SavingFace
How to have work done without
looking like you’ve had work done
BY JANINE FALCON
38PHOTO: DIGITAL VISION
Cosmetic Enhancement
CONTENTS
We’ve seen enough
smiling or laughing. “A dead
celebrities who have
giveaway is any disruption of the
sadly strayed so far
harmony of muscles, some pulling
into cosmetic work
more in one direction than they
that it can’t be called
should,” notes Dr. Diane Wong of
enhancement: puffed-
Glow Medispa in Toronto.
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up faces, Spock brows,
grouper lips and smiles
4. Look for a doctor who keeps
a file of before-and-after
more like a grimace than,
photographs for each client, too,
“Hi, I’m happy to see you.”
not just as PR. According to Dr.
We checked in with
Wong, “Sometimes a patient
three cosmetic experts
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will start to think, ‘Oh no, I can’t
on what to look and
see a difference! I should have
ask for—so you’re still
had more done!’ The photos are
you, only better.
reassuring because they clearly
show the changes.”
1. Don’t go to a physician who looks
5. Take a “baby steps” approach;
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overdone him or herself, warns
gradual tweaks are much less
Dr. Sandy Skotnicki of The Bay
obvious. “The majority of clients
Dermatology Centre in Toronto.
don’t tell anyone they’ve had
“Also, avoid someone who looks
work done, most of all their
as though they do no upkeep at
husbands,” says Dr. Wong.
all. It means it’s all about dollars
and cents.”
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6. Consider technologies that give
subtle results, says New York
2. Get referrals from friends whose
dermatologist Dr. Neil Sadick,
own work is undetectable.
who suggests radio frequency,
ultrasound and skin tightening,
3. Ask for before-and-after photos,
such as Thermage. “Lasers like
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especially images of patients
