Book description
All that you ever wanted to know - and never imagined - about what goes
on behind-the-scenes at one of the world's most prestigious plastic
surgeon's office.
'“I don't care if I die,” she said. “I waited my whole life to look
good. I'm not going one more day looking the way I do … if I'm not
happy, nothing else matters.'”
What is it that drives women, and men, to the extreme measure of
cosmetic surgery? People are popping out for botox in their lunch
breaks, face-lifts before job reviews, breast implants before dates, and
liposuction before just about any major event. From the living room to
the boardroom to the catwalk, even the most successful and beautiful men
and women are paying to go under the surgeon's knife. And the obsession
just keeps on growing!
Cap Lesesne, one of the world's most sought-after and respected
cosmetic surgeons, has seen them all. He's worked on queens, models,
executives and housewives, turned a man into Elvis, been threatened by a
Venezuelan oil magnate whose penis turned black and has been asked to
implant breasts onto a transexual's back. He travels around the world,
calls royalty and glitterati his friends, and can claim to have both
saved and destroyed hundreds of relationships with his life-altering fingers.
In this timely part-autobiography, part-expose, Cap reveals what life
is like as the fairy-godfather with a scalpel, what it is that drives
different people around the world to go under the surgeon's knife, and
the secret tell-tale signs of a post-op patient, as well as hundreds of
real-life examples of the people he has worked on, from the urbane to
the truly bizarre.
Cap also reveals what it was that made him choose to take up the
profession that is most sneered on in surgical circles and how his
choice of profession has altered the way he looks at the world around him.
Exciting, revealing and always cutting-edge, CONFESSIONS OF A PARK
AVENUE PLASTIC SURGEON puts an astonishing new face on one of the
world's fastest growing trends. 'For anyone who has ever contemplated
plastic surgery - or even if you have not - this is great read.
Informative, humorous and touching, Dr Lesesne bares his soul. I
couldn't put it down and it keeps you guessing who's who.'
Nicole Miller, Women's Fashion Designer
'Where the beautiful people go to be more beautiful'
Daily Telegraph
'While the dishy read contains plenty of gossip, those titbits are
interspersed with practical advice for people considering body modification.'
Elle
'Confessions is full of juicy gossip … reading like a string of blind
items - from the actress who gets a brow-lift "between movies"
to the royal European family that jets Lesesne to an undisclosed Middle
Eastern locale for Botox. Most captivating, however, are Lesesne's
general observations on the self-esteem business.'
Forbes
'A must read for anyone thinking of plastic surgery'
New York Post
'A must for anyone considering plastic surgery'
CBS Insider
'The inside world of celebrity plastic surgery'
Boston Globe
'A great read'
ABC Radio
'The inside scope of a cosmetic surgery practice'
Princeton Alumini Weekly Cap Lesesne has been in solo practice at New
York's most sought-after zip-code for over twenty years, and is an
indespensible member of the New York social-elite. He is internationally
renowned, regularly travelling across the globe for consultations,
surgical procedures, and for pleasure. He has served on the executive
committee of the American Society of Plastic surgeons, and is a frequent
contributor and consultant for The New York Times, The Washington Times,
the Observer, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Harper's and Vogue, as well as ABC and
NBC News. A documentary produced by the BBC following the life of Cap
Lesesne was aired in the US in the autumn of 2005, and he is frequently
profiled in some of America's most glamorous publications. He has
produced his own line of custom-made skin-care products, soon to be
launched in the UK.
