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Social Media May Be Driving Younger People to Seek Out Plastic Surgery
In the old days, people used to want Angelina Jolie’s nose. Now, according to an increasing number of plastic surgeons, patients often refer to their own selfies during cosmetic consultations, in an attempt to recreate the way their own face looks in a front-facing camera or through a puppy dog eyes filter.
This shift has been well documented over the last several years; a paper published in...
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IinventedPostIts
Jun 21, 2019
Young women out there... please, I plead with you... your plastic surgery makes you look like an older woman trying to look younger.
My sweet, beautiful sister was having a rough time with self esteem for a few years and went to town with non permanent(thank dog) face stuff like botox, fillers, huge lips, etc. She looked like a R eal H ousewife for a couple years and finally saw a crazy u n filtered photo of herself and vowed to stop. She looks like 20 years younger now. And thankfully did some work on the inside instead of the “ quick fix” outside stuff.
I just fear for when the Kylie Jenner look goes out of v ogue and people have permanently altered their faces.
But yes, of course, your body, your choice. But I feel sad for these kinds of permanent decisions to be made so young.
KaramelloKoala
Jun 21, 2019
This is so true. I live in a city where every second woman has Botox, huge pumped up lips and huge false eyelashes. It makes everyone look so so much older than they are. I've always been able to pass for several years younger than I am but have noticed in the past few years that I get older and the age people think I am stays the same/gets younger. Probably because people have no idea what a woman in her early 30s /actually/ looks like anymore.
absbgnr
Jun 21, 2019
*this* I’m 32 and when I tell people they are always shocked. I don’t wear any makeup (cuz I’m lazy) and I have a chubby face so I think thats why. When people say “I thought you were younger” I just tell them they probably don’t know how a 32 year old woman looks.
Biturbowagon
Jun 21, 2019
Putting aside reconstructive surgery for this discussion...
Not all that many friends of mine have had elective plastic surgery. But I have found that, among my friends, the most successful ones are the subtle changes. For example, one woman had the bags under her eyes reduced--just that. It made her look ten years younger.
Danny DeVito's pronunciation of "who're" (FKA Teen Wolf)
Jun 21, 2019
I think tweaks like this can make such a difference to a natural face - Ashlee Simpson’s nose job, too! It’s the fillers that make all these women look like mass produced inflatable dolls.
As the Spice Girls said: too much, of something, is bad enough.
mmsfc
Jun 21, 2019
I had my thyroid removed and it left a visible but not immediately evident scar, as if I’d been mildly garroted. B ecause it cut through the muscles under my chin, I immediately got a little po uch. I didn’t mind until I was 50. Then I had a neck lift. It is subtle but it mad e a lot of difference. My surgeon specializes in post surgical reconstruction and scar removal, which is how I met her, but has an aesthetic practice as well.
Her whole thing is to look natural, not unwrinkled or overly plump. I know she’s lost potential clients because she won’t do anything & everything people want. She requires each patient interview with all the staff to make sure there’s no personality disorder or outlandish expectations. There’s a difference between wanting to look your best and imagining that looks are the best part of you.
BTW, I had a horrifying post- surgical scar from from a disatrous abdominal hysterectomy +oophorectomy + cervix removal . I learned after the cosmetic surgery, that the $%#%^ surgeon had also scarred some organs and used an outdated technique including unnecessary cauterization. I had to go to seven cosmetic surgeons before I found one who would deal with the disfigurement. This cosmetic surgeon was intent on doing the best she could and realistic about what could be done. What she did is amazing.
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New Bones and Huge Testicles Tied Up With String, These Are a Few Of Incels' Favorite Things
In addition to the idea that women are petty sluts who only wish to ride a “cock carousel” of hot dudes rather than get with them, incels now think their literal bone structure is ruining their lives. The solution? Head to a shady Indianapolis plastic surgeon who can give them new cheekbones fit for a Dolce & Gabbana campaign.
For New York Magazine, reporter Alice Hines writes about incels...
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deliaplum
May 29, 2019
can’t surgically alter a personality or misogyny though. so, the problem for these dudes will remain.
Mr.DuckSauce
May 29, 2019
for them?
They are just the same problem with a coat of paint.
It’s like a shit covered in golden flakes, it’s still all shit.
sovtherngothic
May 29, 2019
lwiggy
May 29, 2019
Dear incels, we are not interested in dinosaur egg- sized testicles. What the FUCK ever gave you that idea???
Or maybe I’m wrong...just speaking for myself here, I guess. But testicle size is 100% not on my partner “must have” list...
JerseyShortie
May 29, 2019
I rather that part of the man be as unnoticeable as possible, lol. I’m not grossed out by them but I never looked at a pair and said, “I wish they were bigger!”
helgaperez
May 29, 2019
I doubt all of the patients this doctor sees are incels. Some may just have a desire for larger testicles and the money to pay for them.
