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Table Of ContentIntro: Welcome to My WorldOne: Hello, Doctor! Some people call them doctors. I call them life-savers.Two: Botox, Baby!* Miracle in a needle.Three: Plump It Up: Lips* Permanent or temporary ways to get smoochable lips.Four: Filler Up: Wrinkles* Wrinkle-erasing, collagen, Restylane, Juvéderm, and other fillers you need to know about. Plus: mole removal. On Cindy Crawford, the mole looks good. On you? Not so much.Five: You're So Smooth: Skin* Skin resurfacing peels, microdermabrasion, laser zapping, freckle nixing, rosacea fixing, and getting rid of broken capillaries, acne scars, and every blemish under the sun. Plus: the ugly truth about cellulite.Six: More Where You Want It, Less Where You Don't: Hair Laser body-hair removal and head-hair transplants.Seven: About Face Lifts* Face lifts of every flavor -- full, mini, and feather -- facial implants, and revolumizing fat transfers. Plus: how to get better teeth to go with the uplifted face.Eight: When You Care Enough to Send Your Very, Very Breast* Boob jobs, boob jabs, lifts, reductions, and all you ever wanted to know about how to tweak a nipple.Nine: Bobbing for Noses* Nose jobs: smaller, bigger, straighter, sharper, narrower. Also, what the hell happened to Michael Jackson?Ten: Sucks to Be You: Lipo!* Liposuction: how the fat gets out of your belly, butt, chin, knee, wherever it lurks.Eleven: Cutting Out the Middle* Tummy tucks, mommy makeovers, and how to get your pre-preggers body back.Twelve: Eyes Wide Open* A wake-up call for drooping eyes and brows. Also, how to get torn lobes and jugheads fixed.Thirteen: Arm and a Leg* Body and face of a thirty-year-old, limbs of Mother Teresa? Extreme makeovers, for extremities.Fourteen: Vaginas and Butts Vaginal rejuvenation and butt lifts. Also, how to work out your vagina.Fifteen: Finishing Touches Now that you're gorgeous, some tips and tricks for staying that way.Acknowledgments*Asterisks indicate chapters that include procedures I've done personally. That's a lot of asterisks!
SynopsisDelivered with Joan's signature sense of humour, this is a no-nonsense, common-sense, 'can-we-talk' guide to the ins and outs of such increasingly common beauty procedures as botox injections, chemical peels, microdermabrasion, liposuction, rhinoplasty, eye lifts, breast augmentation and much more.
LC Classification NumberRD118.R58 2009