LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- With Hollywood's awards season under way, fans will see plenty of stunning gowns, sculpted bodies, flawless skin and camera-ready coifs on red carpets around town.

What they won't see are the industrial-strength girdles, silicone nipple covers, fake hair and skin treatments beneath those flawless facades.

The first step? A body-enhancing airbrush tan, says spray-tanner-to-the-stars Jimmy Coco, who expects to wield his tanning wand at least 100 times before the Academy Awards.

"If they haven't quite been to the gym, I can make it look as though they have," he says. "I give them an even glow and lightly etch in where the muscle is."

Breasts have their own set of needs. Busty beauties who want to wear backless gowns often turn to self-sticking "bras" like Frederick's of Hollywood's new Flex Body Bra, made of adhesive-backed silicone cups that fit separately over each breast.

Less-endowed women might go braless but opt for some kind of nipple cover to maintain modesty. These days, stores sell silicone versions that are undetectable under dresses, but stylists and stars weren't always so fortunate.

"We would literally put cotton balls on clients and put (tape) on top of the cotton ball," says stylist Estee Stanley, who helped develop Frederick's Flex Body Bra. "It was like a science project."

Natural fabrics are easily marred by sweat, so stars plan ahead to keep palms and armpits from perspiring.

One solution is botox, which paralyzes overactive glands to temporarily stop sweating. Another is Drysol, a prescription treatment Fonteyne swears by that "dries up" sweat glands.