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The Fastest-Growing Cosmetic Surgery Is ...

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:06:58 CDT

Americans are getting fed up with their chins, the BBC reports. They had 20,680 chin implants last year—up 71% from 2010—making the procedure the nation's fastest-growing cosmetic operation. But it still trails in popularity behind liposuction (325,332 last year), breast augmentation (316,848), abdominoplasty (149,410),...

Whitney Houston's Body Covered With Scars

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:10:00 CDT

Whitney Houston's troubled history was written on her body. A mix of scars, cuts, burns, and abrasions—most of them several years old—riddled the body of the 48-year-old singer, according to the coroner's report. Besides the burns she suffered during her death in a hotel bathtub and a hole...

Here's How Many Years a Facelift Shaves Off

Kate Schwartz — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:50:05 CST

Contemplating going under the knife but wondering if your 58-year-old face will truly emerge looking like that of a 40-year-old? According to a new study, it won't. A group of plastic surgeons set out to find an "objective measure" for their patients by asking 40 medical students to guess the...

Venezuela Offers Free Removal of Faulty Implants

Dustin Lushing — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:39:26 CST

The Venezuelan government has offered to pay for the removal of defective breast implants for its own citizens, reports the BBC . The implants were produced by a now-defunct French company and are filled with industrial grade silicone—increasing their chance of rupturing. Replacement implants, however, will not be covered.

Smokers May Lose Their Nipples

Matt Cantor — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:42:20 CST

A plastic surgeon wants smokers to know: If you light up within a month of a breast lift, your nipples could literally drop off. That's because smoking can reduce blood flow to some parts of the anatomy. If those body parts don't get blood, they die, writes Anthony Youn at...

The Surgical Secret Behind Kate's Smile

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:19:00 CST

If Kate Middleton's smile seems white but not flashy, pretty but not perfect—you guessed it, she paid for it to look that way. The Duchess of Cambridge had her teeth whitened and "rotated" by French dentist Didier Fillion, who specializes in enhancing smiles without making them look flawless, the...

Doctor Claims He Can Make Brown Eyes Blue

Evann Gastaldo — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 19:00:05 CDT

If your brown eyes are keeping you from feeling like a real California girl, a doctor in Laguna Beach may soon be able to help you out: Dr. Gregg Homer says he has figured out how to turn them blue. Homer, who has been working on the procedure for a...

Woman Gets Uniboob in Botched Surgery

Rob Quinn — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:12:00 CDT

In the 48 states where doctors don't need to be certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgeons to perform plastic surgery, unwary patients run the risk of ending up like Dinora Rodriguez, experts warn. The 40-year-old woman was left with a merged "uniboob" by an uncertified surgeon who had...

13 Celebs Who Wish They'd Never Had Plastic Surgery

Evann Gastaldo — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:02:05 CDT

Minka Kelly this week told David Letterman that she came thisclose to getting plastic surgery: She worked as a scrub nurse at a doctor's office in exchange for a planned boob job, which a former Playboy Playmate told her she needed. She ultimately changed her mind, reports the Huffington Post...