Get Drs. Oz and Roizen's Beauty Manual

Drs. Michael F. Roizen and Mehmet Oz have produced a follow-up to their bestselling book "YOU: Staying Young." In "YOU: Being Beautiful: The Owner's Manual to Inner and Outer Beauty" the doctors give tips on how to get inner and outer beauty and even offer an daily regimen to achieve results. Read an excerpt of the book below.

The Be-YOU-tiful Plan

Throughout this book, you've read all kinds of tips and tricks that will absolutely help you become even more beautiful than you already are, but you may be thinking that following some kind of two-week ugly—to—knockout makeover would be like trying to put toothpaste back into the tube.

The reality is that you can make small changes that will lead to big results in just 24 hours. That is, by slipping little behaviors into your regular routines (the devil is in the details, after all), you'll reengineer your life to become aware of the subtle places where you lose momentum in achieving your most beautiful and happiest life.

With these new insights and a plan that you can follow no matter what your lifestyle, you'll automate your life by trial and error to see what really works for you. Take the knowledge that we offer and apply "news you can use" so you can close the gap in your YOU-Q (go ahead and retake the test after doing our perfect day for two weeks, and find the area you want to work on).

Here we'll outline the Ultimate Beautiful Day—the perfect 24 hours. While it's true that you already know to wash your face and brush your teeth, you can achieve long—lasting beauty by paying attention to those details every day to help you achieve and maintain total beauty. Use these tips throughout your day, and —you'll find yourself walking taller, feeling better, looking great. And smiling more.

The Ultimate Beautiful Day:
Daily Care and Maintenance Day

We all know the classic definitions of a beautiful day. Some may say —it's spent at the beach. Others may say —it's spent in the sack. Some may say it must involve some sweat or a salmon dinner or a round of 18 at Pebble Beach. Others may say that the minimum requirements for a beautiful day should include the word pedicure. Any of those things may very well fit your criteria for a beautiful day. Now, however, —we're going to present you with a different kind of beautiful day—a day in which the things you do reflect on the core of improving your inner and outer beauty. Remember, if —you've made it this far, your ancestors (and you) have already made the major leagues when it comes to beauty. Now your choices can make each day better for you. A beautiful day —doesn't have to be a day in which —you're removed from reality; it can be a day in which —you're immersed in it.

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That's why —we've built this beautiful day around a typical weekday in most —people's lives; we left time for you to do your job, whether —it's at an office or running a family, and we snuck in those tactics that you can seamlessly include while —you're working your job or shuttling your kids. After all, improving yourself and your health —shouldn't overwhelm your life; it should be integrated as a vital part of it.

So what —you'll find here is a sample day with some sample times—a day that includes some of our favorite tips and tricks. After all, routines are good because—they're automatic—ensuring that -you'll integrate good habits into your daily life, rather than struggling to do so. Most of the tips are supported by first-rate medical research, while others are yet to be studied extensively, but they're the recommendations that we'd give our family and friends. You'll find hundreds of pieces of advice throughout the first 11 chapters and the nearly 20 toolboxes throughout the book. In this perfect day, we condense some of the best of them to help guide you through a 24-hour period that will make you see yourself—and the world around you—in a way that you may never have before.

6:00 a.m.
Wake up before your alarm clock after seven to eight hours of sleep. This is the amount of time your body needs to recharge; plus, sleep is the major stimulant for your own growth hormone (there's something special about it not being from a vial). Your own growth hormone helps keep skin taut and vibrant. After all, nobody looks all that beautiful with bags under the eyes. When you wake up, take a few minutes for an inventory of the way your body feels—specifically the minor aches and pains that may subconsciously distract you from the focus of your life. Our tool kits will help you address the most common of these. When you wake up, perform a few light stretches (like those from our yoga workout on page 361). Take just a few minutes to get your blood going, think about your breathing, and prepare yourself for your day. While you meditate to the sensations of your body, dream about one big idea you want to pursue today.

6:20 a.m.
Perform your morning beauty routine. These are some guidelines:

In the shower, rinse your hair (you can shampoo whenever you want, but -don't feel compelled to shampoo more than three times weekly) and wash your body. Blot your hair dry or use the cool setting on your hair dryer, but avoid the scorched-earth approach; heat can damage the delicate cuticles. Use a brush with smooth or rounded teeth or bristles, which will massage the hair and scalp without damaging them. Remember, hair is most fragile when wet.