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smooth operator; Vilified and banned in the nineties, silicone is back-and this time it's new and improved.
Byline: Laurie Drake
There's no better barometer of age than the mouth. Unlike the eyes, whose beauty is barely dimmed by crow's feet, the lips peak early, in your 20s, before beginning a long, slow decline. The skin thins out and facial bones ever so slightly shrink, leaving behind a shriveled trace of what once was.
My personal obsession with lips took root some years ago when, shortly after reaching the 40-year milestone, I had to renew my driver's license. I saw in my photo the tight-lipped smile of my grandmother, a woman who wore pearls every day and disapproved of my hemlines. It was around the same time that while staring up at my facialist I ...
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