Michelle Visage Evicts Her 'Toxic Sacks of Silicone'
Autoimmune Disease
Breast Implants
Explants
Hashimotos Disease
MICHELLE VISAGE
Plastic Surgery
Rupaul's drag race
Michelle Visage’s breasts are at least as delightful an element of RuPaul’s Drag Race as Ross Mathews, and next time we see them (Visage’s breasts, not Ross Mathews), they’ll be sans implants.
Visage recently told People that she had her implants removed and endured an agonizing-sounding four-week recovery because she worried they might be exacerbating an autoimmune disorder called Hashimoto’s...
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fayke-dunaway
Apr 14, 2019
Having been naturally “blessed” with big boobs, I never understood why women would want them. They make you look fatter, clothes don’t fit right and they’re uncomfortable as hell. I dream of being flat chested and never having to even look at underwire ever again.
hummusandflatbread
Apr 14, 2019
For me, being a larger band and cup size would mean off-the-rack clothing would fit much better. All of my best-fitting garments are either custom or vintage with a full skirt because small on the top half doesn’t necessarily mean small on the bottom. I personally wouldn’t trade out for a larger set (ease of movement etc.), but being small-busted isn’t all rainbows and unicorns.
CarnyAsada
Apr 14, 2019
Co-signed.
Valegro
Apr 14, 2019
Hashimoto's is also genetic. Runs through my dad's side of the family and I've been afflicted since 20.
Bananabunny
Apr 14, 2019
Same! I’ve had it since I was 29, and my mother and grandmother had it, too.
IAMRU2
Apr 14, 2019
Yeah, my mum and grandma both had it, and lucky me was diagnosed in my early 20s.
Cosmetic Surgery Is a Personal Choice
The Guardian reported on Thursday that an unnamed man who’d been wanted for drug trafficking for some 15 years was arrested on Tuesday by Spanish police who say he evaded authorities by getting implants in his fingertips.
These tiny implants are reportedly administered by cutting and burning the fingertip skin and replacing the removed skin with new fingerprints, which are a great way to feel...
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TheSewingRectangle
Feb 01, 2019
Let’s be honest ladies, who hasn’t considered getting their fingerprints surgically altered and adopting the identity of a Croatian citizen in order to evade the law at some point? I mean with Instagram and everything, the pressure is just so pervasive these days.
LaMorena
Feb 01, 2019
#nailedit #influencer
craycrayfish
Feb 01, 2019
I just wish they were more upfront about it. It sucks thinking you could achieve the same results with some expensive designer sulfuric acid day cream when really the answer was implants and skin grafts.
Sodburger
Feb 01, 2019
I was interested in reading a think piece about the choices associated with cosmetic surgery, the pressure to be “perfect” while also being “natural.” A discussion about the taboos and “hush hush” of plastic surgery coinciding with a dramatic increase in botox, fillers, etc. by lay people.
I am also interested in how this guy used fingertip implants to skirt the law for so long and why no one thought to do this before?
The headline for this article was a...choice.
Heywood U Cuddleme
Feb 01, 2019
Lots of people have tried to alter their fingerprints, but they are weirdly resilient to most attempts to alter them . I have a big scar on my thumb, some skin went missing in a cooking accident, the fingerprint lines are slowly growing back over the scar tissue. Even if you sand off all the skin and the body has to cover the fingertips entirely with scar tissue, the fingerprints slowly grow back. Another method people have tried is skin grafts, like that dude. For unknown reasons, they have a high rate of failure . Fingertips are very special, it’s one of the few bodyparts that can completely regenerate and it seems they always try to do that when there’s any kind of injury
Sodburger
Feb 01, 2019
when i was a kid i cut my thumb on a tuna can and my first thought was “Now i can rob a bank cuz i don’t have fingerprints!” But you’re right, the fingerprint grew back over the scar.
wild.
Your Selfies Are Maybe Fucking With Your Brain
Plastic surgeons have found clients are bringing in photos of their own faces as inspiration for their cosmetic work, according to a deep dive into the phenomenon by the Guardian, published Wednesday. The relationship between selfie culture and plastic surgery and the rise of “Snapchat dysmorphia” has been previously reported on—and physicians themselves have tried to educate the public on...
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Marvinogravelbaloonface
Jan 24, 2019
If that woman in the picture wants to enhance her looks, she should start by taking off the goddamn fanny pack.
mimaw
Jan 24, 2019
False. Fanny packs are awesome and super practical. Until they start making all women’s clothes with functional pockets, we should all rock them.
dildoswaggins
Jan 24, 2019
This is the correct take. Tissues, keys, gum, snacks if you’re feeling spicy... The wondrous possibilities of fanny packs/a future where functional clothing for women are widespread like my legs on the metro !
