Even if the you claim to not be particularly interested in actually having a face lift in the foreseeable future, surely you would like to know just which famous person has been tucked, nipped and lifted. Ms. Kron lists them all. You will be amazed to find out that the answer does not lie in better genes or a better mix of vitamins. Politicians want to look like themselves, but younger. Young and not so young people are advancing up the corporate ladder not by lifting themselves by their bootstraps, but lifting themselves by lifting their faces.
Age is out and the perception of immortality is in.
Looking younger definitely gives the impression of fresh, up to the minute ideas, so many people are turning to the plastic surgeon for help, according to Ms. Kron. One of the more alarming anecdotes that Ms. Kron relates is the one that demonstrates how we perceive ourselves in the mirror. According to Ms. Kron the way we see ourselves in our own mirrors automatically subtracts years off our own vision of how we look to others. The decision of the viewers was not what the reporter's mirror and self-image had told her. When you have finished reading this book, you will have confronted all the questions you ever had about your own possible face lift or the face lifts of others.