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Man Boob Procedures on the Rise

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

There has been a marked increase in males undergoing cosmetic surgery procedures in recent years. Interestingly, one of the procedures that has grown in popularity the most is gynecomastia reduction, a procedure to get rid of man boobs.

Only five years ago, man boob procedures were all but non-existent, with a total of 22 men requesting them. Last year, plastic surgeons performed over 320 man boob procedures.

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons has noted a 44% increase in man boob procedures last year. This represents a larger percentage increase than both breast augmentation and tummy tucks.

Man boobs can be caused by hormonal changes, disease, genetics, anabolic steroids, and the use of certain prescription drugs. However, the Super Size Big Mac deal may be as big a causal factor as any of the more medically related causes.

It is uncertain why more men are opting for this surgery now. Maybe we are witnessing a generation of sensitive men who have lingering self esteem issues dating back to childhood when they were teased in gym class for their man boobs. Perhaps society is just growing increasingly vain. Regardless, it appears that plastic surgeons across the world had better be prepared for an influx of gynecomastia patients in the next few years.

If you would like to reduce your man boobs and you live in the Dallas, Texas area, please contact the Cosmetic Surgical Center today to schedule an appointment with Dr. Rai.

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Florida Woman Commits Identity Theft for Tummy Tuck

Friday, April 24th, 2009

Desperate times often bring desperate measures. With the current state of our economy, these are most certainly desperate times. Yet even through this desperation, there are some people out there who will stop at nothing to look their best. The days when an empty bank account would prevent people from indulging in guilty pleasures are long gone. Today, if you are savvy enough to forge a few documents, you can get whatever you want.

For Patrice Thomas, a 33-year-old Ft. Lauderdale resident, the prize was a sleek new body. Her method of attaining this body was a tummy tuck. It didn’t matter that she couldn’t afford the cosmetic surgery procedure. She knew how to work the system.

Thomas accessed a stranger’s personal information and used it to apply for a credit card and a photo ID. She used the credit card and ID to pay for her tummy tuck. She could only finance $5,000 on the card, so she fraudulently obtained another credit card to pay for the remaining $4,000 of the procedure.

This is not the first time in recent months that a woman has committed identity theft to pay for cosmetic surgery. There have been two similar cases in California. Unfortunately for Thomas, her story has not ended as well as the other two. On April 9, she was busted for identity theft. She is currently detained at Miami’s Federal Detention Center on $100,000 bail. She may need a few more fake credit cards to cover that one.

Police have charged Thomas with credit card fraud, social security fraud, and aggravated identity theft. They learned of her scam when they searched her house last January in an unrelated case. That search turned up four credit cards all containing different names. This is not her first run-in with the law. Thomas has previously been arrested for drug possession, grand theft, and using a false identification document.

It would behoove cosmetic surgeons to do a better job at screening clients before accepting their money. As the economy continues to plummet, there will most likely be many other women attempting to finance their new bodies on someone else’s tab.

Maybe they can hire the TSA as consultants to help them develop more sophisticated screening systems. After all, American airport security is a model of excellence that should be replicated all over the world in any way possible. I mean, we haven’t caught a terrorist in an airport since 2001. They must be doing their jobs.

In fairness to cosmetic surgeons, the racially biased screening and profiling practices that have served airport security so well in recent years will most likely not be helpful in preventing identity theft among plastic surgery patients. But if you get a patient who leaves a trailer park address on her medical form, you may want to investigate her background a bit further before performing her desired procedure.

As for Patricia Thomas, she may be spending the next four or five years in prison. All of that could have been easily avoided by ordering a few more credit cards to pay for relocation to Brazil. I’m sure her brand new flat stomach would look much better in a bikini than in an orange jumpsuit.

If live in Orlando, Florida and are interested in a tummy tuck, please contact Dr. Scott A. Greenberg today to schedule a consultation. Dr. Greenberg has been working with the TSA to improve his patient screening systems. If you are not who you say you are, he will know, and you won’t get your tummy tuck.

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Breast Implants for Your Wedding Day Jitters

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Since the dawn of time, women have been doing everything possible to look their best on their wedding day. In the past, these efforts mainly consisted of manicures, pedicures, and elaborate makeup and hair styling that would complement their fancy white gown. However, the modern-day bride is taking wedding day makeovers to an entirely new level.

