What Price
Beauty?
From liposuction to face lifts,
from nose shaping to ear
pinning, you name it and
you can change it.
NANCY KERCHEVAL
you're unhappy with what fate gave you, no prob-
lem. New techniques in plastic surgery allow for reshaping
your face and/or body. All you need is the time, desire and,
of course, money.
The recent interest in health clubs and healthful eating has
been a boon for cosmetic surgeons. Everyone wants to look
better, especially those who are competing with younger peo-
ple in their careers. Other prime can-
didates for plastic surgery are former
sunworshippers who, when they
hit middle age, see the effects on
their faces of their nature-loving ways.
Between 1988 and 1990, cosmetic surgery procedures
jumped 2 percent, but since 1981 the estimated total is up a
whopping 69 percent, according to the American Society
of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, a professional soci-
ety of board-certified plastic surgeons.
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