Travel agent and beauty addict Amanda Hughes meets civil servant Debbie Hanson. Forty-three-year-old Amanda has spent £20,000 perfecting her appearance over the years and exercises for two hours a day, seven days a week, in a desperate bid to maintain her looks - even spending eight hours getting ready for a Saturday night. Forty-six-year-old Debbie was born with a congenital facial disfigurement that left her blind in one eye and severely short-sighted in the other. Debbie introduces Amanda to her family and shows Amanda what it is like living with a facial disfigurement. The two women go to meet celebrity and former plastic surgery addict Alicia Duvall. Will the visit be enough to convince Amanda that there is more to life than looks?