflective worries about old age, the classic worries over appearance remain with hair transplants a relatively new method of men clinging on to their youth. The findings come in a poll of 1,000 people by hair transplant centre, Crown Clinic. It found the most popular age for men to reach their mid-life crisis was 43. This is the same age as the Labour leader Ed Miliband. David Cameron was 43 when he became Prime Minister. The most popular age for men to reach their mid-life crisis is 43, the same age as the oposition lead Ed Miliband (left), while for women it is 44, the same age as actress Jennifer Aniston (right) The phase typically lasts between three and ten years in men - twice as long as women. Women hit their mid-life crisis at 44 - the same age as Hollywood beauty Jennifer Aniston. It typically lasts for between two and five years in women and is linked to the onset of the menopause. The term mid-life crisis was first coined in 1965. It described the time when adults come to realise their own mortality and how they have less time left in their life than they have lived. Early analysis suggested a mid-life crisis could happen anywhere between the ages of 40 and 60 but its onset has been going down in age over the years. Body worries are common in a midlife crisis and procedures like hair transplants, like Dr Christian Jessen (left) and James Nesbitt (right) are on the rise This is linked to heightened career prospects for younger people and the increased pressure on all of us to succeed. The average age of company chief executives has gone down from 59 to 48 in the last generation. Body insecurities are a big part of the mid-life crisis for men and women. The average age when men seek a hair transplant is 45. Surgeon Asim Shahmalak from the Crown Clinic said: 'As people get older they worry increasingly about their appearance and want to recapture their youth. At Crown Clinic, we have found that people are far less shy about making quite radical changes to their appearance as they get older. Men are less embarrassed to seek a transplant to combat baldness. They worry about losing their jobs and know that a more youthful appearance will make their more attractive not just to the opposite sex but employers as well. While buying a red Ferrari used to be the quintessential sign of a man having a mid-life crisis, it seems both sexes are spending a lot less to feel young 'It is interesting that David Cameron was 43 when he became Prime Minister - the typical age men's mid-life crisis starts. His hair has thinned noticeably since he came to power and stress is likely to have been a contributing factor. It is my so many male executives in their 40s come to clinics like ours for help. Crown Clinic has seen a 25 per cent rise in bookings in the last five years as more men and women seek transplants for thinning hair. It is a big favourite with celebrities like Embarrassing Body star Christian Jessen, 36, who has had two hair transplants there because he has felt under pressure to look good on TV. Other stars such as actor James Nesbitt, 48, have told how having hair transplants have breathed new life into their careers. The top 40 signs of a modern midlife crisis: Do you find yourself... Stalking your ex on Facebook or suddenly embracing Twitter are signs of a midlife crisis 1 Desiring a simpler life 2 Still going to music festivals like Glastonbury 3 Start looking up old boyfriends or girlfriends on Facebook 4 Realising you will never afford to pay off your mortgage 5 Joining Twitter so your bosses will think you "get" digital 6 Excessively reminisce about your childhood 7 Taking no pleasure in your friends" successes 8 Splashing out on a very expensive bicycle 9 Sudden desire to play an instrument 10 Worry over thinning hair 11 Take up a new hobby 12 Want to make the world a better place 13 Longingly look at old pictures of yourself 14 Dread calls at unexpected times from your parents (fearing the worst) 15 Go to reunion tours of your favourite bands from the 70s and 80s 16 Switch from Radio 2 to indie stations like 6 Music 17 Revisit holiday destinations you visited as a child 18 Cannot envisage a time when you will be able to afford to retire 19 Read obituaries in the newspapers with far greater interest - and always check how people die 20 Obsessively compare your appearance with others the same age 21 Start dying your hair when it goes grey 22 Stop telling people your age 23 Dream about being able to quit work but know you'll never be able to afford to 24 Start taking vitamin pills 25 Worry about being worse off in your retirement than your parents 26 Want to change your friends but don't meet anyone new that you like 27 Think about quitting your job and buying a bed & breakfast or a pub 28 Flirt embarrassingly with people 20 years your junior 29 Look up your medical symptoms on the internet 30 Start thinking about going to church but never act on it 31 Always note when politicians or business leaders are younger than you 32 Contemplate having a hair transplant or plastic surgery 33 Take out a direct debit for a charity 34 Can't sleep because of work worries 35 Hangovers get worse and last more than day on occasions 36 Constantly compare your career success with your friends 37 Worry about a younger person taking your job 38 Take up triathlons or another extreme sport 39 You are very easily distracted 40 The only time you read books is when you are on holiday