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Radical Honesty Has Come for the Boob Job

In the era of destigmatizing everything, perhaps the only thing wrong with a $200,000 facelift is not acknowledging your privilege in being able to get…

July 7, 2025

How Much Plastic Surgery Does a Woman Really Need?

Here’s the thing about being an older woman: You’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. So you might as well please yourself.

June 1, 2025

Mimi Swartz on ‘That Face’ and the Women Who Choose It

The Texas writer reveals the story behind her reluctant romance with Botox—and why her mother’s cosmetic surgeries were a family secret.

June 1, 2025

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