Kim Jong's Angst
Jan 24, 2019
Call me crazy, but I think wanting to look like a better version of yourself rather than looking like someone whose last name is Kardashian or Jenner, is actually a step in the right direction.
bio
Jan 24, 2019
Except for the part where when I see a photo with one of these filters, I often can't tell who it is without looking at the name. That's how much they change a face, such that most people look exactly like someone else, provided they have similar skin tones and hair.
The Plight of the Aspiring 'Startender'/Kim Kardashian Wannabe on True Life
One of the most sensitive-slash-lurid creations MTV has ever devised, True Life, returned Wednesday night in a slightly altered format—it’s titled True Life/Now, and features occasional talking heads opining on the issue du jour. This episode followed three people who idolize the Kardashians to the point of emulating them physically and, wow, was it depressing.
Multiple, if not all, of the...
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Babylegs
Jan 04, 2019
“I know that I could be a lawyer or a doctor and make my mom proud, but that’s just not what I want ultimately. I don’t want to sit behind a desk when I know that there are people getting paid to do what they are actually passionate about,”
Reminder that “what these people are actually passionate about” thus translates to taking selfies, running them through filters, and sitting on a couch scrolling through a phone with talon-like nails (or eating a take-out salad in the kitchen and yelling at your mom).
Kish
Jan 04, 2019
This is so... succinct.
kiisseli
Jan 04, 2019
Also, being a doctor/lawyer takes A LOT of effort, some might even say passion, so her saying that so casually kind of makes me mad? T here are tons of folk who put in the time in hefty undergrad programs who STILL don’t get in to these post-grad professional programs. I’ll casually say sometimes that I could have been a doctor but like......I have a specialized biochemistry degree with high honours and a thick CV, so I actually did stand a chance of getting in. Maybe she does too and she still wants to be a startender. I don’t know.
Pumpkin Andy is Orange
Jan 04, 2019
Admittedly I tend to be ambition-free (thx narcissistic family that made me the family scapegoat since I was born and destroyed my concept of self-worth! ) but this chick aspiring to be almost, sort of, more or less a D List celebrity at a strip club makes me feel relatively okay about my own situation.
30-Nothing
Jan 04, 2019
Hey, me too!
Jane Fonda Really Got Under Megyn Kelly's Skin
In September 2017, Megyn Kelly had a strained, awkward interaction with her guest Jane Fonda. Kelly asked the actor why she had said in a previous interview that she wasn’t proud to admit to getting some plastic surgery work done, and Fonda expressed her displeasure at the question, quickly changing the subject.
That’s it, end of not-so-bad confrontation! It’s a talk show and this definitely...
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Boobies6969
Oct 04, 2018
I’m considering a job at Fox News. I used to be a Booker but have been out of work for 5-6 months now, and they’re one of the only places that called back. I have a feeling I could get it, but I don’t know if it’d be worth “selling my soul” so to speak. I allign with the left on everything, and I’m sure not everyone there is a crazy conspiriting Trump supporter. But I feel like I’d be betraying my values. Then again, if they offer it and I don’t take it, it could be another 5-6 months or just over for me in TV in general. Plus I have debts piling up and can’t just push those away because I didn’t get a job at the place I wanted. What to do?
rrpete
Oct 04, 2018
You can think about ethics when your money situation improves. Sticking to your values won’t put food on your table and you’re not being asked to go on TV and make announcements that would go against your ideals.
Perravieja
Oct 04, 2018
You should take the job and be our mole! Think of it as being a double agent, lying in wait until the perfect moment when ZAP! You bring the whole fucking thing down.
The Ron Swanson of Westeros
Oct 04, 2018
Kelly went on “[Fonda] answered that question in about 40 different forums. It was nothing wrong with me. And she’s answered it in 40 more forums since!”
And Jamie Lee Curtis has done ads about eating yogurt with lots of fiber to keep her poops nice and firm since then, too . That doesn’t mean you should ask about the frequency and consistency of Ms. Curtis’ stool on your morning talk show , Megyn.
Good gravy , lady. I’m on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum, and if I know it’s not exactly “light and fluffy” conversation to talk about someone’s plastic surgery, I think it’s reasonable to expect you to learn it for $20 million a year. If you’re fuzzy on yes/no , maybe try asking them if it’s an acceptable topic before you ’ve got the cameras on them.
Perravieja
Oct 04, 2018
Also, nice bit of projecting here from Megyn. She’s the one who wanted to stick it to Hanoi Jane and it went sideways on her. Now she’s claiming that Fonda’s reaction was political? Bitch please.
dorothy zpornak's hump
Oct 04, 2018
My take on it. The one who’s stuck on it, is probably jealous of the other one. Obviously, she’s probably jealous of Jane because Jane stood by her convictions come hell or high water. Megyn can’t say that. She wants to be political without being open about it. Regardless of how you feel about Jane Fonda, she’s got the integrity to stand by her beliefs.
