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weird trends dept.

Jul 19, 2010 12:20 PM CDT

Introducing the Vampire Facelift

Sadly, it won't make you look like a Twilight character

(Newser) - So you’ve already bought the Edward Cullen panties , and you’re not sure how to continue expressing your love for all things vampire? Consider a "vampire facelift." No, it doesn’t make you thirst for blood, but it does take blood from your body and injects it...

Teen Singer
Gets Botox
for Glee Role

Jul 19, 2010 10:58 AM CDT

Teen Singer Gets Botox for Glee Role

Charice Pempengco, 18, wanted to look 'fresh'

(Newser) - In the "Is This What the World Is Coming To?" Department: Filipino singing sensation Charice Pempengco, who became famous in the US after appearances on the Ellen and Oprah shows, prepped for her upcoming role on Glee by getting Botox...at the tender age of 18. She also had...

World's Largest
Breasts Could
Kill Woman

Jul 14, 2010 11:48 AM CDT

World's Largest Breasts Could Kill Woman

See Heidi Montag, there is a downside to plastic surgery

(Newser) - Beware, Heidi Montag, or you could end up like Sheyla Hershey: She achieved her dream of having the world’s largest breasts, but now she’s fighting for her life because of them. The Brazilian model, who now lives in Houston, got all the way up to M-cups before downgrading...

12 Craziest
Plastic Surgery
Procedures

get dimples like these

Jul 5, 2010 2:10 PM CDT

12 Craziest Plastic Surgery Procedures

Dimpleplasty, eyebrow transplants, and other wacky stuff

(Newser) - Think Heidi Montag, with her laundry list of plastic surgery procedures, is a wackadoo? Her boob job and brow lift may seem downright pedestrian compared to these 12 totally crazy kinds of plastic surgery, compiled by the Daily Beast :

Dimpleplasty: It sounds just like what it is: a procedure that

...

What's Up With Kate's Face?

KATE PLUS FAKE

Jun 29, 2010 2:48 AM CDT

What's Up With Kate's Face?

What do you say to kids who can't recognize you?

(Newser) - Kate, Kate: sometimes too much is too much. Take that face: so tight and so different suddenly that even the Gosselin brood probably can't recognize it. It's got to be a case of bad Botox or glitchy plastic surgery that's left the mom of 8 looking like Jack Nicholson, quipped...

Why Celebs Get Boob Jobs

Ten reasons, from sad to sadder

(Newser) - Sometimes it’s because their boyfriends like big boobs, and sometimes it’s because Jesus doesn’t not like big boobs. Ten celebrities and the reasons they gave for getting breast enhancements, rounded up by The Frisky :

Carmen Electra: Says now it was just “really trendy” to get breast

...

Botox Dulls Emotions

Jun 22, 2010 2:30 PM CDT

Botox Dulls Emotions

Limited facial expressions may stifle feelings

(Newser) - Some Botox patients have trouble looking happy or sad, and now research suggests they have trouble feeling happy or sad as a result. Facial expressions themselves are thought to produce sensory feedback that influences emotional states, so a group of Barnard researchers tested whether Botox users—who have literally paralyzed...

Celebs as
Young as
17 Try Botox

Jun 21, 2010 2:15 PM CDT

Celebs as Young as 17 Try Botox

Down side? It gets less effective later in life, surgeons say

(Newser) - Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox, and Hilary Duff are just a few of the celebrities rumored to have gotten Botox injections well before the age of 30. Others, like Kim Kardashian and Heidi Montag, have acknowledged using it. And the trend gets ever more disturbing: Fox News reports that more and...

Kate's Boob Job:
Thank the Bodyguard

Jun 18, 2010 9:00 AM CDT

Kate's Boob Job: Thank the Bodyguard

It's normal for bodyguards to assess your breasts, right?

(Newser) - If you’re a fan of Kate Gosselin's reportedly enhanced boobs, you have her bodyguard to thank. “Kate was going to have one kind of breast augmentation, but she changed her mind after talking to Steve about what would look best,” a source tells Us . Steve—that would...

Palin Pal:
Implants?
What Implants?

Jun 11, 2010 6:25 PM CDT

Palin Pal: Implants? What Implants?

Friend denies boob job rumor

(Newser) - In the first public reaction to the red-hot rumor that Sarah Palin had a boob job , an unidentified friend of the former Alaska governor has opened up to Us Weekly . "It's absolutely ridiculous," the source says. Notes Ken Layne of Wonkette , who ignited the speculation and has been...

