As cosmetic procedures become both more invisible and more extreme, our connection to reality is fraying.

Kim Haberly’s dark blonde hair hangs behind her shoulders away from her face. Her almond-shaped eyes are faintly ringed by the yellow tone of an almost-healed bruise. There are two thumb-sized divots ...

Thinking about cosmetic surgery? A plastic surgeon clears up common misconceptions about pain, recovery, natural-looking results, cost, and who can safely undergo these procedures.

Use of cosmetic surgery by patients of underrepresented racial/ethnic minority patient groups has increased substantially in recent years—well beyond their relative increase in the US population, ...