Brazilian Doctor Known For Butt Enhancements Charged With Murder After Patient Dies
A man known as Dr. Bum Bum—the Brazilian doctor known for butt enhancements with more than 650,000 followers on Instagram—has been arrested and charged with murder, the Washington Post reports, after one of his patients, a mother of two, died.
According to the Post, Dr. Bum Bum, whose real name is Denis Furtado, traveled to Rio de Janiero to give the mother, Lilian Calixto, butt injections...
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iwillwriteyourresume
Aug 17, 2018
You might want to fix your typos...
“ not able to save. her. In resposne to her he head of Brazilian Plastic Surgery Society...”
Julianne Escobedo Shepherd
Aug 17, 2018
oh no, that was my fault as her editor. thanks for pointing that out, we fixed!
JelloRAT!
Aug 17, 2018
I was literally at a transgender convention listening to a panel about feminization surgeries last weekend. They discussed the whole Brazillian butt lift, where they remove fat from your sides and inject it into your rear.
The surgeons we saw categorically stated there is a 1 in 3000 serious complication rate, and that the problem is that even experienced doctors can lose a patient to a fat embolism because it’s really hard to know where the injection is going exactly in relation to the persons anatomy.
They said the problem is it’s deceptively easy to do, but if you develop complications, most likely a fat embolism, there isn't anything you can do. You can die on the table.
A lot of trans women want this, but additionally it’s hard for a transgender woman to have enough fat in her sides to harvest in the first place, so even if it was safe, they said it’s kind of a no-go.
deliaplum
Aug 17, 2018
question - is there an alternative to the injections? Like implants or is it always injections?
ClearHistoryNewBurner
Aug 17, 2018
I hereby offer up my fat to help out. I have plenty that I don’t want and it would be great for it to go to a good cause :)
The Nipped, Tucked, and Photoshopped Revelations of Instagram's Celebface
In 2006 Dove was on a mission to show the world “real beauty.” As part of an ongoing campaign to make women feel comfortable in their own skin, the company released an ad showing the labor-intensive process of transforming a woman into a model. In sped-up time, her fresh face gets covered in makeup, her hair is curled into perfect ringlets, and photographs are taken. The real fun begins as...
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Betty shooting birds
Aug 01, 2018
Misogyny as empowerment. There’s such an overarching tone of woman-hating from most these sites. If an actress posts pre-retouch pictures of herself that’s one thing, but these sites read “no look, she really is ugly! she really is fat! she didn’t grow those boobs!” That shouldn’t make you feel better about yourself, it should make you feel bad about the world. Also that celebrity closeup site does not need to be zooming in on underage kids like Millie Bobby Brown, guh-ross. Adding: it’s like how many examples do we need? Wasn’t the Faith Hill picture enough? Could we repost that annually? Why do we need to keep showing every single time a beautiful woman is photoshopped to be even more flawless. That’s what seems misogynistic to me.
moopidoo
Aug 01, 2018
A lot of those women became millionaires and even billionaires selling young girls a body image that was no more real than anime. There is value in pointing out how much of a lie the image is. And I have to ask, is the lie not misogyny? Is photoshop, hours of make up, surgery, and a team of experts to post a single picture of a woman’s half-naked body no longer misogyny if she’s “pretty” in the picture? If what you get from this is “She’s fat! She’s ugly!” I don’t know what to say. She’s not fat. She’s not ugly. What I get from it is, “She looks like a woman, not too far from what you look like, and the only reason you don’t know that is literally everyone has a financial stake in lying to you.”
CabaretTriscuit
Aug 01, 2018
That’s a damned if you do damned if you don’t mentality. They are misogynistic if they photoshop to look more like a male-idealized fantasy but calling out that photoshopping is also misogynistic? Also, how in the heck are we supposed to spell the act of using photoshop? Photoshopping? Photoshoping? Photoshopering? They all seem wrong to me.
