nip and tuck

n. small cosmetic surgery for tightening the wrinkles of the face

adj. neck and neck; not decisive as to outcome

Nip/Tuck is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television medical drama series created by Ryan Murphy for FX Networks. The show follows the lives of two Miami plastic surgeons, Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) and Christian Troy (Julian McMahon). The show, while not strictly a soap opera, has some story arcs.
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Noun
1. plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised; "some actresses have more than one face lift"
(synonym) face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
(hypernym) plastic surgery, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty
(hyponym) nose job, rhinoplasty
Adjective
1. inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition; "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair"
(synonym) neck and neck, head-to-head
(similar) inconclusive
Adverb
1. even or close in a race or competition or comparison; "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"
(synonym) neck and neck, head-to-head
(pertainym) neck and neck, head-to-head

evenly matched, hard fought to the finish They were going along nip and tuck but he finally won the race in the end.

Synonyms and related words:
alike, at par, au pair, commensurate, drawn, equal, equalized, even, even stephen, fifty-fifty, half-and-half, knotted, level, like, on a footing, on a level, on a par, on even ground, par, proportionate, quits, square, stalemated, tied