Over the years, the three women have supported each other through breast
implants, face-lifts and brow-lifts. Last February, Ms. Probandt said,
she had a mini face-lift and a brow-lift. A few weeks later Mrs. Allison
had her implants redone and the third woman had her face done. “We just
had a delightful time,” Mrs. Probandt recalled. “After we got to looking
a little bit better — we’d cover up our heads, glasses, scarves — we
spent hours in Neiman’s, even when we had our drains in.” Then they
all went to Mrs. Allison’s ranch two hours from San Antonio to recuperate
together for a week.