ReclusiveAuthorThomasPynchon
Aug 01, 2018
I know a comment like this pops up on every Insta/social media story but, damn, I am happy that I grew up before smartphones and social media. The way that young women are targeted (and then target themselves after internalizing the images) is just so sad. These constructed ‘lives’ and persona are so hollow (not meant to insult the people who enjoy posting posed and curated images but they are just empty constructions or hyperbolic aspirations) but seem to mean so much to so many younger people.
mazzieD
Aug 01, 2018
Social media really has gotten more people into “constructing” these images of themselves and their lives. I know people, regular people not models or actors, who get their social media pics photoshopped to look thinner and tanner. I remember talking to a friend who complained that she felt like a fraud because she was presenting this happy version of herself on social media when she was really sad and suffering, and I just wanted to say “what if.... you didn’t do that?” I’m not saying spill your guts on facebook, but don’t pretend to be all happy? I’m going through a rough time and I’ve just been avoiding social media for the most and it feels great. Also, I don’t know why people follow other people whose presence doesn’t make them feel good. Like unfollow is there for a reason. Our relationship with social media is really weird.
electrock
Aug 01, 2018
Oh absolutely. It was bad enough when I was in high school in the early-mid 2000s (although when has it ever NOT been bad?) but at least then I could feel bad about not being a model or movie star, who obviously had resources I didn’t. Now young girls see “normal” girls/women who appear to have perfect lives, perfect boyfriends, perfect vacations, and of course, perfect bodies. What a fucking minefield.
Cardi B Reveals She's Having a Regular, Shmegular Baby Girl
Cardi B went on the Howard Stern show this Wednesday to talk about attending the Met Ball, her engagement to Offset, and getting ready for her baby who we know now will be a regular, degular, shmegular girl.
Cardi B officially confirmed the baby’s gender, which was first reported by Us Weekly last month. As for what the little Baby B’s name will be, it’s all picked out, but Cardi tells Stern...
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Sodburger
May 09, 2018
underground butt injections is such a dark fascinating journey
punkrockprincess SSDGM
May 09, 2018
did you hear about the serial killer who was killing women through sketchy butt injections?
Ouroboros
May 10, 2018
Cardi said in another interview that someone died on the “operating table” of the same woman Cardi went to.
VioletGatesy
May 10, 2018
This is such a real thing to say. There is an astonishing amount of fat transfer, implants, etc. going on right now and it’s so seldom discussed yet it is right in front of our faces everyday, wearing us down...I like that she doesn’t pretend. I also like that she is honest about why she did it.
CTCOCA
May 10, 2018
100% THIS. Your body, your choice, get whatever cosmetic surgery you want to spend your money on. But what GETS me is the lying. Those Kardashian bitches spend thousands on fillers and lip injections, deny it, and then hawk a $20 lip liners to gullible women with low self esteem.
mrsckugs
May 10, 2018
This.
Jocelyn Wildenstein's Fiancé: 'She Never Really Did Anything to Change Her Face'
With the way they dote on each other when they aren’t scratching each other’s eyes out , it’s amazing to me that severe socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein and her fashion designer paramour Lloyd Klein are not on reality TV. I guess given the massive settlement she received in her divorce from art dealer Alec Wildenstein in 1999 (a reported $2.5 billion), she doesn’t really need the money. What...
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TheDrDonna is not too not familiar
Feb 13, 2018
So I guess MortalDictata’s been banned? Great job, everyone. Who’s gonna be the next monster for your pitchforks and torches? Shame on every last one of you.
hocuspocusoctopus
Feb 13, 2018
Wait? What???
Floppy Moppet
Feb 13, 2018
Absolutely disgusting. They’re fucking cowards. Hopefully he can get it sorted out.
KristenfromMA - A Moon Shaped Fool
Feb 13, 2018
Often from that 20-year old piece (I read it and it stuck with me) is that she once entered her plastic surgeon’s office and some of the other waiting patients took one look at her and got up and left.
HoedownInMotown
Feb 13, 2018
I can believe that. I also believe that Dr. should be ashamed of himself. I wonder if a different woman who didn’t have 2.5 billion dollars sitting in the bank would be able to convince a surgeon to mutilate them this way? Money talks... people right out of their ethical responsibility.
moopidoo
Feb 13, 2018
I can believe it. There’s a brilliant essay by Cintra Wilson about Wildenstein and Michael Jackson and Courtney Love and the cult of plastic surgery. Pull quote: “Neither Courtney’s nor Jocelyn’s nor Michael’s ugliness was skin deep — it was much deeper. None of them were actually “ugly” before the surgeries, but now, by negating all the natural architecture of their faces, they have somehow exposed their scarily infested inner selves in a way that their real faces would never have betrayed. None of us have ever before seen self-loathing so nakedly revealed: No pursuit of beauty has ever looked so viscerally wrong.”
Bros Looking for Plastic Surgery, Meet the 'Medical Man Cave'
According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the number of men undergoing plastic surgery has increased 53 percent from 2011 to 2015. But when men decide to go under the knife, many want to go to a place that’s kind to bros. Enter, the ‘medical man cave.’
The New York Times reports on the “Club House,” a new Upper East Side facility (described as a medical spa) where men...
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Andrew Daisuke
Dec 18, 2017
God men are such fragile pussies.
