By ALEV AKTAR
How did T arrive at this list? In a word, consensus. Experts were polled, from doctors to nutritionists, from makeup artists to beauty editors, in an effort to separate the wheat from the chaff. Doctors' board certifications were checked, and state medical boards confirmed that there were no past or pending malpractice suits. But since it is not possibe to sample everyone's expertise firsthand, caveat emptor.

6. Teeth

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