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September 2008
- Plastic Surgery: Your Own Personal Stimulus Package
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 11, 08 3:36 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Rising gas prices, fewer jobs and the slumping economic has many craving a face-lift, literally. Most would-be patients make less than $60,000, so why not have "tax breaks on cosmetic surgery for low-income Americans," Rosa Brooks suggests in the Los Angeles Times . It’s a completely rational investment, she writes, since "we live in a society that rewards beauty (and penalizes ugliness)." More »
  
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  work • plastic surgery • cosmetic surgery • beauty • workplace discrimination
July 2008
- For Skin Doctors, Cosmetics Trumps Medicine
  
  New York Times | Jul 28, 08 9:13 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - These days, dermatologists offer luxurious treatment rooms and personalized services for high-paying cosmetic clients seeking a Botox injection. But for those suffering medical conditions, the experience can be far less personal—increasingly, skin doctors are hiring assistants and nurse practitioners to handle everything from psoriasis to skin cancer. The New York Times looks at how vanity procedures are transforming dermatology and pushing serious skin care aside. More »
  
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  medicine • doctor • skin cancer • cosmetic surgery • Botox • dermatology • cosmetic treatments
- SJP's Mole AWOL at All-Star Game
  
  Huffington Post | Jul 16, 08 11:00 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Sarah Jessica Parker's signature chin mole, on full display as recently as 6 weeks ago, was conspicuously absent during an appearance last night at Yankee Stadium, the Huffington Post notes. One Sex and the City reviewer called the big-screen "growth on her face … so distracting you can't concentrate on anything else." More »
  
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  celebrity • New York City • Yankee Stadium • Sarah Jessica Parker • cosmetic surgery • moles
June 2008
- Docs Pay Patients to Post Surgeries on YouTube
  
  New York Times | Jun 26, 08 8:41 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When her doctor offered her a $100 discount to post her Lasek surgery on YouTube, Michelle Wilder was perplexed. “I was wondering, ‘Who wants to see my surgery?’” she says. But the money talked, and now you can see Wilder, and thousands of others, go under the knife online, the New York Times reports. More and more cosmetic surgeons are rewarding patients for such exhibitionism. More »
  
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  YouTube • marketing • plastic surgery • cosmetic surgery • consumer advocacy
May 2008
- Short Men Seek Surgical Stretching
  
  Details | May 31, 08 10:25 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Short, and even not-so-short men who feel their height is holding them back in life are turning to surgery in growing numbers, Details reports. Clinics abroad offer cosmetic limb lengthening that can add a few inches of height, but the bill can top $100,000 and the procedure, which involves breaking and stretching the bones, leaves the patient crippled for months. More »
  
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  surgery • cosmetic surgery • surgeon • height • body image
April 2008
- Cosmetic Surgery Can't Go Unmentioned
  
  Los Angeles Times | Apr 14, 08 2:07 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Cosmetic surgery is out of control, TV critic Mary McNamara contends in the Los Angeles Times , and it's time to break the taboo of talking about it in mainstream criticism. TV reviews shouldn’t descend into blogospheric dissections of cosmetic work, but obvious surgery not connected to an actor’s role “can affect not only their performance but the whole tone of the show.” More »
  
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  television • media • blogosphere • plastic surgery • press • cosmetic surgery • reviews
January 2008
- Latest Fat Fad: Shots That Dissolve Flab
  
  BBC | Jan 9, 08 5:23 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Cosmetic surgeons are peddling a controversial new way to lose weight for those too busy to exercise. It's called "lipodissolve"—a series of injections that dissolves fat and takes 15 minutes to administer. The active ingredient, a chemical known as PCDC, melts flab within days. The procedure has been banned in several countries and hasn't yet been approved in the US, but some docs are calling it a "miracle cure." More »
  
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  fat • plastic surgery • cosmetic surgery
- Safari With That Liposuction?
  