PatFanda
Dec 18, 2017
I beg your pardon. My pussy is the most toned part of me (heh). I believe the sentiment is ‘god men are such fragile ballsacs.’
Neuroplastique
Dec 18, 2017
I really hope mr shameful pride is serious and not trolling. That would be hilarious.
Molly with the Mediocre Hair
Dec 18, 2017
“A lot of men tell me they don’t like to come in and have a woman sitting next to them,” he says. We don’t exactly want to sit next to you either, but we’re adults who live in a society, so we learn to cope.
Aspiring Model Gets Refillable Breast Implants that Balloon to Size 32K
Move over Beshine and Claudia Marie . There's a new breast implant IT girl and it's 26-year-old Martina Big, who's spent over $50,000 in a bid to make herself a model. Not only has she had rhinoplasty and facial injections, but she's also got refillable breast implants that have possibly killed someone.
Cosmopolitan reports that Big, who was a former air hostess but now travels...
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spoto
Feb 06, 2015
Uhhhhh that individual is not 26 years old.
Mark Shrayber
Feb 06, 2015
Yo, I don't know her life.
LadyGrinningSoul
Feb 06, 2015
That's what I was about to say. 36, maybe 41?
The Gaysian
Feb 06, 2015
Still being reminded of this:
The Gaysian
Feb 06, 2015
What it sounds like:
amycee
Feb 06, 2015
That dude is sexy as fuck.
A Texas Woman Had 8 Plastic Surgery Procedures Done in Order to Look More Like Melania Trump
A 42-year-old woman from Houston, Texas named Claudia Sierra elected to undergo eight plastic surgeries in order to look more like Melania Trump. In a teaser for her upcoming Inside Edition appearance, Sierra referred to Melania as “the perfect woman,” which sounds eerily like something the First Lady’s husband might say.
Speaking of which, of all the dazzling and wacky plastic surgery...
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Jerry-Netherland
Oct 05, 2017
There’s nothing funny here. This is tragic in every way.
ForgotMyMantra
Oct 05, 2017
How did I never realize the same author wrote The Stepford Wives AND Rosemary’s Baby? Interesting.
Jerry-Netherland
Oct 05, 2017
Sorry, I’ve pulled the original comment.
ForgotMyMantra
Oct 05, 2017
I have my own body image issues and wish my nose was smaller, etc. Is it weird that my reaction after reading this was to try to love myself more?
The Weary Luddite
Oct 05, 2017
I think that’s a sane and kind-to-yourself reaction.
Bobbi Bee Burner
Oct 05, 2017
Love yourself more ❤️❤️❤️
Beauty Queen Died During Liposuction Procedure She Won As Prize
Catherine Cando, a 19-year-old Ecuadorian model who was crowned the Queen of Durán last fall, died during a liposuction surgery that she won with her title. She was studying medicine at the Catholic University of Santiago de Guayaquil.
According to her brother (h/t NYDN), Cando initially turned down the surgery, but eventually caved under pressure from a surgeon. The doctors who performed the...
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madscientist
Jan 14, 2015
Liposuction as a prize for a beauty contest? Literally, "You are the most beautiful person out of all the contestants and you're still not good enough." What the fuck.
Rustang
Jan 14, 2015
First beauty competition ever where every contestant gets to brag, except the winner. "It's fine, they saw she NEEDED it, not me".
swiftamine
Jan 14, 2015
Introooooduciiiing... Miss Literally No One In This Great Wide World Will Ever Be Good Enough For Us Because We Have Created A Singularly Bizarre And Entirely Unattainable By Any Natural Means Standard Of Beauty 2015, ladies and gentlemen! [wild applause]
ILikeThunderstorms
Jan 14, 2015
Cando initially turned down the surgery, but eventually caved under pressure from a surgeon. Jesus. So some fucking surgeon basically shamed her into doing this and then killed her. I hope the surgeon(s) lands in jail. I continue to be sickened by watching women the world over literally die for "beauty."
violetmoon
Jan 14, 2015
Indeed. Why did the doctor push this crap... She was already beautiful, and her hair, god I wish I had hair like hers. Wth did someone think she had to do to herself? I don't have words to express my condolences to her, her friends, and her family, who suffered a great loss, at the pressure of some inhuman asshole. Sometimes I wish we had a worse place for scum like that then jail, but I don't agree with killing people (as if that teaches much), so I'm at a loss of a punishment that is sufficient to give to this awful excuse for a human being.
Model's Black Market Butt Injections Leave Her Life and Career in Painful Shambles
Several years ago, Anivia Cruz-Dilworth was a successful plus-size model in high demand. The picture of flawlessness she presented to the world, however, came at a steep price. Now, the former model, whose career ambition drove her to elective black market plastic surgery, suffers from nonstop physical and emotional pain, brought on by the loss of her career as well as the...
