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Michael Jackson's Legacy

Friday, June 26th, 2009

The shocking and untimely death of Michael Jackson yesterday afternoon has left the entire world buzzing. People all across the globe have been voicing their reactions, his music has once again dominated the airwaves, and many Internet sites — including CNN, Google, and Wikipedia — completely crashed yesterday afternoon as millions across the world tried to gather information about this breaking story.

Michael Jackson certainly had a roller coaster career, achieving heights equaled by only a select few artists and lows that go unrivaled by his peers in the entertainment industry. Sadly, in recent years he has become known more for his eccentric behavior and plastic surgery
nightmares than for his enduring contributions to music. Between his myriad nose jobs, facelifts, and skin bleaching procedures, the King of Pop has also earned the moniker, the King of Bad Plastic Surgery.

Unfortunately, many of the articles reporting his death speak of these forgettable moments. Hopefully, as he is remembered in the weeks to come, people will focus on the positives of his legacy, because it is undeniable that his contributions to the world of music and entertainment rank among the greatest of all time.

In the 1980s, the world of pop music was dominated by Michael Jackson. His Thriller album shattered sales records for the time, selling almost 50 million copies worldwide and holding the number 1 spot for 37 weeks. I was about 7 or 8 years old when the album took the world by storm. I remember it very well. It was one of the first albums that ever had a major impact on me, and probably contributed to my burgeoning interest in music.

Jackson also helped launch MTV into the juggernaut it became during the 80s. His elaborately choreographed music videos became the gold standard for which others aspired to achieve, and his extended-length video for the song “Thriller” has arguably never been paralleled since.

But most important to Jackson’s legacy is undoubtedly the doors he opened for other black artists. In his heyday, he was as iconic as the Beatles were in the mid 60s. While there were many black artists before him to achieve widespread success, none reached the levels of Michael Jackson. For the better part of a decade, he was the biggest pop star in the world (hence his nickname), and his style, music, and dance moves were imitated by many others trying to emulate his model of success.

Hopefully, this will be his enduring legacy, and people will forget about the eccentricities that have marred his life and career over the past 15 years. There are hundreds of black musicians, actors, artists, athletes, and politicians who owe a huge debt of gratitude to Michael Jackson. They all benefited by being able to walk through the huge doors opened by Jackson in the early part of his career. Without a doubt, the massive levels of success experienced by many hip hop and R&B; artists over the past two decades was largely made possible by the path blazed by Michael Jackson in the early 80s. In many ways, he is the entertainment equivalent of Jackie Robinson or Martin Luther King Jr.

Michael Jackson’s death has left a huge void in the music and entertainment world. It is uncertain if we will ever see another entertainer reach his heights and accomplish as much as he did in our lifetime. Hopefully we will, but if we do not, it will only further add to his lofty legacy.

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Lube is No Substitute for BOTOX

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

This one falls into the category of “I can’t believe how utterly stupid this woman is!”

There is a reason why many people spend enormous amounts of money at their plastic surgeon’s office. If you want something done right, you have to pay for it. If you think you can find a way around spending money for quality results, then you are sorely mistaken. Just ask a Minneapolis woman who recently learned this lesson the hard way.

Our protagonist in this bizarre tale, who incidentally wishes to remain anonymous, wanted to make a few cosmetic alterations to her face. She desperately desired fuller lips and smoother skin (her face was riddled with acne scars).

She had received silicone injections from a plastic surgeon about a year and a half ago. While she was very happy with the results, the $2700 bill made her stomach a bit queasy. She was determined to find a better deal this time around.

Rather than go to a board certified plastic surgeon for BOTOX treatments or a collagen filler that would plump up her lips, our protagonist decided that she did not need the skills or experience of an accredited doctor to achieve her results. After all, you are only injecting a liquid into your face. Anyone can do that.

And so she did.

Our protagonist went on the Internet and bought a tube of silicone lube for $10. She then went to her local drug store and purchased a few syringes. She was ready to make her plastic surgery
debut.

I doubt that she read the label on the tube of lube very carefully. Had she taken the time to do so, she would have discovered that the company who made the product warned that the lubricant is for external use only. But then again, maybe our brainiac hero read the label and interpreted external use only as meaning, “Fill a syringe with this stuff and shoot it into your face.”