Cosmetic surgeons have reported a drastic increase in women opting for breast augmentation just before their wedding day. In Britain, breast implant surgery has witnessed a 75% increase since January, and 60% of these patients have come to receive a boost to their appearance for their wedding day. Apparently, having a pretty face in your wedding pictures is no longer enough. You now need to be popping out of your dress to be considered a beautiful bride.

Many wedding planners believe that the increase in breast augmentation for brides has occurred due to a change in the style of wedding dresses. Fewer women are opting for the traditional meringue-style dress, which buries the bride’s body underneath a mass of ruffles and lace. Instead, modern brides are choosing to wear sleeker, form-fitting gowns which more effectively accentuate their body.

While 10 years ago, women desired to be “beautiful” brides, today they prefer to be “sexy” brides. In order to accomplish this goal, many brides-to-be have opted to up their bra size and boost their cleavage to ensure a most memorable wedding day.

So if you are planning on tying the knot in the near future, you had better schedule an appointment with your local cosmetic surgeon as well as your hair dresser. You don’t want to miss out on the new trend in wedding fashion — breast implants.

If you live in the Chicago, Illinois area and are interested in breast augmentation to help you achieve the perfect wedding day, please contact Associated Plastic Surgeons, S.C. today to schedule a consultation with Dr. Otto J. Placik.

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Michael Jackson to Get Plastic Surgery for Comeback Tour

Friday, April 17th, 2009

Michael Jackson is no stranger to cosmetic surgery. He has undergone so many facial procedures over the years that he is almost unrecognizable from the exuberant young boy prancing around the stage as part of the Jackson 5 during the 1970′s.

Unfortunately, plastic surgery has not been kind to the “King of Pop.” His many bouts under the knife have left him with a somewhat freakish appearance. He is more frightening than the zombies in his 1983 “Thriller” video.

Jackson has had so many nose jobs that he recently needed a doctor to remove cartilage from his ear and place it inside his nose to repair deterioration resulting from a few too many procedures. Disgusting as this sounds, at least Jackson still has a nose.

Over the years, he has also gotten cheek implants and a smaller jaw. Oh, and let’s not forget to mention that he almost looks white. The many skin bleaching procedures performed on him cannot be healthy, and they have not left him with a natural complexion.

Yet, despite all of the disastrous results incurred in previous procedures, it appears that Michael Jackson may choose to go back for more in preparation for his comeback tour this summer. Several prominent plastic surgeons have speculated that he may opt for fat transplantation in his face to get rid of his gaunt appearance. Others believe he may get eyelid surgery to alleviate signs of aging around the eyes. Of course, since he is strapped for cash these days, it is possible that he will only be able to afford a more modest procedure, such as Botox or other injectable fillers.

Hopefully, Jackson will spend as much time rehearsing for his tour as he does in the doctor’s office. If not, he may get laughed out of arenas all over the world.

If you desire a more natural enhancement to your appearance, then you might be a more ideal candidate for cosmetic surgery than Michael Jackson. If you fit this description and live in the Northern Virginia or Washington, D.C. area, please contact the Virginia Center for Plastic Surgery today to schedule a consultation with Dr. Desman.

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NYC Pastor Accused of Stealing Church Funds for Botox

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Since its inception, Christianity has been all about the Benjamins. Despite being considered one of the seven deadly sins, greed has plagued the clergy of various Christian sects throughout its 2000 year history.

This is rather ironic, considering that in his lifetime, Jesus spoke out against greed. Each year at Passover, many people, both Jewish and non-Jewish, would flock to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage to the Holy Temple. It was tradition for pilgrims to make an offering when worshiping at the Temple. However, this offering could not be made in foreign currency, so a group of moneychangers would sell “Temple coinage” and make an excessive profit in the process. Jesus became irate at this practice. Eventually, he overturned all of the moneychangers’ tables and drove them out of the Temple. Yet in spite of Jesus’ blatant and forceful denouncement of greed, the religion he spawned has succumbed time and again to the allure of riches.

The Crusades were an early example of an atrocity driven by the greed of the Catholic Church. While many may claim that the Crusades were largely driven by a desire to spread the gospel of Jesus throughout the world, in reality it was primarily fueled by the Catholic Church’s desire to expand their land, wealth, and power.

