From wrinkle creams and chemical peels to Botox and body sculpting, Americans are waging a multibillion dollar war against growing old. In record numbers, they are paying through their capped teeth and reshaped noses to have offending, aging flesh lifted, shifted, sucked and sliced away.
This eight-part series looks at the patients, the doctors, the costs and the risks of this booming business.
April 4, 2004
Last year, at age 64, she had a face-lift. Her first. “It was pretty rugged, but I absolutely will d ...
April 4, 2004
Pat McCoy wants the world to know. Yes, she had a face-lift. And she’s proud of it. So there.
April 4, 2004
More doctors are branching into cosmetic surgery, and more people are taking advantage of it. Many d ...
April 3, 2004
Even when she slept soundly for 10 hours, she looked like she had tossed and turned all night. Or wo ...
April 2, 2004
Cyrano and Pinocchio could have used it. Barbra Streisand, Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope refused it. Mi ...
April 1, 2004
Twenty-one years ago, plastic surgeon Hans Lee brought a revolutionary new technique to Charleston, ...
March 31, 2004
She put her name on a waiting list. She saved $300 with the summer special. She has a manufacturer’s ...
March 30, 2004
Tummy tuck recovery is painful
This is Part 3 of an eight-part series on cosmetic surgery.
Tummy tuck. It sounds simple. Even cu ...
March 29, 2004
Erasing the lines of time through surgery
He arrived for surgery in a straw coolie hat. Now, minutes before the operation, he sits in his gown ...
March 28, 2004
Boomers shoot for fountain of youth with cosmetic surgery
“My face is kind of a work in progress,” she said.
She’s 48. She’s had a face-lift, chin-lift, nos ...
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