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Botox: It's All About Expressing Yourself!

GiggleSugar — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:00:00 -0700

Sarah Haskins has a lot to say about ads targeted to women. Take Botox. What is it really? Well, it's needles in your face releasing botulism and paralyzing all human expression so that asking, "Does this make my ass look big?" doesn't look any different on your face than exclaiming, "The house is on fire." That's all! Express yourself, ladies - by asking your doctor about Botox cosmetic.

Brain Enhancement Anyone?

GiggleSugar — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 12:00:00 -0800

Researchers have discovered a way to grow bigger brains in mice, and they're hoping to use their techniques on people in the near future. A little forward thinking: will brain enhancement injections be the Botox of tomorrow? Hmmm...it's a smart investment!

More food for thought: what celeb or public figure would benefit the most from a brain enhancement? Giggle Girls, discuss!

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Not Fake: Hungary Crowns Miss Plastic Surgery

TresSugar — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:00:00 -0700

Perky contestants vied for the crown of Miss Plastic Hungary this week. Only women who have gone under the knife were invited to participate in the artificial-beauty pageant held in Budapest. Botox wouldn't qualify you, but one contestant's surgically adjusted toes did get her included. Reka Urban, 22, won the (plastic?) crown, and she received an apartment in Budapest as her prize. Check out this video from the contest, and tell me what you make of such an unabashedly fake beauty pageant!

At Last - The Miss Plastic Hungary Beauty Contest

TresSugar — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:00:00 -0700

"Ever had plastic surgery to become beautiful? Are you proud of your body? Would you like to put yourself to the test?"

If so, asks this website, perhaps you should enter the Miss Plastic Hungary beauty pageant where women age 18 – 30 (if you’re above 30 you’re in the “dame” category) can compete against other women who have gone under the knife.

In this Bizarro World contest, unlike in other beauty contests, having gone under the knife is not grounds for disqualification - it’s a contest requirement. Botox, by the way, doesn’t count. "The entry requirement," says Reka Bodis, press director of the pageant, "is a surgical procedure done under general or local anesthesia." It's quite “natural,” she continues, to stage such a contest now that so many beautiful women get plastic surgery and prices are more affordable. Hungary is a tourist destination for many in the UK, where plastic surgery prices can be prohibitively expensive.

The contest is open to non-Hungarian contestants as well as Hungarian beauties and debuts October 9.

Plastic Surgeons: The Economy Is Affecting Us

TresSugar — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:30:00 -0700

“Business has definitely been flat,” says Dr. Brian Kinney, a plastic surgeon from (surprise!) Los Angeles. And he's not talking about his breast augmentation patients.

At the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, plastic surgeons expressed relief that although the economy has contributed to the slowdown of the number of cosmetic procedures in the US last year (falling 12.3 percent to just over 10.2 million), more patients are opting for nonsurgical procedures. Botox, its new competitor Dysport, and soon-to-be-on-the-market muscle-numbing creams will all provide revenue as the demand for invasive surgery wanes ever so slightly. What else is going on in the world of plastic surgery? To find out, read more.

There is one segment of the population in which plastic surgery is on the rise: among nonwhite patients. Describing nonwhites as having long been "underserved," Dr. Julius Few, an African-American plastic surgeon from Chicago, says that when he was growing up, it seemed "unfair" that plastic surgery was available primarily to wealthy white people - but things are changing.

So basically, what we are to take from this news story is that no matter what, plastic surgeons can count on women to spend money enhancing their looks somehow, and now nonwhites, too, have the itch for invasive plastic surgery! Note the rhetoric Dr. Few uses - "underserved, unfair" - as if being able to get plastic surgery were equivalent to getting basic health care.

I wonder sometimes what Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women, would think about the mainstreaming of plastic surgery. Not only do few women critique plastic surgery, but some have in fact embraced it as an almost necessary part of being a woman, like wearing a bra or having a period.

Wolf's discussion of plastic surgery in The Beauty Myth was was under an interesting rubric: violence. Why, she wondered, are so many women willing to spend money they might not have to go under the knife - and even risk death - to have a smaller nose, larger breasts, or conform to a beauty ideal?

What do you feel about the mainstreaming of plastic surgery?

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Girl Crush of the Day: Isabella Rossellini

GiggleSugar — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0700

The divine Isabella Rossellini is not only beautiful (getting genes from Ingrid Bergman didn't hurt) and talented (Blue Velvet, anyone?), but also totally offbeat and funny. Here she is on the Sundance Channel's second installment of its Green Porno series telling us about the fascinating sex life of the limpet sea creature.

Get a load of this: The limpet (a sequential hermaphrodite) starts off sexless. Then it turns female. Next, it's joined by another sexless limpet that turns male. (Are you still with me?) They mate, the female dies, and then the male closest to her turns female himself. Wow. Honestly, Isabella could read the directions on a shampoo bottle and I would be rapt in fascination. And note, all ye who think you need to Botox, lift, and collagen your way into beauty after 40 - this is what gorgeous after forty looks like. (Click here to watch more awesome Green Porno videos.)

Briefing Book! G20 Has Been Good For the Stock Market

CitizenSugar — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:54:46 -0700

Markets rise on hopes that the worst is over for the global economy. - Market Watch
Real World coming to Washington, DC? - Gawker
Nigerian email scam: the real story. - GiggleSugar
Secret teleprompter only tells Obama to say cheese. - Wonkette
Why Botox makes us happy. - Lemondrop
Ireland hit hard by the economic crisis. - Good
Black, lesbian comic Wanda Sykes gets her show on Fox. -Salon
Are Feminists for Life honest? - Feministing

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A Do or a Don't: Male Plastic Surgery

DearSugar — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:00:00 -0800

No matter where you turn, you can't escape photos from the Oscars. I love seeing what the stars wore and how they looked, but one person I can't keep my eyes off of is Mickey Rourke, who has clearly had some work done!

As double standards go, plastic surgery is typically thought of as a female desire, but men have definitely jumped on the Botox, face-lift, even liposuction bandwagon too. I don't know about you, but I like it when men grow old gracefully, so tell me, is male plastic surgery a do or a don't in your eyes?

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Link Time!

DearSugar — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:00:00 -0800

How great should first time sex be with a new partner? - Em & Lo
Check out what men think about women's magazines - The Frisky
Being a mean girl will keep you younger than using botox - Jezebel
Bad kissing is a deal breaker - Tango
Need help updating your online dating profile? Check out these tips - Glamour
Six signs your relationship is over - Divine Caroline
When finances falter, relationships do too - Lemondrop
Teacher fired after giving female students sex advice - gURL sex ed blog

Taekwondo Grannies Will Kick Your Ass

GiggleSugar — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:00:00 -0700

Too much emphasis is placed in our culture on looking young and being able to attract the opposite sex. (Especially for women.) A much overlooked but more important attribute? Being able to kick some ass. That's what these women of a certain age understand. Forget Botox, Restylane injections and face-lifts - how about board-smashing, choke-holding and all around ass-whooping? That, my friend, is the key to eternal youth.