On AlterNet: botox

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Top 5 Plastic Surgeries Men Get: The Pressure to be Physically Perfect Now for Men, Too

Craig Morgan, Rebel Magazine. May 10, 2012.

Men’s obsession with looking younger, hotter and better-kept has spawned a series of industries seeking to profit off that attitude shift.

Botox, Bingeing, Bullying and Breast-Ironing: We Must Stop the War on Women's Bodies

Courtney E. Martin, AlterNet. March 31, 2011.

In a globalized world, we must fight toxic body culture by "becoming what we have never seen"--rewriting the paradigm of health and self-acceptance.

7 Strange Things People Do to Make Themselves More Attractive

Katherine Butler, EcoSalon. September 3, 2010.

Should you inject sheep embryos into your face? Slather your skin with gold? Here are some of the world's strangest beauty treatments.

Plastic Surgery Is Going the Way of the Ugg Boot

Margaret Morganroth Gullette, Women's eNews. December 11, 2008.

Women are saying "no" to being nipped and tucked. And the recession may have little to do with it.

Death by Botox

Irena Medavoy, Huffington Post. February 17, 2008.

We must demand a strong, unbiased FDA and cut Big Pharma's control of U.S. health policy.

All I Want for Christmas Is a Shot of Paralyzing Toxins to the Forehead

Leslie Goldman, Huffington Post. December 18, 2007.

Giving the gift of cosmetic change is now hotter than ever this holiday season!

Holiday Shopping? How About a Plastic Surgery Gift Card?

Sandra Kobrin, Women's eNews. November 29, 2007.

Perfect: a present that says, hey, you're just not good enough.

Has Artificial Beauty Become the New Feminism?

Jennifer Cognard-Black, Ms. Magazine. September 29, 2007.

How the pitch for cosmetic surgery co-opts feminism.