Having seen the work done by a make-up artist and modelling studio team first hand (no I was not the model, but I was with the model at the time) I know that a good make up artist can do wonders with things like eyebrows and "black bags" under the eyes without the computer doing work at all, so not all of it is touching up.

Also The top link that showed how the breasts were made to look bigger and fuller, well I have to say if you ladies buy your bra's correctly is easily performed by a decent bra (I've actually brought bra's for women so know a little about this kind of thing, I also worked in women's clothes stores for a while and still often have to help out at work on our clothing department which incidentally is primarily for women so my knowledge goes up 2 notches there.) Buying a bra from a shop like Ann Summers is far more likely to fit correctly and provide proper support than buying a bra from your local market or shop. Of course however I do understand that a lot of women will refuse to pay about £30 for a bra alone and a further 10 - 20 quid on the matching panties.

A lot of the stuff on there may or may not be touching up when you see a magazine cover, obviously for the purposes of that image they hired someone (whether or not she was an actual model or a random woman they knew is neither here nor there) and did do it via the computer but in all honesty I don't think every magazine cover is all done like that.

Touching up is far from a bad thing heck if I had the oppourtunity to have a proffessional touch up pictures of me I sure as hell would take it.