The Smart Woman’s Guide to Plastic Surgery, 2nd Edition

By Dr. Jean M. Loftus

The Smart Woman’s Guide to Plastic Surgery 2nd Edition, released by McGraw-Hill in January 2008, has become a popular book on cosmetic surgery and plastic Surgery, just like the First Edition, released in 2000. It is available on Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble, as well as your local bookstore.

In this comprehensive and genuine guide, Dr. Loftus explains the risks and benefits of every legitimate cosmetic surgery procedure with remarkable clarity, precision and depth. She also debunks myths and discredits unsound practices and illegitimate procedures. Written in an inviting and understandable style, this book has already become the best selling book in the country on cosmetic surgery.

Lauded as a patient advocate, Dr. Loftus has been a guest on CNN, MSNBC, The View, and the Today Show discussing many facets of cosmetic surgery.

Table of Contents for The Smart Woman’s Guide to Plastic Surgery

1. Ten Steps to Achieving the Best Outcome in Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery

2. Trading Faces: Face Lift

3. Raising Your Eyebrows: Forehead Lift

4. Rejuvenating Your Eyes: Eyelid Surgery

5. Refining Your Nose: Rhinoplasty

6. Bringing Out Your Chin and Cheeks: Facial Implants

7. Enlarging Your Breasts: Breast Augmentation

8. Enhancing Droopy Breasts: Breast Lift

9. Tightening Your Tummy and Bringing Up the Rear:

Tummy Tuck, Thigh Lift, and Body Lift

10. Defining Body Contour: Liposuction

11. Smoothing Your Wrinkles with Simple Solutions:

Skin Care, Micropeels, Superficial Peels, Wrinkle Fillers, and Botox

12. Smoothing Your Wrinkles with Serious Solutions:

Medium and Deep Chemical Peels, Dermabrasion, and Laser

13. Having Plastic Surgery During Your Lunch Hour:

Treatments for Discoloration, Spider Veins, Tattoos, Unwanted Hair, Thin Lips, Stretch Marks, and Cellulite

Here’s What Some Highly Respected Plastic Surgeons Said About this Book:

“This book so clearly conveys the concepts of plastic surgery with such precision, insight, ethics, and conscience that it is a must to read.”- Lawrence B. Robbins, M.D., F.A.C.S., Former President and Chairman of the Board of The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 1997-1999

“Dr. Loftus is uniquely suited to author this book. As a woman, she has insight into the minds of other women. As a plastic surgeon, she understands the procedures, their benefits, and their risks, as only a plastic surgeon can. As a writer, she can communicate each concept with unmatched clarity… Opening this book is the smartest thing you can do.” – Henry W. Neale, M.D., Past Chairman of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, 1995-1996

“The chapters encompass the entire spectrum of aesthetic surgery, and the information is crisp, clear, correct, and current.” – Luis O. Vasconez, M.D., Chairman of Division of Plastic Surgery at University of Birmingham

“A valuable and long needed book – not only for the lay public, but also the plastic surgeon, young and old.” - David G. Dibbell, M.D., Sr., Past Chairman of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Wisconsin