In the Middle Ages, with the approval of the Pope, Catholic bishops went around selling indulgences for a profit. Indulgences granted salvation to Catholics who had sinned so that they could go to heaven after they died. The selling of these indulgences became so widespread that the Catholic Church got mired in scandal, and the practice prompted Martin Luther to write his Ninety-Five Theses, which lauched the Protestant Reformation.

Catholicism is not the only culprit when it comes to Christian greed. In the 1980′s, American televangelists got into the act as well. Leading the charge were Jimmy Swaggert and Jim and Tammy Bakker, who would repeatedly hold extravagant fundraisers to pay for their airtime. However, there were frequent reports that these televangelists misused this money. In fact, a feud broke out between Swaggert and Bakker, where each exposed the other’s extramarital affairs to the American public. This sad chapter in American history ended with Swaggert breaking down in front of his hordes of viewers, making a tear-filled apology on TV.

The 21st Century has now made its own entry into the litany of greed and financial abuse perpetrated by Christian clergy. A New York City pastor has recently been accused of stealing $84,537 from his church parish over the past three years. He used this money to fund his plastic surgery, Botox injections, and prescription drugs.

When Reverend William Blasingame’s parishioners at St. Paul’s Memorial Episcopal Church donated money over the past few years, they were led to believe that it was being used for church maintenance and to help needy parishioners. No one suspected that this money was actually being used to smooth out their pastor’s frown lines and to give him lips reminiscent of Mick Jagger.

I’m sure Reverend Blasingame thought he was being smart by using this money on Botox. Had he spent it on a brand new Mercedes, people would start asking how he could afford such a fancy car. However, if his cosmetic surgeon was subtle enough, his parishioners would most likely not even notice his youthful new face.

But alas, our greedy pastor got caught. Now he faces up to 15 years in jail if convicted.

I suppose the moral of the story is this: if your pastor is looking more vibrant, virile, and youthful than you remember him, be wary. He may be taking your hard-earned money and using it on Botox. Or maybe your pastor doesn’t like needles. Perhaps it might be funding his face lift or liposuction. Just be sure to check the church financial records before blindly offering up your cash into the donation cup.

If you are interested in Botox in the New York City area and do not have to embezzle the funds to pay for your procedure, please contact Dr. George Lefkovits today to schedule a consultation. Dr. Lefkovits does not accept disgraced pastors who rob their parishioners as patients.

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"BOOB" — Coming to a Film Festival Near You

Friday, April 10th, 2009

Parents, lock your children in their rooms. Women, stay as far away from your plastic surgeon as you can. Be very, very afraid. A new short film is making its way through the film festival circuit this spring that may make your blood curdle and will certainly change the way you look at breast augmentation forever. It is called “BOOB” and it just may redefine modern notions of cosmetic surgery gone awry.

This short falls into the horror genre, and for good reason. It is about a cosmetic surgeon who performs an unusual breast augmentation procedure that will allow the woman to enlarge her breast whenever she wants. It sounds great in theory. When you go to the beach, you can blow up your breast implants to give you the perfect bikini body, and when you are playing sports, you can reduce them again for maximum comfort and performance. Experience modern technology at its finest.

However, the procedure goes awry when a surge of electricity brings the boob to life. The boob proceeds to wreak havoc on all in its path. Look out! Runaway boob on the warpath. Run for your life!

The directing team for the film, Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion (they call themselves “Honest”), has kept the actual film off of the Internet at the moment. The only information available is a brief synopsis and a 45 second movie trailer. Therefore, I can only speculate about the grim details that mark this soon-to-be plastic surgery horror masterpiece. But I will do my best to try.

The film seems like a cross between Frankenstein and Night of the Living Dead, although if it espoused the virtues of Evil Dead, it would most likely be a much better film. In fact, if they could have convinced Bruce Campbell to star in the short, I’m sure it would be well on its way to becoming a cult classic.

I can only imagine spending 5-15 minutes of my life watching a film based on a psychotic boob on the rampage after a rogue implant goes haywire. I’m not sure if it will be quality entertainment or a blight on humanity. However, if I ever have the opportunity to waste valuable minutes of my life on viewing this cinematic tour de force, you can rest assured I will stop at nothing until I have soaked up every moment of gore provided by this psychotic boob.

You can catch “BOOB” at the following film festivals this year: SXSW 2009, IFFBoston 2009, Gen Art 2009, Newport Beach FF 2009, and NYIIFVF 2009. If only they had shown “BOOB” at the Vail Film Festival last weekend, I would be writing a full-fledged review right now.

