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Anne Robinson Discusses her Facelift

Posted on 24. Sep, 2009.

While famous people are more open than ever about having had cosmetic surgery, there is still a feeling by some that they must deny having had serious medical help to look young. There seems to be a vague underlying theory that those who look young naturally are somehow “better” than those who have sought out the help of a surgeon.

Recently, there has been a flurry of news stories about TV presenter Anne Robinson – recently back on the radar as the host of the BBC’s consumer news show Watchdog. The show’s website proudly proclaims, “Watchdog’s back with a whole new look,” right next to a photo of Robinson. Was that a purposeful, yet subtle acknowledgment that the former host of The Weakest Link has an entirely new look than she did when she left Watchdog in 2001? Who knows?

The TimesOnline, Mirror, and Daily Mail have all run features on Robinson that discuss, in a minor way, her career and her comeback as the host of Watchdog. What they’re all really about is whether she has had a second facelift after the one that she had in 2004 (which she openly admitted to having). Robinson denies it, saying that good studio lighting and clean living (smoke-free, alcohol-free, organic food-rich) and maybe a little Botox here and there are the reasons for her new radiance.

In a recent interview with TimesOnline’s Giles Hattersley, she scoffs at Hattersley’s statement that people are happy to see older faces on television yet even “the Beeb” was obsessed with youth.

Robinson goes on to say that younger women use their beauty as currency, and that there’s nothing wrong with it. Speaking of newsreader Selina Scott, Robinson says, “I’m not saying she wasn’t good, but that’s how she came into the job. And women do often come into the job because they’re young and beautiful. Girls get a much better crack of the whip when they’re younger than men do.”

Reporters seem to react in one of two ways: 1) Why would she lie about having a second facelift when she’s been quite open about hard facts of life like her alcoholism and failed marriages or 2) Why in the world does she feel the need to not only have another facelift, raising the standard by which all women are judged, but then to lie about it, leading ordinary women to believe that they’re somehow inherently “not good enough.”

The general public doesn’t seem to be as concerned as the media. The most common reaction is, to paraphrase, “Who cares if she had another facelift? It’s her money, she can do what she likes with it.” Which may be the healthiest attitude of all.

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Eyelash Transplants

Posted on 12. Aug, 2009.

After centuries of wishing for longer lashes and eventually reconciling themselves to the use of artificial eyelashes and mascara, the women of the world have finally found a way to have longer, fuller lashes naturally. As Transform Cosmetic Surgery reported this week, women have discovered the wonders of eyelash transplants!

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What You Need to Know About Lap Band Surgery

Posted on 04. Aug, 2009.

Obesity has been on the rise in the United States for quite some time. With the fairly recent push toward health and healthier bodies, procedures to help with obesity have become more readily available. The lap band procedure has become more popular in recent years, and it is even advertised in commercials. However, just what is the surgery? Many people may have plenty of questions. (more…)

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Self Liposuction

Posted on 03. Aug, 2009.

People go to great lengths to look good. They eat healthy, exercise a lot and cut out chunks of their body which they don’t quite like with a kitchen knife.

Did you do a double take as you read that last sentence, and go back to check once more just to ensure that you read the right thing? Don’t worry. Most normal, sane, non-knife wielding people would have had trouble with that idea. However, there are some people for whom self liposuction has become the solution to their dissatisfaction with their own body and looks.

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Your Facelift Questions Answered

Posted on 30. Jul, 2009.

Most likely, you have heard of a facelift. You may even know a little about the procedure. In addition, there is a chance that you know someone who has had the surgery. However, how often do you get a chance to have your questions answered? Too often, you concerns are not addressed until you meet with your surgeon. (more…)

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Jenny Lee – The Plastic Surgery Addict

Posted on 13. Jul, 2009.

Jenny Lee Burton is the 21^st century’s answer to Barbie. She is beautiful, blonde and is slowly becoming 100% plastic.

However, Jenny was not always non-biodegradable. In fact, once upon a time, she was the all American girl next door. She was even voted Most Beautiful Girl by her classmates at one point. But like all teenage girls before her, Jenny Lee had a dream. Her dream was to be the most beautiful girl in the world! (Read more about her here)

But, unlike most girls with the same dream, who merely work out, learn how to expertly apply their make-up or dream of being Miss America, Jenny decided to cut to the chase and have her plastic surgeon moonlight as her fairy godmother and give her all her hearts desires, which included a nose that resembled Michael Jackson, lips that had the same pucker as Angelina Jolie’s, Jennifer Aniston’s’ jaw line, Jennifer Lopez’ profile and of course a Double D sized bust line.

Jenny’s plastic surgery romance began at around the age of 20, when her husband at the time would mock her, saying that her breasts were too small and her nose was not shaped right. The constant barrage of insults made Jenny want to change those parts of her body that her husband disliked so much. She had breast implants put in to please her husband, except, the implants got Jenny a lot more attention around town. Her husband soon became jealous of the extra attention Jenny was getting and started insulting her because she had put in implants.

