Topic: plastic-surgery

Magazines Rejected Images Of Muffin Tops Because They Were “Unpalateable”

Look at the images above. Do you find them “aesthetically unpalatable?” Magazines do, and they wanted them replaced with pictures of bikini models. More »

Amanda Bynes Explains Her Nose Job

Despite her recent streak of bizarre Twitter rants and eerie photos, Amanda Bynes just explained her nose job in a refreshingly honest way. More »

Photoshop Of Horrors: The Miss Korea Contestants Do Not Look The Same Because Of Plastic Surgery

Remember when those photos of the Miss [South] Korea 2013 contestants made waves because it looked like they’d all had plastic surgery to get the same face? And everyone believed the Reddit user who posted them, because he claimed to live in Seoul, and because one fifth of South Korean women get plastic surgery, so it seemed reasonable that more than one fifth of South Korean beauty pageant finalists would have had plastic surgery? More »

Do All The Miss Korea Contestants Look The Same Because Of Plastic Surgery?

It’s no secret that plastic surgery is incredibly common in South Korea. One in five South Korean women undergoes some kind of cosmetic procedure in her lifetime, and blogs like Korean Plastic Surgery chronicle the intense surgeries purchased by many women to fit a certain narrow ideal of beauty. More »

Liz Jones Is Injecting Fat Into Her Hands

When Nora Ephron felt bad about her neck, she bought some turtlenecks and wrote a fairly amusing book on the subject. When Liz Jones felt bad about her hands she went out and injected fat from her own bottom into them. And it worked out great! More »

Guess What Percentage Of Men Want Their Partner To Get Plastic Surgery

Oh, go on. Just guess. Guess what percentage of men wish their partner would get plastic surgery. More »

Chin Implants Are The New Boob Jobs

Thought about a chin implant? Sure you have. Probably during all those times you’ve been sitting around to yourself thinking “yes, I’m attractive, but would be considerably more so if I looked exactly like Jay Leno.” But, no, really, chin implants are a real thing that real people are doing. But look, here’s what could happen… More »

Check Out This Disturbing Plastic Surgery Themed Editorial In Noi.se Magazine (NSFW)

Jordan Almen by Baard Lunde for NOI.SE No.29

Of all the self-referential ways the fashion world comments on itself, plastic surgery-themed editorials are one of the best. That’s because most efforts at self-referentiality come off self-indulgent and un-self-critical, while it’s pretty much impossible for a decent plastic surgery themed editorial to do that. The imagery of plastic surgery is so grotesque that it makes you think “hey, that’s awful!” even if you still want to look like the model therein. These photos “expose” the price of beauty, if you can call it that.

It also just appeals to my gothic sensibilities, because once you’ve grown up listening to Marilyn Manson you will never not enjoy a photo that combines the glamorous with the macabre. Additionally, it echoes a Suicidegirls photoset published during that site’s heyday, which was humorous and compelling enough to still be stuck in my mind seven years later. More »