I can only imagine how her pride in saving about $2650 turned to utter disgust when she saw her face in the mirror after giving herself the injections. The pictures on the Internet are utterly hideous. This woman now has pools of lube in her lips and cheekbones. They look puffy, blotchy, and fairly disgusting.

The lube was 100% silicone, and since her previous injections were silicone-based, this brilliant woman just assumed that any old silicone would do the job. Now her disfigurement is 100% permanent, because silicone does not get absorbed by the body.

The woman has recently flown to California to visit a plastic surgeon in a desperate attempt to fix the damage she has done to her face. Most likely, there will be very little he can do for her, and whatever he tries to do will probably cost her much more than the $2700 she would have spent on the original injections.

We have several morals to this story, and they are all somewhat obvious. The first is you get what you pay for. If you really want to improve your appearance, you should spend the money to have a qualified plastic surgeon do the job correctly. Otherwise, you may look much worse after your treatment than you ever did before.

The other moral to this tale is that stupid people should never try to perform plastic surgery procedures on themselves. Most likely, it will not turn out the way you expect it to, and then you will have no one to blame other than yourself and your own utter stupidity.

If you live in the Los Angeles, California area and would like to improve your appearance with some facial fillers, don’t do it yourself. Learn from the mistakes of our protagonist and let an expert do the job for you. Please contact the Bray Plastic Surgery Medical Center today to schedule a consultation with Dr. Bray.

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Creative Financing for Breast Implants Part 3

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

This is the third and final part of the blog series covering the website MyFreeImplants.com, which was established to help raise money for women to receive free breast augmentation procedures. Women can establish profiles on this site to be viewed by men who are prospective benefactors. The men then donate money to the woman of their choice, sometimes in exchange for photos or videos. When the woman has raised enough money to pay for her breast surgery, the money will be sent directly to the plastic surgeon.

To find out more about the specifics of this website, please read part 1 and part 2 of this blog series.

I’m not sure what to make of this website. Clearly, this is capitalism at its finest, if not its most perverse. These women are truly living the American dream. Get a new set of boobs for free! All you have to do is flirt with some horny guys online and send them some seductive pictures. I’m sure the sexier your photos, the quicker you’ll reach your goal.

But what about our generous benefactors? What do they get from this whole process? I’m sure that in some sick way, they get a feeling of satisfaction knowing that they helped improve the life of some stranger, albeit in the most superficial of ways. However, this seems to be rather little to receive in return for heaps of cash. I guess they will always have the photos they received and a few flirtatious email threads to look back on.

I wonder how many men have been unable to pay for gifts for their wives and girlfriends in order to donate money on MyFreeImplants.com. How would you explain that to your wife? “Sorry, honey. I couldn’t really get you a birthday present this year. I just gave $500 to help some strange girl get breast implants. You should check out her photos though. She’s going to look great with her new boobs.” Can you say “divorce”?

In my opinion, this website is wrong on many levels. It speaks to the warped values and priorities of the American people. There is currently a trust set up by the MyFreeImplants.com people holding over $2 million specifically for the purpose of providing women with free breast augmentation. Is there a similar $2 million trust holding money to provide people with health care when they can’t pay for it themselves? Is there a trust to help pay for food and shelter for homeless and hungry people? Is there a trust established to help provide supplies to inner city schools that can’t pay for new text books and desks? I have not heard of such trusts.

Why are so many men willing to fork over their cash to pay for a stranger’s breast implants when they will not donate money to more worthy causes? Furthermore, why is there not a website to help breast cancer victims fund breast reconstruction following a mastectomy? Is that not as equally a worthy cause as giving a suburban housewife the gift of free breast implants? It seems that we may need to re-evaluate our values when a website such as MyFreeImplants.com thrives the way it does while so many Americans are suffering to survive the recession.

However depraved, shallow, or morally bankrupt this website may be, it seems that it is here to stay. For those women who absolutely must get breast augmentation but do not want to go into debt to overhaul their body, this site seems to provide a legitimate opportunity. If you are looking for a handout to make your breast augmentation a reality, it is worth visiting their website.

However, if you live in the Chicago, Illinois area and want to pay for your breast implants on your own, please contact Dr. Otto J. Placik today to schedule your initial consultation. He is board certified and will gladly offer you other financing options so that you do not have to beg for money on the Internet.

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Creative Financing for Breast Implants Part 2

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

This post is part 2 of a 3 part blog series discussing the website MyFreeImplants.com. This website has been created to provide women with a way to raise the money to get breast augmentation for free. Men can become members of the website, which allows them to view the profiles of women seeking free breast implants. They can begin an email communication with their woman (or women) of choice and receive photographs and videos. In exchange, these men donate money to the woman’s breast implant fund.

