buyer beware

The best plastic surgery is plastic surgery you can’t see. I often have patients who say, “when I walk down the street I can tell when someone has had filler, or a facelift.” I say that the only plastic surgery you can see is badly-done plastic surgery. Read more

We’ve all been there: you’re leaving the medi-spa after receiving injections, or a laser treatment, and it’s time to pay for the service. How much to tip for facial treatments? Read more

We recently published this beauty food recipe on how to upgrade your almond milk. The simple, delicious recipe spurred many readers to Ask Charlotte a flurry of questions about almond milk—should you really be drinking it? Read more

You’re painfully familiar with the usual wrinkle-causing, age-revealing suspects like sun exposure, sugar-laden diets, and stress. But these days, a whole new slew of technology-related agers are threatening our youth. Read more

Originally written by Charlotte’s Book Premiere Provider Dr. Dara Liotta, MD for Travel Beauty. Edited and adapted for Charlotte’s Book.  Read more

Here’s the scenario: you have a major meeting at 10 a.m. Everything needs to be on point for this meeting, including your hair, which is why you get a blowout the day before. Read more

When snapping a selfie, any good social media savvy smart phone owner knows that it’s all about the angle. But, what if the pursuit of posting the perfect profile picture is causing an endemic desire to physically alter one’s features for the sake of the lens? Read more

Last Thursday, we had the pleasure of being a guest on Dr. Doris Day‘s hour of Doctor Radio on SiriusXM (Ch. Read more

We all have our post-breakup rituals, whether it’s binge eating the foods you swore off while in domestic bliss or banishing your blues with an exercise induced endorphin high. Read more

When you make an appointment for a cosmetic treatment that’s supposed to leave you looking better than before, the last thing you expect is to walk out looking worse. Read more

Just because someone has an M.D. after their name and a med school diploma hanging on the wall doesn’t necessarily make them the right person to go to when you’re seeking a cosmetic treatment. Read more