Within a year and a half of her surgery, Jenny’s left implant slipped out and she had to revisit her plastic surgeon to have both implants taken out and replaced. This visit, for all intents and purposes, marks the beginning of Jenny’s modifications to her body. While there to get new implants, Jenny also had a full body liposuction and rhinoplasty done. All of her procedures at the time were still a result of being told by her husband that she was overweight and that her nose was too big.

This set a seed in Jenny’s mind, which grew into a need to constantly improve on her body. No procedure was ever good enough to be the last and no body part was good enough to be left alone.

In her early thirties today, a mother of two and married for the second time, Jenny has undergone 44 plastic surgery related procedures so far, including four rhinoplasty related surgeries, three breast enlargement procedures, liposuction on her hips, arms, stomach, thighs, knees and various other parts of her body, a complete body lift and, of course, botox. On an average, Jenny has spent around $100,000 on her obsession with plastic surgery. (Read more here)

Sadly, not all of her plastic surgery procedures work like a charm, all the time. One of her rhinoplasties resulted in one of her nostrils collapsing, and to this day, Jenny claims she cannot breathe through her nose like most people. There are days, she says, when she has to use cotton swabs to clear her nasal passage, to breathe better. Not doing this can cause nosebleeds and other adverse reactions. Jenny also had complications from a lip implant when the implant in her left lip ripped open, leaving her lower lip crooked.

Jenny is constantly quizzed on her need to modify and tweak her body in keeping with those of celebrities and why she cannot see that she is a beautiful woman in her own right and doesn’t need to go under the knife. In fact, it was these questions and these issues that saw Jenny appear twice on the Oprah Winfrey show (see video) and once on Larry King Live (read transcript).

The first Oprah show, which Jenny was a part of, was centred on a disorder called Body Dismorphic Disorder (BDD) that has been affecting people all across the world for some time now. Studies into the disorder indicate that BDD surfaces in the teenage years of most of the people affected by it, and gradually goes from being a general dislike of a certain aspect of their body to an obsession with the way they look and believing that they do not look like other people.

Jenny is a textbook case of someone who sees themselves as being flawed and sometimes, downright ugly. How people with BDD deal with their condition varies from individual to individual. Some hide away within the walls of their home and leave home only under the most extreme circumstances. Some pick elements of their body that they feel are flawed and decide to change them with plastic surgery to be in line with the looks of someone who the world thinks is beautiful. This is clearly the side of the coin that Jenny Lee has chosen, with her modifying different parts of her body to look like Angelina Jolie and Jennifer Lopez.

When asked by Larry King if she ever planned on stopping modifying the way she looked, Jenny replied that she didn’t believe she would ever stop going under the knife, because she liked the way it made her feel.

Her plastic surgeon, who has been responsible for all her procedures to date and who has not been named, has received a lot of flak from fellow plastic surgeons and the public for encouraging Jenny’s Body Dismorphic Disorder and continuing to nip and tuck as and when Jenny requests it.

When asked what her family and friends think of her plastic surgery addiction and what she is doing to her body, Jenny states that she is not the type of person to ask anyone’s opinion when it comes to what she does with her life and that her family know that, ultimately, it is her life to do with as she pleases.

Jenny aspires to be an actress, and thanks to her plastic surgery obsession, has received a lot of free publicity via talk shows like Oprah and Larry King Live. She has done a bit of modelling and acting over the years as well. See a slideshow of her pictures here.

Read more about Jenny Lee here, here, here and here.

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Liposuction for Men is Growing in Popularity

Posted on 08. Jul, 2009.

Liposuction is one of the most common cosmetic surgical procedures available.  Used mainly by women for a long period of time, the number of males having the procedure is growing rapidly.  Liposuction can be a very effective way of removing fatty deposits from troublesome areas.

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Is a Brow Lift the Right Procedure For You?

Posted on 02. Jul, 2009.

As we age, we begin to see significant changes in our appearance.  This occurs at a different age for all people, and even to differing degrees.  Some people reach their senior years with very few signs of aging, while some people begin to develop creases and wrinkles even in their twenties.

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Permanent Makeup Offers Solutions for Many People

Posted on 15. Jun, 2009.

Permanent makeup is a unique brand of cosmetic surgery.  The procedure itself works through a process called micropigmentation, which essentially means the tattooing of pigments into the upper layer of the dermis.  There are many applications for the procedure, and it has benefits for a wide range of people.

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What is Otoplasty?

Posted on 11. Jun, 2009.

Otoplasty is a relatively common surgical procedure that many people are unaware of.  Also referred to as ear pinning, the surgery is used to reduce the size of large ears or to pin back ears that protrude far from the patient’s head.  Many patients undergoing the procedure are quite young, as the ears are fully grown at the age of four, but many adults have the surgery done as well.

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