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All entries tagged with cosmetic surgeryForget Cosmetic Surgery: Change Your Lifestyle Instead
The New York Times reported that Dr Gerald Pitman (an expert plastic surgeon) regularly encourages patients to try dieting and exercising before resorting to plastic surgery.» Continue...
The Glamor Side of Thin Always Wins
There are two reasons for our obsession with thinness: 'health' or 'desirability'. Many will do anything to get thin for 'glamor's' sake, but under the guise of health.
It seems that we humans take extreme measures - that can be exceedingly unhealthy - in order to fit into the body beautiful culture.
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Lipo-Dissolve: Can Injections Really Melt Fat?
Lipo Dissolve involves injecting a cocktail of substances into subcutaneous fat deposits - in the hope of "dissolving" the fat tissue.
Marketed as a safer and less invasive alternative to liposuction, proponents say lipo-dissolve is useful for treating small "problem areas" such as love handles, bra fat and a softening jaw line. (via)Despite having a number of advocates (such as fig) and anecdotal success stories - there are considerable risks.
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Cosmetic Surgery: Would You? Have You?
Earlier this year the FDA approved the use of silicone gel-filled breast implants after years of health concerns.
This comes at a time when cosmetic surgery has never been more popular. Would you undertake a cosmetic surgery procedure? Why? If you have had surgery - what have you gained from it?
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Body Image: Always a Concern
Two BBC radio stations recently surveyed 25,000 men and women, asking them how they felt about their bodies (average age was 17-34). The results were somewhat discouraging:
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