Smelling a simcha: Surgeon pushing marriage with grants for nose jobs

Published on April 5, 2012

A Jewish plastic surgeon in Miami has offered scholarships to Orthodox Jewish singles for nose jobs to help them land a spouse.

Song about schnoz has Jewish plastic surgeon in hot water

Published on March 15, 2012

A Jewish plastic surgeon in Miami is under an ethics investigation after commissioning a Jewish band to write a song about a Jewish teen with a big nose.

Kate Winslet’s Fight Against Plastic Surgery

By Julia Bendis
Published on September 20, 2011

Making the Cut

By Keren Engelberg
Published on January 20, 2005

When my aunt Arlene was 24 years old, she paid $500 to have her nose done. The year was 1957. Her father was against it, so she paid for it herself with money she earned at her first teaching job.

Botox Beware

By Gina Nahai
Published on January 20, 2005

My first inkling that something has gone tragically wrong is when I hand the parking attendant my valet ticket and see a wicked, knowing smile -- I know what you've been up to and trust me, you shouldn't have -- spread across her face. I try to smile back at her, but my cheeks are frozen stiff and my eyes feel as if they'll pop out of my head if I try to force the muscles. So I sit in the car and drive sufficiently away to escape the attendant's stare, then flip open the visor and check for signs of disaster: $350 and a trip to the dermatologist, a little vial of poison strong enough to paralyze a horse and here I am, looking exactly like before, except that smiling is out of the question.

The Nose Knows

By Teresa Strasser
Published on June 26, 2003

What is it like to be one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People? I have no idea.