Way too many people to thank and brevity is not one of our strong suits, but we will try
Thank you to our children, Nicky, Max, Kat, and Coco. We love you so much and appreciate how you pretended to be interested as we talked endlessly about experiments, treatments, and products during dinner these last two years.
Thank you to everyone at Ghost Mountain Books, especially Jay McGraw for seeing our vision and Lisa Clark for being our editor and cheerleader and always making sure we stayed on course. Karen Moline, one of the coolest, smartest gals we have ever known, your expertise and guidance have been invaluable. Also thanks to Andrea McKinnon and Carly Stratton for your tireless efforts to bring our book to life.
Thank you to our agents Lance Klein, Mel Berger, and Ryan McNeily at WME for always supporting us and our crazy ideas.
Kelly Kline, Stephanie Massey, and Dawn Hawley, thank you for lending your incredible talents to our book. Your expert knowledge and tips not only make us look good in real life, but added such a special perspective for our readers.
Thank you to our unbelievable assistant, Natalie Puche. Not only are you one of the smartest, sweetest people we know, but also a beautiful girl, inside and out. You are a huge part of making our world work and we are eternally grateful for you.
Note to Readers
The anecdotes in this book are used to illustrate common issues and problems that we have encountered, and do not necessarily portray specific people or situations. No real names have been used. This book is comprised of the opinions and ideas of its authors and is meant solely for general informational and entertainment purposes on the subjects addressed in the book. The ideas and concepts in this book are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical, health, mental, physical, psychological, or psychiatric problem or condition, nor are they meant to substitute for professional advice of any kind. Specific questions and decisions about treatments should be made in partnership with your health care provider.
Health information changes rapidly. Therefore, some information within this book may be out of date or even possibly inaccurate and/or erroneous. The reader should consult his or her medical, health, psychological, or other competent professional before adopting any of the concepts in this book or drawing inferences from it. The content of this book, by its very nature, is general, whereas each readers situation is unique. Therefore, as with all books of this nature, the purpose is to provide general information rather than address individual situations, which books by their very nature cannot do.
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Introduction
Are you feeling and looking your age, and not happy about it? Fret no more! This book is going to become your anti-aging bible. Were going to cover all the available techniques and treatments from brand new to time-tested, from perfectly legal to frankly illegal, from the simple to the outrageous. This will not only allow you to devise the very best home anti-aging plan, but it will also provide you with the tools and knowledge you need in order to seek out the right procedures and professionals when appropriate.
Allow me to rewind to when we first met, on a blind date in 1996. I had moved out to California from a small town in Westchester County, New York. My mother had always been into excellent skincare, but there wasnt a lot of talk about plastic surgery, except to comment about the occasional nose job done on one of my sixteen-year-old classmates. It was an absolute culture shock when I moved to Los Angeles! I had majored in musical theater when I got my bachelors degree at Syracuse University, and instead of moving to New York City to hopefully end up on Broadway as I had originally planned, I got sidetracked by a TV show and ended up in La-La Land to be a television and film actress. I worked incredibly hard, went on more auditions than I care to remember, and was excited for my big break with a recurring role on the WB show Life with Roger.
This was about the time I met Terry, and we really hit it off. I could tell from his professional scrutiny that he appreciated my brains and my figure, even though on our first date I was wearing a little black dress that sort of smushed down my breasts, which were naturally a small D before those four kids sucked the life out of them but Im getting ahead of myself. Terry watched my show the following week to see me in action. As soon as the episode was over, my phone rang.
Wow, he said. Youre a really good actress. And forgive me for not noticing, but youve got exceptional breasts. I had no idea from the dress you were wearing.
I smiled at the phone. It was so cute how he said that. Except then he moved in for the kill.
But did you know that when you make that squinty face, he went on, you get these deep lines between your eyebrows?