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If Lindsay Lohan isn’t making a strong enough case against plastic surgery, Cate Blanchett is offering her voice of reason. The 42-year-old actress recently told FASHION etc that she’s frightened of going under the knife, echoing our sentiment over the trend in young, beautiful actresses altering their appearance before aging is even a concern. More
Lindsay Lohan‘s ‘SNL’ promo came out earlier this week, and she talked to Matt Lauer about it—and her recovery—on the Today Show yesterday. But all I can think is: This is why no one should get plastic surgery. Lohan’s had work done on her teeth, lips, and breasts before, but now it appears that she’s ticked ‘facial fillers’ off the cosmetic surgery bucket list. Friends and coworkers all have varying reactions to the results, but the resounding sentiment is that she just looked so much better before she got anything done. More
We’ve lauded Octavia Spencer for being honest about Hollywood body pressures, but her new plans to give herself a post-Oscar boob lift leave us feeling conflicted. At the SAG Awards earlier this month, she was frank about how her weight impacts her career in Hollywood, and explained that she’s working wit ha personal trainer for health reasons and not because she’s giving into pressures to be thin. Overall, she seemed to be emphasizing the importance of health and a positive body image to her fans, but her plans to go under the knife just seem to muddle the message. More
This is a real headline on CBS: “Plastic surgery takes years off appearance, study finds.” The study, published in The Archives of Plastic Surgery, tested age perception of various control groups—each with one type of surgery or another—and confirms that the perceived age was 7.2 years younger than actual age on average. The study authors think this information will help doctors provide realistic expectations for patients; I think the study sounds like a school report masquerading as proof that we should all go get botoxed. More
I’ll admit it: I’ve never taken much time to ponder the body  of model and actress Coco Austin. The curvaceous wife of Ice-T just wasn’t someone who was on my radar. But a recent TV appearance, coupled with this Photoshop-free InTouch spread, have gotten my attention–and my respect. Austin’s body-positive acceptance of her figure, and emphasis on working out and being healthy, are a refreshing change from the usual rhetoric surrounding women and their bodies. More
Our favorite ridiculous ‘news’ site, The Daily Mail, is running a piece today called “All I Want For Christmas Is A Tummy Tuck,” about how botox and cosmetic surgery are “now topping many women’s gift lists.” Ugh. Can you say bogus trend piece? More
Oneal Ron Morris, better known as the “Fix-a-Flat Booty Doctor” since injecting patients’ bodies with tire sealant and cement, isn’t the only one under fire for bad cosmetic surgery this month: Lauretta Cheek of Greensboro, North Carolina was arrested and charged for injecting an exotic dancer’s buttocks with a disfiguring unknown substance. These stories are disturbing for several reasons, but Cheek’s case forces me to wonder: Why are women feeling so bad about their bodies that they’re willing to let an unlicensed “doctor” inject random substances into their bodies. More
In one of the most bizarre medical malpractice stories we’ve seen all year, “fake doctor” Oneal Ron Morris has been charged with practicing medicine without license and injecting her patients with cement and Fix-a-Flat tire sealant. Though several of her patients have come forward saying that she administered such sham plastic surgery, Morris told Entertainment Tonight, in her first interview with the media, that she’s been falsely accused More
Rajee Narinesingh, a transgender woman who who recently revealed that the “fix-a-flat booty” doctor Oneal Ron Morris injected her face with cement and tire sealant, makes a good argument for why we should talk about Morris’ and her patients’ gender. More
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Kids spend a lot of time consuming some sort of media these days and given what that media often advocates, it should be no surprise that unrealistic body expectactions and anxiety about image are creeping into the minds of children at younger and younger ages. A UK survey determined that over half of girls and a third of boys actively compare their bodies to those on television.
Daily Mail reports that out of 810 kids aged 11 to 16, 25% would consider going under the knife to achieve a certain look. One in 10 boys saw no problem in taking steriods to become more muscular and one in eight girls admitted that they would take diet pills or laxatives to be skinny. More
This morning, another example of the insane lengths some women will go to in the quest for a better body: A woman in Florida had “Fix-a-Flat” tire sealant, cement and mineral oil injected into her buttocks, in an attempt to get that coveted Kim Kardashian booty on the cheap. More
Typically, putting your eyeball in range of a laser is done for useful things like improved vision or repaired cataracts. But a California inventor has found a way to do something equally dangerous with vastly fewer benefits: Change your eyes from brown to blue. And for only $5k. Gregg Homer, founder of Stroma Medical in Laguna Beach, has tested his 20-second procedure on “at least one eye” of 12 volunteers in Mexico, and claims the process won’t damage vision. More
Denise Richards wrote on iVillage this week about how difficult it is to set a healthy example for her daughters when it comes to body image and lifestyle. She admits that maintaining her weight, skin, hair and looks is important to her (and part of her job), but she also regrets getting breast implants when she was 19 years old, and hopes that her daughters don’t feel the same insecurities that she did when she was younger More
When you see the word “runner’s” in front of a body part, it usually means one of two things: You’re injured, or you look hot. But when New Jersey board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Brian S. Glatt says he wants to fix your ‘runner’s face’ he means something else entirely: He says that those of us who run tend to start looking like crypt keepers as we age, thanks to a low body fat percentage and, therefore, a little less fat to plump up our facial tissues and keep us looking young. Cute as his new term may be, he’s not winning any points around here for finding new ways to make athletic women feel ugly. More