If you have seen “BOOB” and are not waking up in the middle of the night with breast augmentation nightmares, please contact Phoenix, Arizona breast surgeon Dr. Paul Angelchik today to schedule a consultation. His breast implants have never been known to come alive and ruin your world . . . yet.

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In a Bad Mood? Get Botox

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

For quite some time, there has been mounting evidence that Botox is somewhat of a “jack-of-all-trades” procedure. While it is most commonly used to reduce facial wrinkles caused by aging, there have been many people who use Botox to treat other problems as well.

There have been many studies indicating that Botox can help relieve the symptoms of migraine headaches. Women have also injected Botox into their feet to help reduce the pain caused by wearing high heels. For those people suffering from excessively sweaty armpits, Botox can do wonders for your unsightly, odorific issue so that you do not need to squeegee your shirt halfway through that important meeting at the office.

Last fall, Sharon Stone tried to inject her 8-year-old son with Botox to prevent his feet from smelling. While this use may seem absurd, especially considering it was for a young child, there may be a new use for Botox that can top it on the weirdness scale. A recent study indicates that Botox may help you feel happier.

It’s hard to believe that an injection of the toxin found in food poisoning can be a treatment to elevate your mood, but apparently it may be true. An experimental psychologist at Cardiff University in Wales has recently conducted a study to evaluate the effects of Botox on your emotional state. The results show that Botox patients scored much lower on measures of anxiety and depression than patients receiving other facial procedures.

It appears that when Botox is injected into your glabellar frown lines or the furrows between your eyebrows, it can have the added benefit of making you feel happy. The psychologist running the experiment attributes this result to a phenomenon called facial feedback. The theory behind this phenomenon is that when you frown, you will actually feel unhappier simply because you are frowning. Therefore, if your wrinkling has given you severe frown lines causing your face to be in a perpetual frown, you will tend to adopt that mopey disposition all the time, feeling rather crabby, moody, and just downright bummed-out.

On the other hand, if you are constantly smiling, it will ultimately cause you to feel happier. By injecting Botox into your frown lines so that you are forced into an almost perpetual smile, you will eventually believe that you are happy simply because you are smiling. It may sound crazy, but there is a clinical study to support this reasoning.

So before hitting the Prozac or Paxil prescriptions to help your dour mood, you may want to give Botox a shot. It might be a cheaper fix than Prozac, and it won’t give you all of the same nasty side effects. I have never heard anyone say that Botox adversely affects your sex life the way antidepressants do, and it is probably safer to suck down those free drinks at an open bar wedding on Botox than on Prozac.

Of course, there might be a downside to always smiling. If you are a teacher, it will be very difficult to inspire fear in misbehaving students when you can’t get that perma-grin off of your face. If you are at a funeral, your chipper disposition may be mistaken as callousness in the face of a personal tragedy. But at least you’ll feel happy. And don’t we all want to feel happy?

If you have a case of the blues, then Botox may just be the cure for you. If you want to learn more about how Botox can start you on your road to happiness, please contact Dr. Paul Angelchik today to schedule a consultation at his Phoenix, Arizona cosmetic surgery office.

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Female Cosmetic Surgery Procedures on the Rise, Male Procedures on the Decline in 2008

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) has just released their annual survey for cosmetic surgery procedures performed in the 2008 calendar year. The results indicate that procedures for females are on the rise, while procedures for males have dropped from 2007 totals.

In 2008, female cosmetic surgery procedures increased 29%, while male procedures dropped 2%. This is the first time in several years that there has been a noticeable difference in the growth of cosmetic surgery between males and females.

The struggling economy is most likely a strong contributing factor in the decrease in male cosmetic surgery procedures. The continued popularity of low-cost, non-invasive procedures such as Botox and laser skin resurfacing among women have prevented a similar decline.

The AACS survey also revealed the following trends:

  • The most popular cosmetic surgery procedures in 2008 were liposuction, breast augmentation, and blepharoplasty.
  • The most popular non-surgical procedures were laser hair removal and injectable fillers.

If you are interested in cosmetic surgery in the northern Virginia or Washington, D.C. area, please contact the Virginia Center for Plastic Surgery today to schedule a consultation with Dr. Desman.

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