Read more cosmetic surgery stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/8689/cosmetic-surgery.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:18:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74711/why-a-botax-is-a-wrinkly-idea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTaxing Americans' breast implants isn't as hot an idea as it may seem. That's because our assumption that richie-richie New Jersey housewives are the ones getting it isn't quite right, writes Christopher Beam for Slate . This is an industry that services people who can't afford it—credit card is the...http://www.newser.com/story/74711/why-a-botax-is-a-wrinkly-idea.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 24 Nov 2009 12:08:54 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73795/winehouse-addictedto-ping-pong.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmy Winehouse has a new addiction. What vice is it this time: Cocaine? Her ex-husband? Nope. It’s her new ping-pong table. “She barely leaves the house,” a source tells the Mirror . In equally ridiculous Winehouse news, the recently-breast-enhanced singer is now pining for bigger boobs—and considering a butt job....http://www.newser.com/story/73795/winehouse-addictedto-ping-pong.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 10:42:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71471/winehouse-feared-exploding-boobs-hospitalized.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmy Winehouse might be regretting the boob job she got last week—she was hospitalized over the weekend after being “in such pain she could hardly lift her arms,” a source tells the Mirror . After a performance on a British reality show, “Amy started shouting, ‘My boobs are fucking killing...http://www.newser.com/story/71471/winehouse-feared-exploding-boobs-hospitalized.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 8:45:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71381/hungary-holds-miss-plastic-pageant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBoob jobs, facelifts, and new noses were on parade in Budapest last night as Hungary held its first "Miss Plastic" pageant. The winners—who had to prove they had actually gone under the knife—received prizes including a new apartment and a new car, and their surgeons took home awards....http://www.newser.com/story/71381/hungary-holds-miss-plastic-pageant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 10 Oct 2009 5:36:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69410/new-op-turns-those-love-handles-into-fake-breasts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new surgical technique, tested in the US and Britain, promises to give women a “two-for-one” by taking unwanted fat from their stomach and thighs and turning it into terrific breast implants, the Daily Mail reports. These implants look and feel more natural than their silicon counterparts, proponents say, and...http://www.newser.com/story/69410/new-op-turns-those-love-handles-into-fake-breasts.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 7:57:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65980/under-the-veil-plastic-surgery-soars-in-saudi-arabia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoes Islam frown on nose jobs or breast implants? Three years ago, clerics and surgeons said certain procedures were sanctioned. The results may not see much light of day in a kingdom where women cover up from head to toe, yet cosmetic surgery is booming. Plastic surgery centers were rare...http://www.newser.com/story/65980/under-the-veil-plastic-surgery-soars-in-saudi-arabia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Aug 2009 12:47:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55675/seeking-an-edge-job-seekers-try-plastic-surgery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJob seekers perking up their resumes with literal facelifts are stimulating the plastic surgery industry even in the grip of the recession, Reuters reports. "People cannot only rely on their skills in this market," says a surgeon whose $6,000 facelift option is popular with the unemployed. The trend is...http://www.newser.com/story/55675/seeking-an-edge-job-seekers-try-plastic-surgery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 08 Apr 2009 15:40:46 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55097/longer-lasting-botox-rival-nears-us-approval.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter a 7-year run as the only show in town, Botox could soon face some competition. Awaiting FDA approval, Reloxin—the US version of a French product called Dysport—is being marketed as a quicker and longer-lasting treatment for botulinum toxin fans. But doctors themselves are confused about what differences,...http://www.newser.com/story/55097/longer-lasting-botox-rival-nears-us-approval.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Apr 2009 8:25:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/50644/writer-probes-the-land-of-lipo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHoping for a firsthand glimpse at the $13 billion cosmetic-surgery industry, an undercover writer visited three surgeons to ask what could be improved—on her 27-year-old, 5-foot 9-inch, 120-lb. body. “Are teenybopper idols and those who emulate them freely choosing plastic surgery? Or is plastic surgery choosing them?” Melanie Berliet...http://www.newser.com/story/50644/writer-probes-the-land-of-lipo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 12 Feb 2009 13:49:01 CST