Living Doll

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Summary: Unique book on physical transformation !
Review: Cindy Jackson has been described as the woman who is trying to make herself look like a Barbie doll. But if you read her book she is not trying to look like Barbie, she is trying to look her absolute best using information she found as an art student that gives the proportions for a perfect face.

Cindy was born to a mother and father who focused more on their interests than on Cindy's. It wasn't that she was not loved. It was that her parents did not know how to parent well. At 6 Cindy's dad handed over the wheel to an airplane while they were in the sky and told her to fly the plane. This was his idea of helping Cindy learn to be capable and competent.

Cindy wanted to enjoy the fussiness of being a girly girl by dressing pretty, playing with dolls and making herself look cute. But her parents wouldn't spend much money on Cindy. As a result she wore hand me downs, had few toys and never felt pretty.

One day she found a Barbie doll at a local discount store. After several days of tears her father broke down and bought it for her. This doll triggered deep emotions in Cindy who imagined what the life of the doll would be like if she were real.

As Cindy grew older, she felt she did not get things she should because she felt she was not attractive. And she embarked on a series of operations to perfect her face.

The first operation corrected the bags under her eyes. I personally thought Cindy looked great after this procedure and needed no further refinement. Cindy however, is on a mission to be as perfect as possible. This book describes her childhood and each of the surgeries she has had to look like her vision of the ideal woman.

Surgeries include having her skin lifted and completely redraped on her face in order to smooth wrinkles, permanent makeup, lip surgery, cheek implants, her chin cut down and more.

Cindy does look lovely in the after pictures however, I read once that you can tell if someone has had their lips injected because the upper lip is larger than the lower and this is not normal. Cindy does have a much fuller upper lip. She is probably in search of that fuller lower lip now.

The book gives a few insights as to what to look for in a plastic surgeon. Mainly though its focus is on Cindy and why she chose to do what she did. A number of graphic photographs of Cindy in the stages of some of her operations are included. Living Doll is an interesting look at total physical transformation.

Rating:
Summary: WHAT a life! WHAT a lady! WHAT a book!
Review: I have followed Cindy for many years, never missing any American TV show she was to be on, and I have followed her remarkable transformation. I have been interested in plastic surgery long before I knew anything about Cindy, I have read every article, watched every TV show regarding PS. Maybe someday I will work with Cindy, ha.
To finally read the life story of someone you have followed is a great journey. I learned that Cindy did not have an easy childhood, but overcame her adversities and took control of her life, never taking no for an answer. Cindy has lived the kind of life that I dream of, and reading her book gives me the inspiration to have the surgeries I want, and to do the things I want, and stop listening to what others expect of me.
Cindy has lived, and will continue to live, an amazing life.

Rating:
Summary: WHAT a life! WHAT a lady! WHAT a book!
Review: I have followed Cindy for many years, never missing any American TV show she was to be on, and I have followed her remarkable transformation. I have been interested in plastic surgery long before I knew anything about Cindy, I have read every article, watched every TV show regarding PS. Maybe someday I will work with Cindy, ha.
To finally read the life story of someone you have followed is a great journey. I learned that Cindy did not have an easy childhood, but overcame her adversities and took control of her life, never taking no for an answer. Cindy has lived the kind of life that I dream of, and reading her book gives me the inspiration to have the surgeries I want, and to do the things I want, and stop listening to what others expect of me.
Cindy has lived, and will continue to live, an amazing life.

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Summary: Beautiful Inside and Out!
Review: I have followed Cindy Jackson since I first saw her on American TV. Not only is her physical transformation fascinating, but her lifes journey is equally fascinating.
Cindy has lived an incredible life, growing up on a farm, never really fitting in. Instead of doing the 'right thing', Cindy did want she wanted and moved to London. She made an exciting life for herself in London singing in a rock band.
The books takes you through all phases of Cindys life, childhood, boyfriends, family, but the book really takes off after she arrives in London. The book has sex, drugs, rock n' roll, and alittle royal gossip, but I enjoyed reading about her surgeries and why she choose to do what she did.
I check her website ... regulary to read the 'latest news' of what she has been doing. I also recommend her Plastic Surgery Guide and Video as well, both invaluable for those considering surgery.
Thanks Cindy for sharing your life with us, finally.

Rating:
Summary: Beautiful Inside and Out!
Review: I have followed Cindy Jackson since I first saw her on American TV. Not only is her physical transformation fascinating, but her lifes journey is equally fascinating.
Cindy has lived an incredible life, growing up on a farm, never really fitting in. Instead of doing the 'right thing', Cindy did want she wanted and moved to London. She made an exciting life for herself in London singing in a rock band.
The books takes you through all phases of Cindys life, childhood, boyfriends, family, but the book really takes off after she arrives in London. The book has sex, drugs, rock n' roll, and alittle royal gossip, but I enjoyed reading about her surgeries and why she choose to do what she did.
I check her website ... regulary to read the 'latest news' of what she has been doing. I also recommend her Plastic Surgery Guide and Video as well, both invaluable for those considering surgery.
Thanks Cindy for sharing your life with us, finally.

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Summary: Finally, the real story!
Review: Woman turns herself into a living Barbie Doll!

I have been following Cindy in the press since I first heard about her in 1994 while living in England. I suppose in some ways it was almost like a car wreck, where you are involuntarily compelled to slow down to take a look. While I didn't actively search out info on her, if I saw something in the paper or on a talk show, I looked at it. It was always pretty much the same article or interview, 'American spends over $50k, $75k or $100k to look like a Barbie Doll'. As time went on, she really did go from being pretty in 1994 (about 2/3 of the way through her body morph plan) to being absolutely stunning in 1997. That really intrigued me as I would not have thought it was possible for someone to change themselves so much through cosmetic surgery and not look like the NYC 'cat woman', Cher, or Michael Jackson. Cindy looks completely 'normal', albeit beautiful.

I ordered her 'how to' cosmetic surgery guide and video last year and it was very interesting, describing what she had done. It is a useful guide for anyone considering cosmetic surgery. This book, Living Doll, is really her full story, beginning way back when she was a child, through her rock & roll days, to her cosmetic surgery, being in the public eye and how the press can distort the facts to make a better headline. I thought the book was well written and honest, well worth the read (especially for anyone contemplating multiple cosmetic surgeries).