Plastic surgeons are some of society’s most valuable professionals. each day they meet with patients who are tired of looking a certain way, and each day they explain and diagram how they can give their patients the look they want. The field of cosmetic surgery has advanced so much that there is virtually no sculpting job that can’t be done. As long as the patient is perfectly happy and meets other criteria, any part of their body they want to alter can be done in a relatively short amount of time. some people may only want to alter a small portion for their bodies. No matter what the ultimate goal is, plastic surgeons are more skilled and equipped to handle their patients’ demands today than they were in the past.
Contrary to popular belief, cosmetic and plastic surgery is more than just a physical operation. Most patients make the decision to undergo a particular procedure based on the kind of results they are looking to achieve. what many fail to take into consideration is how the procedure ultimately affects their lives. The effects are more than physical. Long after recovery, anyone who has been to plastic surgeons for their assistance will notice that the way they look at life has changed. gone will be the negative emotions and feelings that contributed to their previous state of mind. an increase in feelings of confidence and self worth is now dominant. Thanks to the skill and expertise of plastic surgeons all around the world, cosmetic surgery patients have more personal satisfaction, which permeates into every aspect of their life.
Instead of falling for every commercial or advertisement that promises to make you feel and look better if you take their product for many months, you can take a more cavalier approach that will give you more immediate results. many commercial products and supplements can take a significant amount of time for the user to see any kind of result. Even then, they are not guaranteed to see the result they desire. Cosmetic and plastic surgery is very affordable and more readily available more than ever to anyone who is interested in it.
There is no need to feel as if the answers to all of your body image problems are out of reach because they are not. there are thousands of qualified and experienced board certified plastic surgeons who can meet your needs.
No matter where you live, there is someone you can see to help you determine if sculpting is right for you. The service that these professionals provide to society can’t be replaced. Studies show that the more satisfied and confident a person is about their body and physical appearance, the better they will be able to socialize, perform tasks, communicate and the more satisfied they will feel with their life regardless of the situation. Regain your lost confidence and see how well cosmetic surgery can impact your life for the better.
Adrienne Maloof, star of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, is splitting from her plastic surgeon husband Dr. Paul Nassif. what caused the rift? Read on to find out.
After nine years , three kids and two reality shows together, Adrienne Maloof and Dr. Paul Nassif are throwing in the towel on their marriage.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star and her Dr. 90210 hubby bickered nonstop throughout the first two seasons of the hit show, but it usually seemed good-natured.
“There is no other person,” a source explained to RadarOnline. “It’s for a variety of reasons that they are contemplating separation. Adrienne was dragged through the dirt during filming of the upcoming season, and it really wore on her. Paul and Adrienne have always fought, it’s how they were as a couple. However, at this point, they realize that they are just want very different things, and neither one of them is happy in the marriage.”
Maloof herself offered a vague explanation pointing to the couple’s three sons. “I’m so sorry that this is happening but my children are my life and sometimes we need to do what’s best for them,” she told RadarOnline.
“It’s an unfortunate situation but, I have to have my kids’ best interest at heart.”
Nassif spent the weekend tweeting about the Summer Olympics but has not yet commented on the split.
The couple plans to file for legal separation early this week. They wed in 2002.
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So, you’re thinking about purchasing, or you currently have, an HMO health insurance plan. you read the nice brochure and the coverage looks like just what you’ve been looking for. They tell you great things up front, and show you pretty color pictures of happy people using their plan. So what could be wrong? why not purchase their plan? There are a number of things that they tell you that are 1/2 truths, and the most important things they won’t tell you at all. If you already have an HMO, compare the 10 points below to how you have been treated with your plan. It should help make sense of it all. If you are thinking of purchasing one, beware.
1. the less your doctor sees you, the more he earns. – One of the great things about joining a health maintenance organization is the convenience. you visit the doctor, the HMO pays for it. Most of the time there isn’t a single form you fill out. but how is your HMO doctor really getting paid? you might be surprised.
Sixty percent of all managed-care plans, including HMO’s and preferred provider organizations, now pay their primary-care doctors through some sort of capitation system, according to the Physician Payment Review Commission in Washington, D.C. this is, rather than simply pay any bill presented to them by your doctor, most HMOs pay their physicians a set amount every month- a fee for including you among their patients. at Chicago’s GIA Primary Care Network, for instance, physicians get $8.43 each month for every male patient between the ages of 25 and 44, and $10.09 for every female patient between the ages of 20 and 24.
