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Mimi Swartz on ‘That Face’ and the Women Who Choose It
Suzy Weiss
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The Texas writer reveals the story behind her reluctant romance with Botox—and why her mother’s cosmetic surgeries were a family secret.

Read Mimi’s essay, “How Much Plastic Surgery Does a Woman Really Need?,” and Joe Nocera’s introduction to Ancient Wisdom, a new series from The Free Press.

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Suzy Weiss

Suzy Weiss is a reporter and producer for The Free Press. Before that, she worked as a features reporter at the New York Post. There, she covered the internet, culture, dating, dieting, technology, and Gen Z. Her work has also appeared in Tablet, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others.

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