Even though the holiday seasons are usually the most expensive, that won’t stop a considerable amount of people from having cosmetic surgery. This fact was supported by surgeons and dermatologists when they stated that the number of procedures have tripled in December. More »

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Cosmetic surgery is very expensive, but for some plastic surgery junkies out there, they are even willing to take the risk of getting it done in underground settings. However, this proved to be fatal for one such woman. More »

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Worried that your breast implants won’t be the size that you want when you wake up after surgery? Then just don’t go under anesthesia in the first place! This shocking article that I read in the New York Times exposes a new method of breast augmentation in which the patient is awake during the entire surgery! More »

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Well, folks, it’s confirmed. My suspicion that Heidi Montag planned to use this plastic surgery business as a method of getting more press is confirmed. She did that teary-eyed interview with Access Hollywood a while ago, but I (and the rest of the world, I’m sure) saw right through her act. Heidi recently decided to participate in a video for Funny or Die making fun of her own plastic surgery. More »

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Today, Allure magazine’s beauty blog linked to a really intriguing photo collection by photographer Phillip Toledano. The photos are portraits of people who have undergone extreme plastic surgeries, and Mr. Toledano raises the question of what we define as “beauty” when we create it ourselves. More »

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I could open this post with something cute like, “Ever wanted to see what you’d look like with a smaller nose? There’s an app for that!”, but I won’t because there is nothing cute about this iPhone application. In fact, it sort of borders on insanity. iSurgeon allows you to take photos of yourself, family and friends and then alter your image to see what you’d look like with plastic surgery! Nice!

You can choose from four procedures: tummy tuck, nose job, breast augmentation or gluteal augmentation (aka butt lift). Take a look at the video demonstration (and hear the disgustingly realistic sound effects) of the application after the cut. More »

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The beauty world isn’t always fun and games. This past Sunday, Solange Magnano, a former Miss Argentina, passed away due to complications caused by a cosmetic surgery that she had a few days earlier. The procedure was a standard gluteoplasty surgery, where either implants are inserted, or silicone gel is injected into the buttocks to make it more shapely. More »

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