Celebrated NYC Plastic Surgeon and Author to visit St. Louis Soft Surroundings Store

St. Louis, MO — Dr. Michelle Copeland, Harvard trained plastic surgeon, biochemist, and author of “Change Your Looks, Change Your Life,” a comprehensive guide to “quick fixes” and cosmetic surgery solutions for looking younger, feeling healthier, and living better, will appear in person at Soft Surroundings (www.softsurroundings.com) in St. Louis on May 12, 2006 for skin care product consultations and books signing. Dr. Copeland is the first woman plastic surgeon to develop a complete skin care product line (www.softsurroundings.com/beauty/skin-care/).

In honor of this event, the store will offer a free book with a purchase of $20 or more of Dr. Michelle Copeland’s skin care products the day of the event and $20 off a purchase of $75 or more of Dr. Michelle Copeland’s skin care products for the entire month of May. There will also be a raffle for a free product giveaway worth hundreds of dollars.

Dr. Copeland is the first woman to receive dual doctorate degrees from Harvard. She has a busy New York City practice, and she is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, and she is an attending surgeon at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital.

As a member of the Medical Health Advisory Board for the Society for the Advancement of Women's Health Research, Dr. Copeland advises Congress on health issues affecting women. She was recently profiled in Avenue Magazine's "Women in the Sciences." Dr. Copeland has authored numerous scientific publications and has been a sought-after source of reliable information for such periodicals as The New York Times, Town & Country, Allure, Women's Health, Parade, Lear's and Cosmopolitan, and national television programs including NBC's Today Show and ABC's Good Morning America.

Soft Surroundings, which opened its first retail store at 33 The Boulevard in November 2005, is the exclusive seller of Dr. Michelle Copeland’s Skin Care products in the St. Louis area. The store carries her entire line, which includes miracles for acne, anti-aging, sun care and cleansers. The Rewind Eye Formula is one of the more popular products in the collection, which reduces the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles, dark circles, and puffiness around the eyes. The proprietary blend of 12 anti-aging agents (including lipoic acid and Vitamin E) stimulates cell renewal and lightens dark circles under the eyes.

The revolutionary Rewind Age-Defying Cream is also much admired. Replete with Dr. Copeland’s exclusive blend of 13 advanced anti-aging ingredients like resveratrol and selenium that reverse the aging process of skin cells, it makes skin softer, smoother and suppler.

An experienced esthetician is regularly on-hand at Soft Surroundings to assist with cosmetic advice and skin care concerns. Sales consultants possess superior product knowledge that allows them to communicate the different features of each item to the customers. The store hours at The Boulevard are 10am to 9pm, Monday through Friday, 10am to 8pm on Saturday, and 11am to 6pm on Sunday. More information is available by calling the store at 314-262-4949.