American Plastic: Boob Jobs, Credit Cards, and Our Quest for Perfection

In this unsparing look at the cosmetic surgery industry, author Laurie Essig confronts the supremely capitalistic impulse to use our resources and money to 'fix' ourselves. Over the course of more than two hundred interviews with plastic surgeons and recipients of plastic surgery, Essig builds a comprehensive analysis of our image-obsessed culture, tracking the ways that fashion and porn have contributed to our never-ending drive towards youth and unattainable beauty standards. A brutal portrait of contemporary culture and the relationship between image, culture, and money. 

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