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...your outfit, like fake nails. And get ready for the ultimate Judy Jetson moment: you'll be able to literally put on your public face (with invisible pegs) before leaving the house. "If you want big eyes, you can have big eyes," says Dr. Howard Murad, a Los Angeles dermatologist, "The way things are moving now, it could be 10 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Still Wear Makeup? | 2/21/2000 | See Source »

...erase broken blood vessels in her cheeks, diode lasers to remove the hair on her upper lip and an Erbium laser to zap the crow's-feet around her eyes. "It's unbelievable. It took 10 minutes, and then you go home," says Bank, whose husband David, a dermatologist, did the work. "No hospital, no anesthesia, no stitches. It's just a little beam of light and it's gone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetic Surgery: Light Makes Right | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

Laser surgery is far less expensive than full-scale plastic surgery and thus more accessible to people of every income and social stratum. "It's not just the young and the beautiful or the wealthy any more," says Jenifer Lloyd, a dermatologist in Boardman, Ohio. "I just lasered the wrinkles on an 85-year-old woman. Now she's dating again." Men, who account for about 20% of all cosmetic work, are succumbing too. Stan Madray, 36, who works for an entertainment company in Orlando, Fla., was unhappy with his "chipmunk cheeks that made me look older and worn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetic Surgery: Light Makes Right | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

...other hand, there's Carol Pighini, 43, a mother of three from Florida. Bothered by some broken capillaries on her face, she picked a dermatologist in Tampa through an ad for gentler Erbium YAG laser treatments. To her horror, her face blistered for three days afterward, her eyes were swollen shut, and pits formed in her skin. "When the laser started hurting, I asked what was happening, and they said they had 'turned it up.'" She says with a sigh, "All this because I couldn't stand wearing makeup." Lancer, the Beverly Hills dermatologist, is now removing the damage with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetic Surgery: Light Makes Right | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

Picking the right doctor, of course, is crucial. A number of boards certify plastic surgeons and dermatologists, but what's more important is the doctor's experience in the specific procedure you're contemplating. Some physicians contend that you need to have done 200 or more laser procedures to be fully proficient. When choosing a doctor, recommendations from previous patients are a better guide than come-on advertisements. "Very intelligent people make poor decisions when choosing a physician for plastic surgery," says Dr. Tina Alster, a Washington dermatologist known as Dr. Fix It, who sees an average of two patients...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetic Surgery: Light Makes Right | 10/11/1999 | See Source »

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