New York Times shopping critic Alex Kuczynski recently released her new book Beauty Junkies.
Now the question is does she look better before or after? Of course, anecdotes of Upper East Side women aside, medical ethics and the cosmetic surgery industry is one that is hotly debated in actual papers of note i.e medical journals. I think I would prefer that my information on the subject comes from actual M.Ds and not mere dabblers in the field. Though I do love her ethnographic pursuits of shopping quite a bit. Maybe she should stick to those?
A star writer for the New York Times Styles section captures the follies, frauds, and fanaticism that fuel the American pursuit of youth and beauty in a wickedly revealing excursion into the burgeoning business of cosmetic enhancement.Of course the irony isn't lost on devoted "Special K" fans as she has been known to dabble in the black arts of cosmetic surgery herself. And while the New York Times may be the paper of note, Gawker is doing some interesting noting of its own.
Now the question is does she look better before or after? Of course, anecdotes of Upper East Side women aside, medical ethics and the cosmetic surgery industry is one that is hotly debated in actual papers of note i.e medical journals. I think I would prefer that my information on the subject comes from actual M.Ds and not mere dabblers in the field. Though I do love her ethnographic pursuits of shopping quite a bit. Maybe she should stick to those?