6 Body Image
Lessons ...
From Reality
Stars

snooki gets an a-minus

Jun 11, 2010 10:50 AM CDT

6 Body Image Lessons ... From Reality Stars

Believe it or not, they can teach us something

(Newser) - If you want to learn some real body-image lessons, just watch reality TV. No, not The Biggest Loser or Celebrity Fit Club—typical trashy reality shows, starring such beloved household names as Snooki and Heidi. Here are the sometimes inspiring, sometimes scary lessons they’ve taught Leslie Goldman of the...

Too-Hot Banker
Wasn't Always
So Stacked

asset management

Jun 9, 2010 10:43 AM CDT

Too-Hot Banker Wasn't Always So Stacked

Debrahlee Lorenzana got two boob jobs, bragged about 'em

(Newser) - Debrahlee Lorenzana may be too hot for Citibank , but it turns out her, er, assets weren’t always quite so big. The bombshell banker was featured in a 2003 Discovery Health Channel series called Plastic Surgery New York Style, during which she talks quite gleefully about her two boob jobs....

Did Sarah Palin
Get a Boob Job?

OPINION

Jun 8, 2010 1:53 PM CDT

Did Sarah Palin Get a Boob Job?

Tipster reports former Alaskan governor sporting 'instant boobage!'

(Newser) - The rumor comes from Wonkette's Facebook page , but it never had a chance of staying there: Sarah Palin may or may not have gotten breast implants. The tipster is a woman, and "women seem to keep very careful mental records about such things," Ken Layne writes . "And...

Heidi Montag Wants
Still More Surgery

these babies not big enough?

May 5, 2010 9:22 AM CDT

Heidi Montag Wants Still More Surgery

What letter will her breasts be now? Z?

(Newser) - Heidi Montag is already so top-heavy she appears ready to topple over, but that isn’t stopping her from planning plastic surgery No. 14. After waking up from her last round of robotic—er, surgical—enhancements, she was so angry that her breasts weren’t bigger, “she wanted to...

We Love
Botox—Just
Not Bad
Botox

OPINION

Apr 26, 2010 11:35 AM CDT

We Love Botox—Just Not Bad Botox

The alleged plastic surgery backlash doesn't really exist

(Newser) - Rejoice! The New York Times reports that “Hollywood is no longer casting talent with duck lips, fake breasts, and wrinkle-free foreheads." But wait: That’s not entirely true. Read the entire article, writes Tracy Clark-Flory, and you’ll see that it’s still “considered perfectly acceptable for...

Why Face-Lifts Just
Make You Look Fake

Why Face-Lifts Just Make You Look Fake

Turns out skin isn't the only thing that sags

(Newser) - Wondering why women with too much plastic surgery only look stiffer, not younger? Because face-lifts can’t do anything to change the bone, which also droops with age. “The look we're born with—cherubic face, puffy cheeks—that’s the look of youth,” one doctor who researched the...

'Fembots'
Take Over
the World

'Fembots' Take Over the World

All you need to be famous nowadays is plastic surgery

(Newser) - Heidi Montag, Larry King’s soon-to-be-ex-wife, and all of Tiger Woods’ mistresses: They’re “fembots,” and they’re cropping up everywhere you look these days. This “species of walking, talking Barbie dolls appears increasingly likely to take over the world,” writes Rebecca Dana for the Daily...

Are Fake Boobs
Going Bust?

Apr 20, 2010 3:55 AM CDT

Are Fake Boobs Going Bust?

Even Hollywood is looking for the real thing

(Newser) - It's hard to believe but the air might be going out of the overwhelming trend toward fake boobs. Sharon Osbourne is ditching her very inconvenient 34 Double D implants and is having them made into paperweights for hubby Ozzy. "They'll be better on his desk than on my chest,...

Your Butt Job Could Kill You

Just because Heidi Montag did it doesn't mean it's a good idea

(Newser) - All you wanted was a more ample rear—heck, Heidi Montag did it and she’s fine, right?—but you might walk out with abscesses, kidney damage, or a pulmonary embolism. Why are butt augmentations so dangerous? Well, they’re not—necessarily—worse than other plastic surgery procedures; they’re...

Kate Hudson
Got a Boob Job

they don't look like this anymore

Apr 15, 2010 10:56 AM CDT

Kate Hudson Got a Boob Job

She joked about her size, but was insecure: source

(Newser) - Everyone who saw Kate Hudson’s near-nip-slip at the American Music Awards knows the actress has small breasts—or at least, she did. Though Hudson herself said she enjoyed being able to wear plunging necklines in an “elegant” way at the 2002 Golden Globes, she apparently changed her mind...