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oh-LEE-shah
Oct 12, 2015
I was with it until this: Cruz-Dilworth, who’s also been accused and tried for performing illegal plastic surgery on other women There’s a lot to be said about people that choose to take these sorts of risks with their bodies but I usually choose to err on the side of sympathy. But I’m feeling a little less sympathetic for this lady...
Mark Shrayber
Oct 12, 2015
I really hope Iyanla brings this up on the show.
SillyMe8
Oct 12, 2015
Yep, that jumped out at me. Well, that, and the fact that she went to an unlicensed ‘surgeon’ and seems quite surprised this did not work out well.
Snake Person
Oct 12, 2015
“The injections turned out to be infection-inducing substances that Cruz-Dilworth sealed with liquid adhesives such as Krazy Glue, prosecutor’s alleged. Six women were hospitalized and one required multiple surgeries.” From the linked 2010 article. I don’t wish pain and disfigurement on anyone, but it’s hard for me to see this woman as a victim. I’m also wondering if her agency may have been negligent here? Did they suggest or put her in touch with the, um, practitioner who got her started, or was this mainly of her own volition?
Gimme Some Sugar
Oct 12, 2015
Yeah, I’m uncomfortable with the tone of this article. It’s drawn in such a way as to cast the subject as the victim and elicit sympathy from the reader. Which would be fine if it was one element along with an exploration of her culpability, but to then throw in this at the end — Cruz-Dilworth, who’s also been accused and tried for performing illegal plastic surgery on other women, knows that there’s nothing she can do but choose to accept her body. —without exploring it further makes the previous angle feel misleading and irresponsible.
serendous s
Oct 13, 2015
She certainly isn’t the victim she’s made out to be. As soon as she started injecting other people, she became no better than the person who started injecting her in the first place. And, honestly, I have a hard time feeling overly bad for her from the start. She chose to do something extremely dangerous. We’re not talking about a person who goes to a licensed physician that completely fucks them up. No legit physician does butt injections on a sofa and she knew this going into it. And yes, I understand industry and social pressure, the obsession with physical appearance, and the need to be more marketable but, still, you can’t act too surprised when your cut rate procedure has dangerous side effects.
E!'s New Plastic Surgery Show Good Work Isn't As Bad As It Should Be
On Tuesday night after Botched, E! debuted a new series called Good Work, hosted by RuPaul and featuring Botched surgeon Dr. Terry Dubrow. Its mission is to analyze and critique alleged celebrity plastic surgery. It could've been an utter disaster.
It wasn't. The show idea itself—publicly dissecting celebrity faces and bodies, overwhelmingly women in this case—is inherently crude,...
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imTired™thatisall, Global Socialite
Apr 15, 2015
Random semi related question, how would a normal person find a good plastic surgeon they could trust?
Tza
Apr 15, 2015
I would ask around. Maybe start with a normal doctor you trust or someone you know has had work done.
miffyatthemuseum
Apr 15, 2015
Ask your GP. Plastic surgeons do so much that has nothing to do with aesthetics, so most GPs should be comfortable recommending one.
MsMenstruation
Apr 15, 2015
I like how open the guests are. It's kind of... refreshing...?
LadyGrinningSoul
Apr 15, 2015
I thought so, too! I actually enjoyed this show quite a bit. I'll probably watching again.
MsMenstruation
Apr 15, 2015
I like how the one woman (from the first video) basically admitted to banging Gerard Butler.
Sep 05, 2017.
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How Do You Know If Your Butt Lift Was ‘Worth It’? Just Ask RealSelf.com
A Seattle-based plastic surgery site that functions like a combination of Yelp and HotOrNot, RealSelf.com claims that it helps “millions make confident health and beauty decisions.” Users of RealSelf, which has been around since 2006, discuss and review cosmetic procedures and the doctors who perform them. From Botox to breast augmentation, the site is a one-stop shop for people (mostly...
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IAMAWOMANINCANADA
Aug 17, 2015
Alternate view here - I got a “Mommy Makeover” after a myomectomy and 2 c-sections. I refuse to feel guilty or shamed about it - also why is a pro woman site judging other women like this? I could afford it and I really hated my stomach and breasts. I used Real simple to prepare myself for the surgery - and to get an idea of what my recovery would be like. It’s also a great resource to see how “little” of a difference various procedures make - in your eyes or in the opinion of those who had the procedure done. Of course there are people who are obsessed or over do it - but I doubt that the mass audience is like that. They could be like me - seeing who does the best price for Botox in my area. I will tell you this - I cried after my mommy makeover - My breasts had previously been two different cup sizes and my stomach was scarred and puckered - and now they’re not. There is no shame in my game - I am so so so so so glad I had it done. Thank god my husband supported me - he did not understand why I wanted it - and did not judge me.
prettylilred
Aug 17, 2015
That’s rad! Good for you for being able to do it and willing to talk about it! I don’t have children-and I’m not sure if I will or not-but putting everything back to where I start from is a priority that my husband already understands. I think it is very important to feel good about yourself and if having a mommy makeover helped you with that, bravo! Was the recovery horrible or not too bad?
