Archive for July, 2007

10 babes who tricked Father Time (albeit some with help from cosmetic surgeons)

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery Articles | No Comments »

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The objective of this article is to present 10 babes/dames who wowed us in their/our youth and continue to captivate us with their persona even now. What’s their secret? Does each one of them have their own personal fountain of youth? I am all for mature ones and like me there are millions [...]

Kids don’t try this at home (a different angle)

Sunday, July 15th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery Articles | No Comments »

Yesterday, Cosmetic Surgery Chump reported on an alarming trend in “do it yourself” plastic surgery.
While this writer was frankly a bit put off, others, clearly wiser than i, were able to find the humor in the awfulness.
Tom Shields over at Scottish news outlet the Sunday Herald deserves a Pulitzer or a Booker Prize or whatever [...]

Kids, don’t try this at home

Saturday, July 14th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery Articles | No Comments »

A frankly horrifying stories is making the rounds of British news outlets this weekend, based on a recent appearance by psychologist Dr. David Veale at a Centre of Appearance Research conference in Bristol, U.K.
Veale spoke out against “do it yourself cosmetic surgery” and stated that (the easily queasy should, at this point, look away), “I [...]

Some doubt

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery Articles | No Comments »

Today’s episode of “Did She/Didn’t She/Will She/Won’t She” features popper Gwen Stefani of the band No Doubt, a group infinitely useful for headline writers.
Natch, the excellent surgery watchdogs over at Make Me Heal use the phrase too in the entry entitled Is There No Doubt about Gwen Stefani’s Plastic Surgery?
The Healers have Stefani down [...]

Threat to public safety banned

Thursday, July 12th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery News | No Comments »

After an emergency teleconference, The Arizona Medical Board summarily suspended the license of Peter James Normann, M.D. because as an “imminent threat to public safety.” The board took this action after receiving word that a third liposuction patient of Dr. Normann’s had died. Norman, AMB-certified in Internal Medicine, first received his Arizona license to practice [...]

Thyroid surgery / Cosmetic surgery = :)

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery Articles | No Comments »

Science Daily recently put out a story that’s created a little buzz in the blogosphere. Entitled “Cosmetic surgery techniques can enhance thyroid surgery results,” the piece mostly reports on a Medical College of Georgia study on certain cosmetic surgery principles.
Specifically, Dr. David Terris, chair of chairs the Medical College of Georgia Department of Otolaryngology-Head and [...]

Big 6000 for Dr. Erlich

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery News | No Comments »

A milestone was passed today and the Cosmetic Surgery Chump gives kudos and accolades to Dr. Mark A. Erlich, M.D. of good ol’ New York City. Erlich recently performed his 6,000th career rhinoplasty. The 6,000 also just about represents a neat one per day average throughout his private practice’s existence.
Upon commenting on the achievement, Erlich [...]

A novel Celution, indeed

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery News | No Comments »

Cosmetic Surgery Chump promises a bit more detailed research on this tomorrow, but much of the ‘net is abuzz with the therapy technique known as “Celution” detailed in Chemistry and Industry Magazine.
Touted as potential helping mastectomy patients, Celution’s use is described (by, o, let’s say Spirit India) as: “Tummy fat or fat from the bottom [...]

SoCal doctor says BIS

Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery Articles | No Comments »

Southern California private practitioner Dr. Barry L. Friedberg took his turn on the soapbox recently about minimally invasive anesthesia techniques.
In the impossible-to-argue titled piece “No cosmetic surgery death is acceptable!, Friedberg states that general anesthesia for all elective cosmetic surgery need not be used in favor of MIA.
Instead, the good doctor touts the level of [...]

Do-it-yourself Botox?

Monday, July 9th, 2007 Posted in Cosmetic Surgery News | No Comments »

Well, there’s really only one story in the cosmetic surgery world today and that is buy-from-a-catalogue Botox.
No joke. Manchester, England-based Transfrom is now advertising Botox kits via catalogue. Practically sings the catalogue advert: “Look and feel younger without setting foot in the surgery.” Heck, that’s a pitch about one of the many reporting on the [...]



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