Skin Deep

Acknowledgments

Several people have helped me with technical matters in the writing of this book and I would like to thank them for their generous time and expertise.

For his tremendous help and guidance on medical matters, I am greatly indebted to Robert M. Goldwyn, Professor Emeritus of Plastic Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts. Thanks also to Henry David Abraham, M.D., and to old friends Dr. Michael G. Carvalho, Clinical Psychopharmacologist, Manchester, New Hampshire, Veterans Affairs Medical Center; and Dr. Wanda Hunt, Clinical Psychopharmacologist, VA Medical Center, Manchester, New Hampshire. I would also like to thank good friend Dr. Marie Dacey, Assistant Professor, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.

For police procedures, I want to thank John J. McLean, Lieutenant Detective, Detective Bureau, Medford Police, who was always there when I needed him. Thanks also to my colleague John McDevitt, Associate Dean, College of Criminal Justice, Northeastern University; and to Alex Sbordone, retired captain, Newton, Massachusetts, Police Department.

For reasons that they know well, thanks also to Alice Janjigian, Robert Janjigian, Malcolm Childers, and Barbara Shapiro.

Finally, a special thanks to my faithful agent and friend, Susan Crawford, and to my editor, Natalia Aponte, who still believes in me.

I would also like to acknowledge the following books that assisted in the research: Beyond Appearance: Reflections of a Plastic Surgeon, by Robert M. Goldwyn (New York: Dodd Mead & Company, 1986); Flesh Wounds: The Culture of Cosmetic Surgery, by Virginia L. Blum (Berkeley and Los Angeles, Calif.: University of California Presss, 2003); and The Forensic Science of C.S.I., by Katherine Ramsland (New York: The Berkley Publishing Group, 2001).