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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