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Topics Covered:Don’t Be a Boob – Keep Abreast of the Latest in Cosmetic Breast SurgeryNeed a Lift? Pros and Cons of Breast AugmentationImplant Info – Five Things to Think About Before Your SurgeryDown Play Your Assets – The Ins and Outs of Breast ReductionOverview of Breast Reconstruction after CancerMen Have Breast Surgery TooWhy Male Pectoral Implants Helps Some PeopleButt Ugly - What the Heck is a Buttocks Implant Anyway?Stomaching Surgery - The Basics of the Tummy TuckTen Reasons to Have an AbdominoplastyTummy Tuck Troubles- Several Reasons NOT to Have OneWeighing In – Is Gastric Bypass Right for You?Gastric Bypass – What are the Risk Factors?You Can Raise Your Hands in the Air Again with an Arm Lift

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A star writer for the New York Times Styles section captures the follies, frauds, and fanaticism that fuel the American pursuit of youth and beauty in a wickedly revealing excursion into the burgeoning business of cosmetic enhancement.Americans are aging faster and getting fatter than any other population on the planet. At the same time, our popular notions of perfect beauty have become so strict it seems even Barbie wouldn’t have a chance of making it into the local beauty pageant. Aging may be a natural fact of life, but for a growing number of Americans its hallmarks—wrinkles, love handles, jiggling flesh—are seen as obstacles to be conquered on the path to lasting, flawless beauty. In Beauty Junkies Alex Kuczynski, whose sly wit and fearless reporting in the Times has won her fans across the country, delivers a fresh and irresistible look at America's increasingly desperate pursuit of ultimate beauty by any means necessary. From a group of high-maintenance New York City women who devote themselves to preserving their looks twenty-four hours a day, to a “surgery safari” in South Africa complete with “after” photographs of magically rejuvenated patients posing with wild animals, to a podiatrist's office in Manhattan where a “foot face-lift” provides women with the right fit for their $700 Jimmy Choos, Kuczynski portrays the all-American quest for self-transformation in all its extremes. In New York, lawyers become Botox junkies in an effort to remain poker-faced. In Los Angeles, women of an uncertain age nip and tuck their most private areas, so that every inch of their bodies is as taut as their lifted faces. Across the country, young women graduating from high school receive gifts of breast implants – from their parents. As medicine and technology stretch the boundaries of biology, Kuczynski asks whether cosmetic surgery might even be part of human evolution, a kind of cosmetic survival of the fittest – or firmest? With incomparable portraits of obsessive patients and the equally obsessed doctors who cater to their dreams, Beauty Junkies examines the hype, the hope, and the questionable ethics surrounding the advent of each new miraculous technique. Lively and entertaining, thought-provoking and disturbing, Beauty Junkies is destined to be one of the most talked-about books of the season.

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An essential resource for making an informed decision about cosmetic surgery. In this comprehensive guide, Antonia Mariconda, an expert on plastic surgery, provides consumers with clear and impartial advice on how to choose a well-qualified and experienced surgeon. She describes the surgical options available for each body part and explains each procedure in detail, including the minimum before-care and aftercare. Organized by body area and procedure, this fully illustrated reference includes: Facial rejuvenation techniques, such as browlift, blepharoplasty (eyelids), facelift/necklift, rhinoplasty(nose), chin augmentation, otoplasty (ear pinning), facial fat grafting and sculpting, injectables and dental Breast augmentation, breast lift, breast reduction, male breast reduction, nipple reduction and inverted nipple repair Body contouring procedures, such as tummy tuck, liposuction, buttock augmentation, body lifts and anti-cellulite treatments Non-surgical techniques, such as lasers, thermage, Fraxel and Titan Mariconda also addresses the psychological and physical problems that could arise from too many procedures, and she evaluates the future of cosmetic surgery and the potential impact of stem cell research. Cosmetic Surgery Companion answers all the questions the booming number of consumers interested in cosmetic surgery will have -- and should have -- when beginning to consult a surgeon. It is an essential resource for anyone who is considering or has decided to undergo cosmetic surgery.

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A star writer for the New York Times Styles section captures the follies, frauds, and fanaticism that fuel the American pursuit of youth and beauty in a wickedly revealing excursion into the burgeoning business of cosmetic enhancement.Americans are aging faster and getting fatter than any other population on the planet. At the same time, our popular notions of perfect beauty have become so strict it seems even Barbie wouldn’t have a chance of making it into the local beauty pageant. Aging may be a natural fact of life, but for a growing number of Americans its hallmarks—wrinkles, love handles, jiggling flesh—are seen as obstacles to be conquered on the path to lasting, flawless beauty. In Beauty Junkies Alex Kuczynski, whose sly wit and fearless reporting in the Times has won her fans across the country, delivers a fresh and irresistible look at America's increasingly desperate pursuit of ultimate beauty by any means necessary. From a group of high-maintenance New York City women who devote themselves to preserving their looks twenty-four hours a day, to a “surgery safari” in South Africa complete with “after” photographs of magically rejuvenated patients posing with wild animals, to a podiatrist's office in Manhattan where a “foot face-lift” provides women with the right fit for their $700 Jimmy Choos, Kuczynski portrays the all-American quest for self-transformation in all its extremes. In New York, lawyers become Botox junkies in an effort to remain poker-faced. In Los Angeles, women of an uncertain age nip and tuck their most private areas, so that every inch of their bodies is as taut as their lifted faces. Across the country, young women graduating from high school receive gifts of breast implants – from their parents. As medicine and technology stretch the boundaries of biology, Kuczynski asks whether cosmetic surgery might even be part of human evolution, a kind of cosmetic survival of the fittest – or firmest? With incomparable portraits of obsessive patients and the equally obsessed doctors who cater to their dreams, Beauty Junkies examines the hype, the hope, and the questionable ethics surrounding the advent of each new miraculous technique. Lively and entertaining, thought-provoking and disturbing, Beauty Junkies is destined to be one of the most talked-about books of the season.