Men Accounted for 40% of the Breast Reduction Surgeries Performed in 2015

According to the latest data from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), Americans really enjoy plastic surgery. In 2015, some 15.9 million surgeries were performed, equalling about one in every 16 Americans. That’s the most plastic surgery that Americans have had in a year, continuing the steady increase in…
Dermatologists Are Thirsting for Dr. Fredric Brandt's Famous Clients
Money-hungry dermatologists are reportedly hustling, in the wake of his suicide, to get a piece of Dr. Fredric Brandt’s famous clientele.
How Do You Know If Your Butt Lift Was ‘Worth It’? Just Ask RealSelf.com
A Seattle-based plastic surgery site that functions like a combination of Yelp and HotOrNot, RealSelf.com claims that it helps “millions make confident health and beauty decisions.” Users of RealSelf, which has been around since 2006, discuss and review cosmetic procedures and the doctors who perform them. From Botox…
'Designer Vaginas' Are Most Popular Among Women Between 18 and 24
Have you been feeling like you should probably pay someone to slice off part of your labia so you can conform to some 100% arbitrary "ideal crotch region" beauty standard that only matters to shitheads and 15-year-old boys whose entire understanding of sex comes from internet porn? Well, you're not alone!
Why Do We Hate Cosmetic Surgery So Freaking Much?
Oh man, cosmetic surgery, right!?? Those people are so embarrassing. All consensually altering their bodies in an effort to feel beautiful and emotionally fortified after spending a lifetime in a grueling culture that hammers into them the message that physical perfection is all that matters and human worth has an…
Eyebrow Implants Are Now a Thing
Despite the best efforts of several haters in the industry, voluminous eyebrows are clinging to the face of fashion like a pair of very glamorous and well-groomed wooly caterpillars. And now, like all good trends, eyebrow mania has spawned its very own Capitol-esque beauty procedure: eyebrow implants. This is…
China's Female Workers Turning to Cosmetic Surgery to Stay Competitive
You know how at the beginning of a Nip/Tuck episode some apparently INSANE person would stroll into the office and explain in a pathos-evoking way how she needed to have roughly the facial bone structure of a Bengal tiger if she wanted to keep her job as the madam of an animorph-themed bordello in Nevada? “These…
Going Under The Knife Might Make You Look Younger, But Not Hotter
If you were in the market for a facelift in order to catch the eye of cuties at some Da Club or another, cancel your Troy/McNamara appointment. A new study that asked a group of people to evaluate plastic surgery patients before or after their procedures shows that while they're generally thought to look around three…
What K-Pop Has to Do With South Korea's Plastic Surgery Obsession
Almost the entirety of the non-white world is plagued with the never-ending desire to appear as "western" as possible. Whether that means whitening creams in India, blond hair in Egypt, or eyelid fold procedures in South Korea, the western (read: caucasian) beauty standard has permeated across virtually all…
Haunting, Painful Images From Plastic Surgery Recovery Rooms in Korea
As previously discussed, South Korea has the highest per capita rates of plastic surgery in the world. We've seen plenty of smiley, radiant "after" photos, but artist Ji Yeo has taken "right after" pictures: Haunting photographs of women in recovery rooms, bruised, bandaged, wounded.
When Did Beyoncé Get a Nose Job?
Let's agree to disagree with the WoW Report, since they're claiming that Beyoncé is "veering into Michael Jackson territory" with her nose. But can we all agree that it sucks when standards of beauty are completely unattainable without a scalpel? Whether it's in this country or another, whether it's a thinner nose or …
I Can't Stop Looking at These South Korean Women Who've Had Plastic Surgery
There's a full-length mirror and a scale on every single floor of the all-girls high school where Julia Lurie works. She's an American teaching English in South Korea, the country with the highest per capita rate of plastic surgery in the world. One in five women in Seoul have undergone some kind of procedure. Most…
