The kindest cuts of all

The’s thin, but she’s curvy and full-breasted. Her nose is small, her lips full, her teeth white, her eyes wide and bright. She’s our standard of beauty, the perfect 10, and we long to look just like her.

But how?

For nearly 2 million Americans last year, the answer was plastic surgery, the optional kind referred to as cosmetic surgery. They volunteered to be rendered unconscious to have imperfect body parts sliced, tucked, sucked, or supplemented in hopes of improving