Mantalk: Tips from the Pros for Great Looks, Good Health, and Maintaining Your Competitive Edge [Paperback]

Elliot Jacobs MD FACS (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2010

MANTALK is the ultimate healthcare book for men, compiled by a prominent Park Avenue Plastic Surgeon, based in New York City. It is an all inclusive book of health related issues for men. Topics include what to get from a yearly physical, surgical and non-surgical anti-aging treatments for men, proper skin care and relevant information on skin cancer, tips on how to shave, proper hair care and what to do about the "grays", options for a perfect smile, a nutrition and fitness plan including a workout regimen, and new age health suggestions. Contributing editors include New York Times best-selling author, OZ Garcia, dentist to the stars, Mark Lowenberg, DDS, Howard Murad, MD (nationally known skin care expert and top author) and others. Foreward by Dr. Max Gomez, NBC.

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According to Park Avenue plastic surgeon Jacobs, the men's grooming market is a $3.5 billion industry and growing; with Mantalk, he hopes to help men on their journey through this maze. Questions from his patients and colleagues make up the basis of the book and topics covered within its 13 chapters range from aging and sun damage to grooming issues and various forms of plastic surgery. Each chapter contains several sections, so the presentation of information seems manageable. The book has a broader scope than do the usual men's health publications, which tend to focus on fitness and general health. Experts are gathered from many fields, including nutrition, fitness, men's health, and dentistry. Included are biographical pieces on the experts, a glossary, and an index . A valuable contribution to any consumer health collection - Elizabeth J. Eastwood, Mesa P.L., Los Alamos, NM

About the Author

Elliot W. Jacobs, MD received hisMedical Degree from Mt. Sinai Schoolof Medicine, NYC. Dr. Jacobs continuedat Mt. Sinai as resident and chief resident, Plastic Surgery. Certifiedby the American Board of Plastic Surgery. Attending staff-Manhattan/NJ Hospitals. Written on many aspects of plastic surgery and lectured to both professional and lay groups internationally.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: MDPublish.com (January 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974899763
• ISBN-13: 978-0974899763
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #696,418 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Gynecomastia Surgeon Pens Male Health, December 8, 2009

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This review is from: Mantalk: Tips from the Pros for Great Looks, Good Health, and Maintaining Your Competitive Edge (Paperback)

While Park Avenue plastic surgeon Elliot Jacobs, M.D., the author of MANTALK, has made a creditable -- and far reaching -- name for himself in the area of male breast reduction surgery for men and teens, he's actually an all-round plastic surgeon who has more tips (gleaned from other pros as well) on approaching male health than Carter does little pills.

Dr. Jacobs has led the way since 1995 in male breast reduction surgery and awareness. So he's in a great position to know what should - and what can - be done to help prevent wrinkles, facial sagging, weather-beaten and sun damaged skin, lost teeth and the other sundry slings and arrows accompanying ordinary aging.

Declares the doctor: "I'm a big advocate of doing everything one can to prevent wrinkles rather than waiting to correct wrinkles once they have appeared."

Plastic Surgeon & Male Health

Having interviewed thousands of men who are desperate to lose their feminine-like breasts, Dr. Jacobs has also learned that most men not only dislike asking for directions, they are also reluctant to put another man -- even a learned, skilled plastic surgeon - in control.

In fact, men are so reluctant to seek any doctor's advice, the vast majority of medical writers usually receive marching orders instructing the scribes to write about male health from a woman's perspective.

Then, presumably, she will nag her foot-dragging significant other into a doctor's waiting room.

Having properly framed the issues, you could then hand him MANTALK and expect a very reasonable chance of him reading this exceedingly readable book.

First, perhaps you should bookmark Chapter 12 - a section about the healthy male check up - so he gets an idea of all the things in his body that need somebody's control if not a full periodic medical lookover.