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About Face: A Plastic Surgeon's 4-Step Nonsurgical Program for Younger, Beautiful Skin

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I actually purchased this book because I was interested in purchasing the EGF (epidermal growth factor) cream that I had seen on TV. I had heard that this cream works miracles and wanted to understand it better before spending the $180 on the cream. The book was written by the plastic surgeon who invented the ReVive skin line. This book has a wide spectrum of information on how to create and maintain healthy skin without surgery. It covers everything from diet, vitamins, exercise, yoga and every kind of medical "surface" skin treatments out there. It also covers everything from basic drugstore cleansers and moisturizers, to over-the-counter and prescription topical creams, to intensive dermabrasion and chemical peels. The book gives you a lot of information about a lot of products and the author gives his sound opinion and experience with each. However, because I was buying the book to understand more about the ReVive creams themselves, I was looking for a more in-depth analysis of the skin line. He does explain the chemical components and how it works with the skin, but he does not cover which ReVive creams go with what skin types, what creams (there are many) that work best together, and so forth. I think that overall the entire book really gives you a lot of basic and clinical information on how to best take care of your skin. As a side note: I bought the ReVive Sensitif cream and LOVE it. I had a scar on my face (from recent basal cell removal) that had become a dime size crater on my cheek, now it is almost undetectable and I have been using the cream for about 1 month. I had been using other scar products and was getting no results. If you want the book to learn about ways to take care of your skin then get it, if you want it primarily to learn about ReVive products be prepared for that aspect of the book to be minimal. If you want to know whether the ReVive skin line works....I definitely say yes!

This book helped me understand what is really happening with your skin. What it responds to and doesn't and what adds aging. I highly recommend it and it's an easy read....helped me with my diet too!