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Usher's Wife in Plastic Surgery Emergency

He cancels performance; neurosurgeon flying to Brazil hospital

(Newser) - Usher canceled a performance at an annual pre-Grammy party last night after his wife suffered "serious" complications following plastic surgery in Brazil, reports Access Hollywood. A US neurosurgeon was on his way to South America to help. No other details were available. Usher and his wife, Tameka, 37, have...

What Men Use Botox, and Why?

(Newser) - Just who are all these men getting Botox, and why do they do it—especially during a recession? The number of male Botox users has soared to 300,000—or about 7% of total face-freezers—since 2001, and that percentage hasn't dipped in today's economy. Wondering what men lie behind...

Donda West's Plastic Surgeon Jailed for DUI

Jan Adams had 2 previous arrests, gets a year in the clink

(Newser) - Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother before she died, has been jailed for a year in his third DUI, E! Online reports. The doc pleaded no contest after last June’s incident, in which he was caught driving his Jaguar the wrong way...

Recession? Not for Botox Docs
 Recession? Not for Botox Docs 

Dec 23, 2008 2:14 PM CST

Recession? Not for Botox Docs

For some, it's the cheaper alternative

(Newser) - Botox, apparently the poor man's plastic surgery, has not taken a hit in this recession, according to a recent survey. In fact, some doctors say demand for the pay-as-you-go treatment has increased as patients put off pricier surgeries, the Wall Street Journal reports. A lip plump or wrinkle-smoothing costs a...

Sex Slips on Post-Op Checklist, Docs Say
Sex Slips on Post-Op Checklist, Docs Say
GLOSSIES
Dec 17, 2008 4:26 PM CST

Sex Slips on Post-Op Checklist, Docs Say

Patients more eager to get back to work, hit gym after surgery

(Newser) - Hopping back in the sack no longer tops plastic surgery patients’ post-op priorities—even for those who’ve undergone curve-enhancing procedures, W reports. Sex-related questions have died down as working out, and just plain working, have supplanted sex as activities patients are itching to get back to, says one plastic...

Nephew Probed in West's Death
 Nephew Probed in West's Death 
Nov 26, 2008 10:35 AM CST

Nephew Probed in West's Death

Nurse may have neglected Donda

(Newser) - Authorities have launched a new investigation into the death of Kanye West’s mother, People reports, this time focusing on Donda West’s nephew. Registered nurse Stephan Scoggins, who is being investigated for possible negligence, was supposed to supervise West's post-op care but left for a baby shower the day...

Where Is This Supermodel's Belly Button?

Victoria's Secret bares a navel-less belly on the runway

(Newser) - Supermodel Karolina Kurkova's recent turn on the catwalk for Victoria's Secret had curious spectators wondering what happened to her belly button. The Czech stunner offered no explanation for her smooth stomach, which has only a minor indentation where her navel should be, and her agent says only that "she's...

Melrose Actress on Latest Facial Injections: 'Uh-Oh'

Lisa Rinna admits to overdoing it with Juvederm

(Newser) - Plastic surgery junkie and TV Guide Network host Lisa Rinna acknowledges that she overdosed on the facial filler Juvederm. “I saw a picture of myself and thought, ‘Uh-oh,’” the C-list celeb tells In Touch Weekly. “You have to be careful. I’m a perfect example...

Plastic Surgery: Your Own Personal Stimulus Package

Studies link better pay to better looks, so a face-lift helps you—and your surgeon

(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...

Celebs Make 'Baby Fat' Chic
Celebs Make 'Baby Fat' Chic
GLOSSIES
Aug 4, 2008 12:51 PM CDT

Celebs Make 'Baby Fat' Chic

Madonna is the poster girl for newest youth-restoring procedures

(Newser) - Following the lead of Madonna and Demi Moore, women in their 50s and 60s are trading the tight pull of traditional facelifts for techniques that push out the face to resemble the baby fat plumpness of teenage definition, reports New York. The magazine dubs the sought-after look the “New...

Docs Pay Patients to Post Surgeries on YouTube

But critics worry that payoffs skew testimonials

(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...

36MMM Implants Bust Record
 36MMM Implants Bust Record 
Jun 6, 2008 1:25 PM CDT

36MMM Implants Bust Record

Porn star rules the world, Guinness declares

(Newser) - Porn star Maxi Mounds' 36MMM breast implants are the largest in the world, TMZ reports. Guinness World Records created the category for Mounds and her 40-pound knockers, according to London's Metro. The ex-dancer—ballet and lap—had a procedure involving plastic string in 2000 that has since been banned in...

Regrown Finger Called 'Absurd'
 Regrown Finger Called 'Absurd' 
May 1, 2008 7:36 PM CDT

Regrown Finger Called 'Absurd'

Scientist blast man's claim that pig-bladder 'pixie dust' restored digit

(Newser) - A UK plastic surgeon repudiated claims by an American company that a powder made from a pig’s bladder spurred regrowth of a man’s severed fingertip, the Guardian reports. Stories circulated this week of Lee Spievack’s “miraculous” recovery thanks to what he called “pixie dust,”...

Kid Lit Meets Nip/Tuck
 Kid Lit Meets Nip/Tuck   
Apr 17, 2008 4:20 PM CDT

Kid Lit Meets Nip/Tuck

Plastic surgeon penned book after seeing need among patients—and their children

(Newser) - A plastic surgeon has written a children’s book aimed at explaining why Mommy is getting her tummy tucked, Newsweek reports. My Beautiful Mommy follows the story of a mother undergoing cosmetic surgery—and telling her daughter why, from doctor consultations to post-op bandages. Parents “just try to ignore...

Cosmetic Surgery Can't Go Unmentioned
 Cosmetic Surgery Can't 
 Go Unmentioned 
OPINION
Apr 14, 2008 2:07 PM CDT

Cosmetic Surgery Can't Go Unmentioned

TV critic decries 'new—and wrinkle-free!—elephant in the living room'

(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...

Plastic Surgeons Feel Subprime Pain

Multi-billion dollar industry sagging noticeably

(Newser) - The subprime crisis has hit Goldy Anthony hard; she can’t even afford her bi-monthly trips to the plastic surgeon anymore. “I would rather have Botox than go out to dinner, but it’s just gotten so bad,” says Anthony, who works in Los Angeles' slumping mortgage business....

Doc Hit Skids After Kanye's Mom Died

Adams' practice 'almost destroyed' by bad publicity, he tells King

(Newser) - The plastic surgeon who operated on the mother of rapper Kanye West days before her Nov. 10 death told CNN's Larry King yesterday that his Los Angeles-area practice has been "almost destroyed" by bad publicity following the tragedy. But Dr. Jan Adams, former host of the TV series Plastic ...

More Patients Undoing Nips and Tucks

Thousands get 'undo-plasties' after hating plastic surgery

(Newser) - Thousands are feeling a little too "cookie-cutter" with their new nipped noses and tucked chins, one doctor says—so they're ponying up for surgery to look like (gasp!) themselves again. These 'undo-plasties' are becoming big business; some doctors spend half their time as "revision plastic surgeons."...

Coroner Doesn't Know Why Kanye's Mom Died

Autopsy fails to turn up official cause

(Newser) - An autopsy of rapper Kanye West's mother has failed to turn up an official cause of death, E! Online reports. A report by the Los Angeles coroner said that Donda West suffered from coronary disease as well as post-operative problems from liposuction and breast-reduction surgery, but that "the final...

Latest Fat Fad: Shots That Dissolve Flab

But controversial 'lipodissolve' injections not yet approved

(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...

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