Facelifts: Everything You Always Wanted to Know,9780595010547

Facelifts: Everything You Always Wanted to Know

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780595010547
ISBN10: 0595010547
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Iuniverse Inc
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Summary

Where to get one. How to find a doctor. Qualifications and how to check them out. How much. How to tell the difference between the charlatans and the experts. Plastic surgery or chemosurgery, the benefits and shortcomings of each. Should you or shouldn't you?... Plus answers to dozens of questions by the woman who really knows. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Norma Lee Browning is an investigative reporter who has written eleven previous books

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix
Preface The Repairman Will Get You it You Don't Watch Out xi
PART I The Vanity Craze
The Great Wrinkle Rip-Off
2(12)
``I'll Give You a Nose Just Like Betty Ford's'' (The Truth Behind Betty's Facelift Caper)
14(9)
Palm Springs: The New Mecca for Facelifts
23(13)
Pygmalion of Papeete
36(6)
Which Lady has the Lift? (Do You Really Need It?)
42(5)
Darling, I'm Dripping... I Want a Facelift from the Ankles Up...
47(7)
Come Out of the Closets, Male Peacocks...
54(12)
PART II The Face Peelers: Update
The Maschek Story: Now It Can Be Told
66(9)
Old Hat With New Ribbons
75(10)
Ghost Peeler for MDS
85(7)
To Peel or Not to Peel...? That Is the Question
92(4)
PART III Roundup Time (Cosmetic Surgery)
What are the Risks?
96(8)
The Big Hype
104(7)
The Big Con: Before-and-After Photos
111(5)
The Big Controversy: Hospital or Office Surgery
116(8)
The Big Question... Who Is Qualified to Perform Plastic Surgery---and Who Decides?
124(7)
The Doctors: Telling It Like It Is
131(7)
Straight From the Mouth of the Top Banana
138(8)
``Hello, Room Service? I'm the Rhinoplasty in 310''
146(9)
Complications and Consolation
155(5)
PART IV Lift Tips: Q & A
The Questions People Ask
160(10)
The Trouble with Noses
170(5)
History...Terminology...Costs
175(5)
How Do I Find the Right Doctor?
180(12)
PART V Cross Examination: If You Ask Me, Straight Talk...
Ask Your Hairdresser
192(10)
Wrap-Up, Your Turn
202(8)
Are You Ready for a Facelift?
210(5)
Index 215

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