Terry J. Dubrow

Being a fan of the Housewives of OC, I was immediately interested in this title when I saw it. I knew from last season that the Dubrow's had launched a skincare line that they had spent a lot of time developing, so I figured this book would be really interesting. While there are a couple of mentions of this line, it is kind of expected and isn't too annoying. For instance, even though they will briefly suggest their products every now and then, they also suggest the ingredients to look for in alternatives.

The first part was the most interesting to me. It's mostly Heather's research and thoughts on makeup and haircare that can be tweaked to make you look younger instead of automatically trying to jump into plastic surgery to "fix" everything. She had a lot of good examples of how to incorrectly use makeup that made it easy to visualize where she was coming from.

The second part is more about skincare, what works and what doesn't, what ingredients to look for in products for certain skin concerns, etc. I mostly skimmed this section because I already knew a lot of it, but that's only because I spend a lot of time researching skincare myself. Overall there is a ton of great information in this section that could be used as a reference when looking for products.

The remainder of the book is mostly about plastic surgery procedures, the do's and don'ts, and a lot of in-depth information on procedures. It seems like they tried to exhaustively list all the different types of procedures and products you can have done/use for each concern you might have that plastic surgery could address. Terry goes to great lengths to also stress that these are surgeries after all, and they can have some major complications if you go to a bad doctor, or even if some 1% fluke happens during or after the operation. I really appreciated hearing that from his standpoint as one of the most famous plastic surgeons out there.

Overall this was a good read, and I think it would be best use as reference material if you were thinking about getting work done, or wanted to prevent needing it for as long as possible. Since I'm not personally interested in the former, the book trailed off for me at the end, but that's just a personal issue. For someone planning to have a procedure or two done I would say this is a must read.

Copy courtesy of NYU Press, via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.… (más)