The Smart Woman's Guide to Plastic Surgery

By Dr. Jean M. Loftus

The Smart Woman's Guide to Plastic Surgery, released by McGraw-Hill-Contemporary Books in January 2000, has become a top-selling book on cosmetic surgery and plastic Surgery. It is available on Amazon.com and Barnes&Noble.com, 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, and the Today Show discussing all 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 of the Most 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 mustto read." - Lawrence B. Robbins, M.D., F.A.C.S., 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., 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., One of the pioneers of endoscopic cosmetic surgery

"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., Chairman of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Wisconsin

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