... requires for her peculiarly modern line of work. Visitors to her New York or London office are asked to gaze at their reflection and expound on what it is that ails them. A too prominent nose perhaps? Drooping eyelids? Or perhaps a pencil-thin mouth which they would prefer resembled Salvador Dal''s voluminous lip sofa. The quest for eternal youth has taken a perplexing ... everything from recommending practitioners to booking presurgery facials and postsurgery hair-and-makeup appointments, they often can be more cunning than credible: One ad pictured a consultant standing next to Hilary...

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