  CNN | Jan 3, 08 4:57 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Americans looking to get cosmetic surgery are eschewing expensive procedures at home and opting for "medical tourism," traveling abroad for cheaper procedures—that sometime come with exotic vacation perks. Countries including South Africa, Argentina, Thailand, Brazil and Singapore are marketing their health services to Americans with the promise of lower prices—and, CNN reports, a vacation getaway. More »
  
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  health care • Brazil • Thailand • plastic surgery • cosmetic surgery • Costa Rica • malpractice
December 2007
- First Face Transplant Patient Smiles—Slightly
  
  Los Angeles Times | Dec 13, 07 3:00 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Isabelle Dinoire can smile a little, her doctors reported yesterday, a big accomplishment for the world’s first face transplant recipient. Her case shows that the controversial surgery can work—but it also highlighted the risks involved. Dinoire has dealt with two tissue-rejection episodes, two kidney failures, anemia and high blood pressure in the 18 months since the transplant in France. More »
  
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  France • blood pressure • cosmetic surgery • face transplant
November 2007
- Doc of Kanye's Mom Was on Thin Ice
  
  Los Angeles Times | Nov 14, 07 2:23 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - The mother of rap star Kanye West died Saturday "as a result of surgery or anesthesia," a preliminary autopsy showed yesterday—more bad news for her surgeon, the Los Angeles Times reports. Dr. Jan Adams—a talk-show regular—faces sanctions from various state agencies over a string of alcohol-related convictions, including revocation or suspension of his medical license. More »
  
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  hip-hop • plastic surgery • Kanye West • cosmetic surgery • autopsy • medical malpractice • Donda West
October 2007
- She Views Life From Behind a New Face
  
  Guardian (UK) | Oct 5, 07 1:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Isabelle Dinoire, the French woman who in November 2005 received the world's first partial face transplant, has taught herself how to eat and speak again, but what she really wants to learn, the Guardian reports, is how to kiss. In a new book published in France yesterday, Dinoire describes her slow adjustment to living with another woman's face after surgery. More »
  
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  France • cosmetic surgery • transplant • face transplant
September 2007
- Aussie Navy Busted Over Free Boob Jobs
  
  Australia's News Network | Sep 17, 07 7:38 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The Royal Australian Navy has footed the bill for $10,000 breast-enhancement surgeries for sailors, says a plastic surgeon who told Australia's News Network that he performed breast enlargements for two such women—although neither had any injury. Officials insist the Navy pays for cosmetic operations only when there are "compelling psychological/psychiatric reasons." More »
  
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  Australia • psychology • cosmetic surgery
August 2007
- Cancer Can Wait; Botox Doesn't
  
  New York Times | Aug 29, 07 3:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Patients have a better chance of seeing their dermatologists if they want Botox than if they want a potentially cancerous mole examined, a new study finds. Researchers, posing as patients in a dozen cities, faced a typical wait of eight days for cosmetic procedures and 26 days to test a suspicious mole that could signal skin cancer. More »
  
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  cancer • doctor • surgery • skin cancer • cosmetic surgery • melanoma • Botox • moles • dermatology • psoriasis
- Site Sells Shares in Boob Jobs
  
  Yahoo! | Aug 17, 07 2:51 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Web entrepreneur Jason Grunstra says his site is just a service connecting people with similar interests. The interest happens to be breasts, and the site connects those who like to look at them with those who'd like to have theirs enlarged. Women upload pictures of themselves, hoping to attract “benefactors” who will contribute to the cost of their implants, in exchange for a peek at the goods, Yahoo reports. More »
  
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  women • Las Vegas • prostitution • surgery • pornography • website • cosmetic surgery • breast implants
- Breast Implants Linked to Triple Suicide Rate
  
  Los Angeles Times | Aug 8, 07 6:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Women with breast-enlarging implants have a suicide rate three times higher than average, a new medical study has found. Deaths linked to mental problems, such as alcohol abuse, were also three times higher among women undergoing the increasingly popular cosmetic procedure, the Los Angeles Times reports . Suicides rose sharply after the first decade following surgery. More »
  
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  suicide • depression • surgery • cosmetic surgery • beauty • breast implants • suicide rate