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They keep coming, these PR pitches about plastic surgery. You’ve gotta admire the creative angles the surgeons and their PR people come up with. I got this one today and it seemed fitting to share, because I guess the new trend in plastic surgery promotion is pointing out the way that our obsession with our phones is affecting our beauty. And thus, I give you, “How To Take A Selfie:” More
When you’re a woman in the world, it takes a lot of fucking energy just to maintain your lithe, spotless, and perfect feminine body. Cellulite, wrinkles, visible pores, weight gain, frizzy hair, dull skin—these are the marauders trying to break down the doors of the fortress of your female form, my friends. The latest thing us lady folk need to worry about? That would be “smart phone neck.”
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Forgive me for the ridiculous stock photo; I couldn’t resist finding the most ridiculous one I could for this (plus, doesn’t it kind of look like an ad for a really terrible teen movie from the 90s?). But hey, when … More
Nicole Kidman told an Italian newspaper that she used to get Botox, but “got out of it” and can finally move her face again. The knee-jerk response is to laugh at the admission: Her tight, expressionless face didn’t keep the secret well, despite her years of denying any kind of cosmetic surgery. But snickering at her regrets about aging in Hollywood is exactly what makes women feel like they need to secretly alter their faces, and feel ashamed to discuss what they’re doing (and why). And unfortunately, Kidman brushed past conversations about any of that–and talked about sunscreen. More
Anjelica Huston has spoken openly about plastic surgery-including botox and collagen injections-but whatever interviews she’s given in the past about her looks, the Daily Mail‘s speculation about her looks at a recent showing of Smash in LA are still despicable. The headline alone is offensive: “Anjelica Huston, 61, becomes Hollywood’s latest pillow face victim as she displays her suspiciously plump cheeks,” it reads. But the article itself is nothing but an insult, embellished with past quotes about how she’s conformed to the Hollywood plastic surgery norm with age. More
Yesterday’s episode of Anderson Live featured Sharon Osbourne surgery stories, inadvertently making the show an anti-plastic surgery PSA. When asked about her most painful surgery, she shared the gruesome details of her “leg lift” with Anderson Cooper, who (like us) seemed equal parts enthralled and nauseated and horrified by her description of what she went through to make the skin on her legs more taut. More
Breast cancer awareness isn’t just about knowing how to look for lumps, though that’s important. It’s about understanding all aspects of breast health, including some that you may not immediately consider. Breast augmentation remains the most popular cosmetic surgery for women in the United States, with hundreds of thousands opting for implants each year, and tens of thousands undergoing reconstructive surgery following a fight with cancer. And for them, keeping their breasts healthy and cancer-free requires a little more information-which also requires open communication with your healthcare provider. More
Female genital cosmetic surgery. Honestly, I feel uncomfortable typing those words. In the face of vaginoplasty, I would kind of like to bury my head in the sand and pretend it’s not happening. I feel sad just thinking about women who are so insecure about their lady-parts that they choose surgery, and possibly damaging complications, just to gain confidence. But procedures like vaginal rejuvenation, shortening the labia, recreating the hymen, and “G-spot amplification” are becoming hard to ignore. They’re growing in popularity at a rate that’s troubling to many gynecologists. More
Have you ever thought to yourself, “Man, I’d love to see a plastic surgery ad featuring a Disney princess character commonly marketed towards children. That would really make me want to go under the knife.” No? Me either. But apparently the people behind Clinica Dempere, a plastic surgery center in Venezuela, thought that would be just the thing to entice new customers to their practice. Check out their ad featuring Ariel of The Little Mermaid: More
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These are my actual toes. As you can see, they’re not exactly slender. Or attractive. Actually, they’re kind of gross. But you know, of all the things on my body I’ve ever felt self-conscious about, these little piggies have just never been on the list, because these feet work really hard to help me run, dance, do yoga, and walk around. But apparently, plenty of women do feel uncomfortable about their toes, because toe-slimming surgery is reportedly on the rise. Or at least, that’s what a doctor who makes a living convincing women their feet are fat told ABC News. More
I begged and begged to have my ears pierced. I remember it very clearly, the pediatrician with a walrus-like moustache, the clear piercing gun, the shiny orange Naugahyde of the exam table. I was four years old, and I was dying to wear the tiny Minnie Mouse post earrings someone had gotten me as a present.
Now, over twenty years later, the holes in my earlobes are pretty decimated. It’s not even accurate to call them holes; they’re basically lines, completely stretched out. The left one has just the tiniest pinprick of skin before any dangly earring completely rips through and leaves me essentially lobe-less. More
If you’d asked me to guess what type of plastic surgery had increased most between 2010 and 2011, chin augmentation would not have been near the top of my list. But according to new statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, demand for “chinplants“—inserted to enhance or define the chin line—increased 71% during that period, outpacing breast implants, liposuction and Botox. More
Yesterday, Buzzfeed tallied the toll of drugs, sex and rock and roll on some of the world’s most famous rock stars. The view wasn’t pretty; while some of them have been lucky enough to keep a pretty fresh face into old age (Joan Jett!), the rest were…not so lucky. For comparison’s sake, we decided to look at the aging of a fitness guru, too. Because while all of us are likely to run into wrinkles, weight gain and grey hair in the future, conventional wisdom says that a healthy lifestyle help. And judging by today’s photos of yesterday’s fitness gurus, conventional wisdom is right. More
When did Lindsay Lohan go from ‘it girl’ to (insert-insult here)? I’ve seen some variation of that question popping up all over the Internet recently, in response to Lohan’s SNL-hosting gig and Matt Lauer interview—and I think it should stop. No matter you think of plastic surgery in general or Lohan’s sober, bleached-blond and pouffy-lipped reincarnation in pop culture, it doesn’t make it right to totally bash and snark at the way Lohan looks now. More