FickleFreckles
Aug 17, 2015
I think people should do whatever makes them happy. Just wanted to point out I don’t think Jezebel or the author is judging the women on this site, but rather simply bringing attention to an interesting part of the internet that you probably wouldn’t find if you weren’t looking into plastic surgery for yourself. At least, that’s how I read it.
pandorasmittens2.0
Aug 17, 2015
Another “mommy makeover” patient, a 33-year-old women from Manchester, New Hampshirewrites of a husband willing to put off the purchase of a new car to foot the bill for her surgery, because he “knows that this is the only thing that will fix me.” Oh, honey. Whether it’s physical or mental or a combination of both, that sentence alone is enough to know that a), the surgery won’t fix you and b), surgeons shouldn’t touch you with a 60 foot pole.
Diosabella
Aug 17, 2015
Oh, please. I have several friends who got just wrecked from their kids. One friend had a baby so big that her abs are permanently separated and she needs surgery to fix it. Another friend got ripped so badly by her baby that she spent several years with flaps of skin hanging off her labia that would catch in her fucking jeans. Another friend has horrific pain because her breasts got so huge while breast feeding and are now deflated balloons that cause her awful neck, back, and shoulder pain. Another friend was always thin but her stomach skin never went back totally post pregnancy, so she she looks like someone who was over weight for a long time and lost a bunch (and that skin gets caught in her clothing, chafes, and if she isn’t hyper careful with it, she can get staph infections). There is no fucking shame in wanting to look and feel like the you before you had kids, particularly since pregnancy and birth can actually fuck up and deform some women.
Wallflower
Aug 17, 2015
I lost 100lbs. Part of my body are wrecked. I work out fairly regularly but surgery is the only thing that will fix it. It doesn’t have to be a dramatic as the article makes it sound it’s just a fact.
Botched Patient Says Corsets Might 'Shift Your Floating Ribs,' NBD
This week’s Botched season finale features a patient named Penny who loves to wear corsets. “It might shift your floating ribs a little bit. It’ll move your organs,” she says. But that’s, like, nothing major.
Penny got her first breast implants at 23 and is now looking to Dr. Dubrow and Dr. Nasif to fix scarring from her second boob job. Penny also happens to love corsets and waist training,...
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TamTams
Nov 24, 2015
She’s actually talking about tightlacing which is a body modification thing to get your waist as small as possible. Yes, it can move your ribs and organs around but the human body is pretty resilient. Just wearing corsets at a normal tightness to support your breasts and back won’t cause any adverse effects.
zoe_koala
Nov 24, 2015
In a way, I understand it, but in another way, isn’t it regressing to 18 century practices aimed at reducing female mobility ?
TamTams
Nov 24, 2015
I mean...no? I find that I can get around just fine in a corset. I don’t tightlace though so that might make a difference. And if tightlacers are regressing, so what? It’s their bodies, they aren’t hurting anyone but themselves and they are such a small part of the population that they don’t have much cultural impact. No one feels pressure to tightlace, it’s not represented as a beauty metric we must aspire to and most people don’t even know what it is. Basically: who cares what those weirdos over there are doing on their own not bothering anyone? ETA: Also corsets were not invented in the 18th century to hinder female mobility. Neither were high heels.
$kaycog
Nov 24, 2015
Floating ribs aren’t the only thing a corset can shift.
normzzz
Nov 24, 2015
that looks so odd to me.
rslwn
Nov 24, 2015
That right angle at the hips just looks bizarre to me. I think extreme corsetry/waist-training might be one of those things like lotus feet, where the clothed appearance is “erotic” but the unclothed reality is so, so disturbing.
Lips Are the New Butts
Americans are obsessed with getting fuller lips, according to recent stats that show lip surgeries growing in popularity last year and celebs like Kylie Jenner and Jennifer Lawrence being prime inspiration.
Butt lifts and implants still increased considerably, according to numbers from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, but lips are catching up.
CBS News reports:
A record number of...
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paultoes
Apr 19, 2016
It takes a village.
Molly with the Mediocre Hair
Apr 19, 2016
Let’s all take a moment to remember Kylie’s old lips and Kim’s old face.
rslwn
Apr 19, 2016
.. oh wow. Nose too, huh? I’m not tryna shame Kylie, but I wish her happiness with her body as it is, not as it could be through extensive modification.
