Throw a Louboutin pump on Manhattan’s Upper East Side and you’ll hit a great plastic surgeon: there’s no shortage of talent. But when I was looking for a little facial refurbishment, I had one other odd concern. I asked everyone: Have you ever operated on someone in your family?
I was regaled with stories. Moms, kids, delighted with their outcomes; one guy had recently done his daughter’s breast implants. Finally, I got to the office of Dr. Marc Zimbler. He is not exactly warm and fuzzy, but I had to ask. He just stared at me. “Never, ever. First of all, my mother’s a Holocaust survivor, but that aside, it’s just massively inappropriate. In any other medical setting outside of plastic surgery, it would be strictly forbidden.”