To learn more about the specifics of this program, please read part one of this blog series. And now, for part 2…

You may be wondering what happens to this money once it gets donated. How can these men be certain that their money is actually going to be used for its intended purpose? The co-founders of the site came up with a simple solution to this dilemma.

The women never actually receive any of this money. Their donations are placed into a trust that is managed by Moore and Grunstra. Once a woman reaches her goal, the money is paid directly to the plastic surgeon straight out of the trust. Most women take six or seven months to reach their goal, although for some women, it may take several years. Currently, there is about $2 million in the trust, which collects interest for Moore and Grunstra while it sits in the account waiting to be doled out for breast augmentation procedures.

Women, if you are reading this and are enticed to throw your hat in the ring — be forewarned. This is not a slam dunk. It requires a great deal of work to raise the money. The more time you spend on the website soliciting and conversing with potential donors, the more likely you are to reach your goal. Out of the 140,000 women who have created profiles since the website started, only 3,500 are still active and only 425 have successfully raised enough money to pay for their breast implants. The rest have given up because they didn’t want to put in the work.

The current record is held by a college student. She raised all the money to pay for her surgery in 13 days. She spent 12-14 hours a day on the website one winter break and now she is the proud owner of free breast implants.

Women who receive the free surgery are contractually required to provide “after” photos on the website so that their benefactors can see the results. Don’t get too excited folks; the women are fully clothed in these photos. In addition, the women are obligated to continue conversing with their donors for at least six months after surgery.

There will be more to come on this bizarre website in part three of this blog series.

If you live in the Chicago, Illinois area and would like to get breast augmentation, please contact the Chicago breast surgery office of Dr. Otto J. Placik today to schedule a consultation.

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Creative Financing for Breast Implants Part 1

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

We are slogging through a recession, which means that the women of our country must get creative to fund the luxuries that they can no longer afford. If you do not have the money to pay for your breast augmentation and your husband (if you have one) will not splurge to give you the hooters of your dreams, do not fret. There are other ways to achieve your goals, and you may not even have to pay a dime for your surgery.

You will probably not find out about this plastic surgery financing option from your local plastic surgeon. You will probably not hear about this on TV either. There is only one place where you can be the beneficiary of such generosity — the Internet.

There is a website called MyFreeImplants.com that raises money to pay for women’s breast implants. You do not have to qualify to become a recipient of this generosity. Any woman, no matter how much money she has in the bank, can receive this service. All you need is the diligence to see your fundraising through to its completion.

This website was created in 2005 by two men who got the idea at a bachelor party in Las Vegas. The cocktail waitress at the club they were at mentioned that she was saving money for breast implants. By the end of the night, the bachelor party group had raised $750 for her cause.

The wheels began turning in the brains of Jay Moore and Jason Grunstra on that fateful night in Las Vegas. When they returned to California at the end of the weekend, they hatched the plan for MyFreeImplants.com. Co-founder Jay Moore has called his website a “boob bank.” Earlier this year, Moore quit his day job and now runs the website full time. Both Moore and Grunstra expect to make six figures from the site this year.

For an aspiring woman, membership on the website is free, although it is highly recommended that you use a pseudonym and do not disclose information that is overly personal, such as home addresses, phone numbers, or email addresses. Furthermore, women are not supposed to meet their benefactors. This is a strict cash exchange between strangers with no chance of it developing into anything more.

Once you set up your account, you can post photos of yourself, write blog entries, share videos, or include any other material that may make you more desirable to potential benefactors. Of course, this is not a porn site, so ladies — try to keep your posts clean. At the very least, keep them PG-13.

The men lurking on the site will have to shell out some cash to participate. At minimum, you must pay for “message credits” to be able to speak to the lovely ladies. These cost $1.20 per message, and $1 of this will go to pay for the woman’s plastic surgery. For a $9.95 per month membership fee, you can become a full-fledged benefactor. Your membership will give you several free message credits and access to the profiles of every woman registered on the site.

Benefactors can give donations to their favorite women with no strings attached, or they can negotiate a trade for their cash. It is not uncommon for the men to request custom photos or videos in exchange for their money. It seems that for the men, this site fulfills a voyeuristic fantasy — for a price.

