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Show 'y ' New Wares (Continued) - .g, ' .ji.--- . ... f s,. She took a leave of absence from her job, and returned a few weeks later minus the old 1 . 4 "f ' -. , ' affliction. What was inore important, she had undergone an enormous change in person- y. ality. No longer afraid of meeting people, she soon was promoted to a more important job. She began to go to dances and xhave dates, ' became popular with a new group of girl friends, and completely deserted her old shell of misery and loneliness. I . mt I tr t treatment for manv averapp" women who find it both an economic and social godsend. "More than 50,000,000 people in this country are over 40, and though most of them have to support themselves, they are discriminated agamst by employers who want their employees to look young' points out a consulting psychologist, Raphael IL Rhodes. Rhodes cites the case of. a widow who is 4 . - j. - - 1 1 , " ' 7 .. v.' rv 1J s " . nMI nbiflc suraMHi. i3ncl Wff fMfurei "of n.tKflt - ft- - f' -- iV ' si; CnWcr. fcilk i .J. ' V. .t. , - ' t " rx'n . Ditv Staunch befohi optrating to rwtore Emy't note fo Hwpp ranct of hit broWt. nd ttudlw Mm ChH " tfiw- s t u. 1 : ; :' -- After working for years as a department-stn- if hnver. she suddenlv found her ioh im- periled by a new personnel manager who talked ominously of hiring young people. In desperation, she went to a plastic surgeon who removed' her deep wrinkles, heavy jowls, and double chins. "I not only look 20 years younger, I feel it," the woman told Rhodes recently. '."Three other women in my department were fired to make room for 'new blood,' but the manager never said boo' to me.n i I T Plastic surgery can start in childhood At what age is plastic surgery most beneficial? Both surgeons and psychologists agree that birthmarks, oversized ears, receding chins, harelips, cleft palates, and other defects should be treated in earliest childhood. "It's important that the feature which can cause unhappiness be eliminated even before the child is aware of it, so no distressing habit patterns have a chance to get started," ClMtrbt watchat tantafy during plastic turgary on brother s note, which had become distorted after being broken once. savs Dr. Pollock. Some parents resist plastic surgery for Successful operation brought back exact resemblance of the two men. ..i ' V a i . ' ( 4 ' 7 O. X X ; - - :' lr-:-:;v";- - w nai n mm m wmwm m wmm mt,mm' m mm'mm m ma mm u ii nfc"-- ' - ' 1 - g ; cp a depressed or ''saddle" note (left easy procedure tdday. Graft material it shaped meld) 'to normal shape (right) fs a relatively in the lab, then inserted in a simple operation. C-li- ing -- fkU'.Vt WKXLY MAGAZfNf tlfTIMSER S, tS4 m m. mm m bors or relatives to think they're vain. Others cling to ancient beliefs that human hands should not change what God has created. One young mother took heir daughter to several plastic surgeons to remove a grotesque mark on her face, but changed her mind about the idea each time an operation was scheduled. "I feel I'd be tampering with the Lord's work," she explained. The minister of her church finally persuaded the mother to agree to the operation by asking: "Do you think God brought your little girl into the world to bear needless suffering and torment?" y The good plastic surgeon is a doctor skilled in the use of the scalpel, and equipped with the eye and hand of the sculptor, plus a knowledge of accepted beauty standards. Beauty may be only skin deep, but' in a society where ..malformed or disfigured faces constitute a serious threat to one's health, g, plastic happiness, or economic surgery nas oecome more, a mauer oi iamuy necessity than of vanity or luxury. well-bein- in, m. -- |