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face-lift
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face-lift (fslft)
n.
Plastic surgery to remove facial wrinkles, sagging skin, fat deposits, or other visible signs of aging for cosmetic purposes. Also called rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty.
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It all adds up to a growing number of adults searching for their own fountains of youth who are bypassing traditional face-lifts in favor of a slew of the latest noninvasive techniques, whether it's state-of-the-art technological advances or ancient Asian healing arts.
FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH LUNCHTIME FACE-LIFTS QUICKER, LESS PAINFUL by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Two grandes dames of Russian ballet--the Maryinsky and Bolshoi Theaters--are showing their age, and both are scheduled for face-lifts.
A legacy in dispute. (News) by Brown, Marina / Dance Magazine
Undermining the continuity of the sexual stages from puberty to senescence, face-lifts destabilize sex, and identity.
The trouble with gravity by Silverthorne, Jeanne / Artforum International
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