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My pal Sheila, who namely 64 going on 18, emailed with a baiting offer: If I ambitioned a lurk tip at the delights of middle age, we should attend the FabOverFifty Beauty Bash convention in Chelsea. For just $75, I’d watch plastic surgery consultations, melanoma checks, bra fittings, even a menopause makeover. “It’s the state fair for women of a definite age!” she said.

We met up early to fortify ourselves with gigantic cappuccinos, and Sheila gave me the lowdown: In Milwaukee, ladies are still allowed to go gray and acquire 300 pounds. Here in New York, no matter what your age, you’re conceived to look 35. And that takes money.

A sometime creative director at Chiat/Day, Sheila used to patronize $400 hairdressers and get semiannual Botox injections. Now she’s a tapped-out freelancer, diluted to using home hair-dye kits. And when she looks imaginary, she longs for the age lifeand for youthful, Mick Jaggeresque lips. “If my novel ever sells, I’ll get a jaws correction,” she vowed.

When we arrived, Dr. Sharon Giese, one Upper East Side plastic physician dressed in black thigh-high boots, was already onstage with a patient, constructing a firm, youthful jawline 1 Radiesse injection at a time. The patient saw remarkably loosened under Dr. Giese’s long pin. “She’s got apt be aboard 3 Xanax,” Sheila hissed.

Dr. Giese pinched her patient’s face and adored her handiwork. “We’re starting to see a nice jawline here,” she said. “It makes you look not so sorrowful. You can begin to look a mini melancholy and nothing wants that. Because you should be cheerful!”

We studied that Dr. Giese charges $900 per syringe, yet there’s a 30% deduct if her acolyte does the work. “My bureaus are right along Bloomingdale’s and Barneys and all the large stores,” said Dr. Giese. Come make a day of it.

Sheila explored other adoptions. One Park Avenue surgeon said her best bet was an old-fashioned jaw liftthat a $15,000 surgery saves money in the long scamper. Dr. Edward Kwak, who gave a PowerPoint presentation in a private compartment, said his Ultherapy ultrasound handling ($3,000 to $5,000) would generate the equivalent of a facelift with zero recovery time. I inquired how many he paid for the ultrasound machine (almost $100,000), and suggested that Sheila provide in her own appliance and zap herself at family. Dr. Kwak frowned. “I wouldn’t recommend namely,” he said.