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...results.) We have a Puritan suspicion of people who improve on what nature gave them. FX's Nip/Tuck both glamorizes and moralizes about plastic surgery. Last year Hillary Clinton dealt with a smear that she had had work done, just as in 2004 John Kerry was attacked with Botox rumors. (As cosmetic work becomes more common, one wonders whether it will be the new marijuana: "I tried it once, I didn't like it, I'll never do it again.") Just look at the word: Plastic. Malleable. Phony...
...notion of immortality certainly beat Botox. But Ikhwan was using his jewel vs. flower analogy to explain why it was preferable for female students at his Islamic boarding school to wear the chador, a flowing black dress that covers everything but the eyes. Indonesian women, though living in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, have traditionally worn somewhat sexier garb: a loose, lacy veil, a cleavage-hugging blouse and a tight sarong. But over the past few years, as Southeast Asia's moderate forms of Islam have struggled to hold sway against the challenge of a more conservative, Middle...
...pains we take seeking alterations in our physical appearance are a constant source of wonder. But it's not just the plastic surgeons who help the cosmetically challenged. Any M.D. can legally shoot you with Botox or a body-hair laser. Urologists and gynecologists nip and tuck at the naughty bits of both sexes. Today any doc can turn a pretty dollar getting hair to grow, pounds to melt off or aging private parts to work like new. None of this has much to do with relieving the suffering of the sick and disabled...
...Stifler’s Mom” of “American Pie” fame), Catherine O’Hara, and Parker Posey, among others, to keep the witty and often nonsensical humor at its height. As the film’s producer, Coolidge gives her usual hysterical, Botox-enhanced performance. O’Hara—playing the role of the aging actress with emerging hopes of winning an Oscar—develops her character with the same manic disposition that so highlights her previous roles in Guest’s films. Posey, the young star...
...doubt, the effectiveness of Botox and other procedures has pressured the industry to devise new products and at-home dermatological kits. Last year, says Carrie Melage of Kline & Co., more than 1,000 antiaging treatments were launched; Clarins alone has 32 antiaging items in its line, up from nine...