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There are very few certainties in life, but perhaps the most obvious one is that everyone gets older, plain and simple. The aging process doesn’t care how much time, money, and effort you put into staying eternally youthful. Sure, you can keep certain signs of aging at bay, but in the end, biology will always […]

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If you’ve ever mulled over the idea of a bit of Botox here, some filler there, a chemical peel or microdermabrasion, without ever actually getting around to those necessary first steps of research and consultations, then you might be exactly the consumer Shoppers Drug Mart had in mind when designing their latest concept. In an […]

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What women who have (had) them say… When Kirstin Turnbull was 24 years old, one of her friends got breast implants. An A cup herself, Turnbull, now 42, immediately wanted to know more; within weeks, she went in for surgery to have textured saline implants put in, at a cost of around $6,800. Within two […]

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There’s a new plastic surgery trend in town, and it’s…different. Actually, that’s a lie. It’s the same! More accurately, it’s couples who want to look…the same. The Khaleej Times first reported on the trend in 2015, claiming it was gaining popularity in the Arab world, namely Beirut and the UAE. “Known as ‘beauty-matching,’ couples are […]

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Imagine four girls in a pop group getting plastic surgery and documenting it in two music videos. In the first, “Getting Pretty (Before),” the girls get various beauty treatments and pick out new faces from the pages of magazines. In the second, “Getting Pretty (After),” they sing enthusiastically, post-operating room, as they show off their […]

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When an internet beauty exec returned from lunch with a hefty bruise creeping up her cheek, she feigned slipping on a curb. Colleagues guessed otherwise. “Post-injection bruising,” they surmised, and they were probably right. If she’d known to lay off aspirin and to reschedule her appointment for after her period, she might have avoided that tell-tale raspberry. And isn’t that the goal of a nip-tuck, to emerge new and improved without any visible signs? These pre- and post-procedure tips can help you avoid such pitfalls—and potentially improve your results.

Bruising is the most common post-treatment giveaway, and doctors like Francesca Fusco work hard to help patients avoid it. Years on dermatology’s front lines have helped Fusco perfect what works—right down to inquiring about a patient’s cycle. “When we’re premenstrual, our skin and blood vessels are more ‘leaky’ and prone to prolonged bruising, so I recommend avoiding injections on those days,” says the Manhattan dermatologist.

By Andrew McCarthy

First, the disclaimer: I’m a man, so I can’t speak first-hand to the pressures women feel to look a certain way. But as an actor, and consequently someone who has made a living based largely on how I look, physical appearance is a topic I consider frequently. In my youth, the idea of cosmetic surgery amused me as something relegated to Beverly Hills dowagers and fading starlets. But as the years have passed, and with the advent of so many new techniques, more and more of my peers have succumbed. The buff and plump, to say nothing of the nip and tuck, have become de rigueur. Yet something about all the peeling and freezing troubles me. I just couldn’t put my finger on exactly what it was—until recently.

It isn’t necessarily the physical effect, though I often find that odd and unnatural-looking. The thing that is so unsettling, so worrisome to me, is the message cosmetic surgery is broadcasting about the person who has had the work done. I know it’s not the signal they want to send.

What got me thinking about this, and how I came to my realization, was learning that a certain (male) rock star—someone whose career I have long followed, whose albums I own and whom I have admired for his seemingly genuine sense of self—admitted to having Botox. Some may praise his courage in coming clean, but this information made me sad. And I wondered why it did.

According to Tom Ford, cutting and pinning fabric is a lot like cutting and pinning a face. The designer explained while at the 92Y in New York, “In another life I would love to be a cosmetic surgeon because it’s architectural. You know, you are trying to figure out where the seams go. Can I do it in one piece like Halston? Can you formaldehyde DNA?” But despite his ambitions in plasticity, it seems as though Ford won’t be pulling a Bruce Jenner anytime soon:

Word: Iconoplast

Meaning: One who chooses to age naturally (or at least, who appears to age naturally).

Usage: “I love what Julianne Moore hasn’t done with her face; she’s such an iconoplast!”

You should know it because: Sometimes—or perhaps always, and I only sometimes notice—New York Times Magazine puts up neologisms for adoption. I love reading these, duh, although sometimes they should most definitely not be used as words. “Skinjecture,” for example, as in to speculate about who has had plastic surgery? Grossssss. “Iconoplast,” though, is great. It’s a hybrid of “iconoclast,” which in turn is taken from iconoclasm, and “plastic,” as in plastic surgery.

Christian Lacroix may have a buyer in Bernard Krief Consultants, which would save it from Pierre Cardin-like licensing fate. [WWD]

Celeb hairstylist Ted Gibson joins Stacy and Clinton on What Not To Wear, replacing Nick Arrojo. [Beauty Counter]

The V&A hosted a retrospective with Giles Deacon for their Fashion in Motion series. Dazed has a video and interview from the show. [Dazed & Confused]