Currently, there are approximately 2,000 men paying monthly fees to this website. Of course, once you pay the fee, you will most likely be spending considerably more money to help fund the breast surgery for the woman or women of your choice. While the average donation is $30, there are men who give a lot more. One man reportedly donated the entire cost of a woman’s surgery.

There will be more to come about MyFreeImplants.com later this week. This is a three-part blog series. Part two should be posted tomorrow for your viewing pleasure.

In the meantime, if you live in the Chicago, Illinois area and are considering breast augmentation, please contact the Illinois plastic surgery office of Dr. Otto J. Placik to schedule your initial consultation.

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New Technique May Aid in Predicting Results of Breast Augmentation

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

Although the experience of New York plastic surgeon Dr. George Lefkovits lets him predict the likely results of any plastic surgery, results can never be assured. And predicting the results of breast augmentation in particular is more of an art than a science, where the vision and experience of a surgeon is crucial to envisioning your likely results. Technology is striving to close the gap, and, although it still remains wide, it has taken another step forward.

Breast shape is determined partly by the interaction of breast mass with the breast envelope, largely the skin. The ratio of breast volume to breast surface area is important to determining the shape of the breast both before and after breast augmentation. Researchers have now reported that they have developed a quick, accurate optical method for measuring breast surface area and volume, giving the breast surgeon additional data to help predict likely results from breast surgery.

Those in favor of “quantitative” breast surgery see this as an important step forward, but it is still a long way from providing a technological alternative to the surgeon’s vision and experience. Plastic surgeon Dr. Lefkovits has served the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and the other boroughs of New York City for over 20 years. Please contact him today to learn how his experience can help ensure the best possible results from your breast augmentation.

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Woman Receives 2 Years in Jail for "Boob Job Murder" Plot

Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Plastic surgery can make people do crazy things. It seems that some people will stop at nothing to have their dream bodies. When I say nothing, I am including murder. That’s right, murder. It appears that for a Colorado Springs man, the murder of his mother was a sacrifice worth making to pay for his girlfriend’s breast augmentation.

The details of this case are as sinister and gruesome as they are bizarre. You can almost see the Coen brothers making this into their next film. Think of it as somewhere in between the twisted psychosis of Fargo and the comedic ineptness of Raising Arizona. Fortunately, the attackers were incapable of getting the job done — maybe we need to throw The Big Lebowski into the equation as well.

The botched murder plot, which has been called the “boob job murder” case, was hatched by 19-year-old Nikita Lee Weis, who hired two men to kill his mother. Weis wanted to murder his mother for money. However, he was not looking for a big payoff — this brutal crime was to be committed over chump change.

Once his mother was out of the way, Weis planned to sell her car on the Internet so that he could pay for his girlfriend’s rent and breast implants. It is uncertain if Weis expected any other financial windfalls from the murder of his mother. I would hope so, since he went to great lengths to risk the life of his mother as well as his own personal freedom to sell a used car. Depending on the car, it is likely that he would not have even received enough money for it to pay for the boob job.

On the day the deed was to be done, a man dressed in black entered Ms. Weis’ house and hit her on the head with a miniature baseball bat. Had they brought a full-sized bat to do the job, they might have had better luck. As it turns out, the miniature baseball bat was not enough to render Ms. Weis unconscious. She quickly set off her car alarm, which scared the would-be murderer away.

Had this attempted murder been successful, the conspirators planned to wrap her body in plastic and bury it in the desert in either Arizona or New Mexico. I wonder if they would have used her car to transport the dead body before trying to sell it online. They would have brought new meaning to the term “new car smell.”

Weis’ girlfriend, 21-year-old Sophia Nicole Alsept, has just been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the botched “boob job murder” plot. Currently, Weis and the other two conspirators have yet to be sentenced. I wonder if his mother will visit him in jail.

If you need to scrape together some extra cash to pay for your plastic surgery, there are many other ways to legitimately come up with the money. If you can’t put the procedure on your credit card, you can ask your plastic surgeon about the financing options he offers. Or perhaps, you can just ask your mother to sell her car and give you the money. At least this way, you don’t have to try and kill her for a measly few thousand dollars.

If you are interested in plastic surgery in the Denver, Colorado area, please contact the Broadway Center for Plastic Surgery today to schedule your initial consultation. Dr. Broadway will be happy to discuss creative financing options with you, but he will not help you kill your mother to pay for your breast implants.

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