You could argue that these capitation programs are an incentive to keep you healthy: Even if you don’t need your doctor, he or she gets paid. but what you need to look out for are the additional financial incentives that come with some capitated payment systems. Some HMOs, such as Oxford Health Plans, Cigna and Aetna, have withhold Systems, in which a percentage of the doctors’ monthly fees are withheld and then reimbursed if they keep their referral rates low enough. others, like U.S. Healthcare, pay bonuses for low referral rates. Still others, such as Health Net, have so-called risk pools, whereby primary doctors get a lump sum on top their capitation rate to pay for any patent test or specialist referrals. Anything left over is their bonus. Capitation is the strongest reason not to recommend a patient to specialist, contends Carolyn Clancy, director of the Center for Primary Care Research at Agency for Health Care Policy and Research in Rockville, Md.
The pressure to avoid specialist can be considerable, says Dr. Lee fisher, a family physician in West plan Beach, Fla. When he was with CareFlorida, a regional HMO, it was withholding 20 percent of his pay every month, coughing up the money only if he kept referrals low or didn’t order too many test or X-rays. Ultimately, Fischer decided to drop out of HMOs altogether. We were devoting more and more time to a small pool of patients, and we weren’t getting paid very much for it, he says. a spokesman says that when CareFlorida merged with Foundation Health in 1994, it overhauled its capitation system. It’s likely that he would not have this same issue if he were contracting with CareFlorida today, the spokesman claims.
2. your primary-care doctor is your specialist. – Everybody wants a doctor who’s versatile, but sometimes, in their effort to rein in cost, HMOs really overdo it. how? by pushing their primary-care doctor to take on the additional duties of being a specialist. Specialist immediately attack a problem with expensive procedures, says David Scroggins, a medical=industry management consultant with Clayton L. Scroggins Associates. consequently, HMOs put in the primary care physician’s contract a broader scope of responsibilities.
Dr. David Himmelstein, a Boston-area primary care physician, has seen these contracts time and time again. It’s typically vague, you’re-responsible-for-everything type of language, he says. Some are even set up to reduce a doctors monthly pay if he refers you outside for work that was reasonably available in his own office, says Scoggins.
The result is that you’ll have primary-care physicians either doing procedures for which they’re not adequately trained or, more commonly, just cutting corners. They’ll do a flexible sigmoidoscopy-in-serting a tube for a colon-cancer check-instead of referring you to a gastroenterologist. or maybe they’ll aggressively prescribe antibiotics for ear or sinus infections instead of sending you to an ear, nose and throat specialist. What can you do? Speak up. If you don’t pester your primary-care doctor for specialist referrals, you may never get them.
3. your health is a numbers game to us. – Everybody knows HMOs have guidelines for the types of treatment they’ll allow and the length of care you’re entitled to. That’s how they keep their cost down. but did you ever wonder where most of them get those guidelines? Actuaries.
That’s right: Number crunchers at actuarial firms such as Milliman & Robertson collect historical care data and perform outcome studies on different procedures and lengths of stay. then they provide the information to HMOs to be used industry standards. So never mind how you’re feeling. If you’ve had a Caesarean section, according to Milliman, you should leave the hospital within 48 hours. You’ve had a stroke? You’re typically headed home within three days, even if you can’t walk out on your own.
It sound more than a little cold, well, that’s because it is. There’s no scientific basis for actuarial guidelines, says Carolyn Clancy. any guidelines are based on someone’s ‘expert opinion,’ and that may come from a variety of perspectives.
And make no mistake: These guidelines are strictly enforced. Lee Wesner, an electronics-manufacturing manager with Comsat, had a pinched nerve and needed back surgery. the condition was so bad that he was losing the use of his foot and was actually dragging it. Delaying an operation could cause serious damage said his orthopedic specialist, Dr. Neil Kahanovitz, who asked Wesner’s health plan, Jefferson Pilot, to approve the surgery. Kahanovitz was told that the condition had only persisted for four weeks and that Wesner had to wait the recommended six weeks.
The denial was based on a nontreating physician’s interpretation of guidelines, Kahanovitz contends. the other doctor Failed to appreciate that the guidelines were designed to be used as exactly that, i.e., guidelines for proper, timely and appropriate care. Kahanovitz later performed the operation and Wesner recovered. Still, the surgeon says; my patient needlessly suffered for two more weeks. a Jefferson-Pilot spokesman responds that the company looks at each case individually and that it considers its guidelines appropriate.
4. our exclusions could kill you. – willing to try an experimental medical procedure? If you’re in an HMO, good luck. many not only frown on experimental or non-FDA procedures, they strictly forbid them. Take bone-marrow transplants. In general they’re performed for leukemia patients, says Dr. Martin Malawer, a Washington, D.C., orthopedic oncology surgeon. but for the last 10 years they’ve also been proven to be effective treatment for breast cancer, although it’s not an FDA-approved treatment. Because of this, many HMOs he deals with won’t pay for it. Malawer thinks the logic is flawed. Standards of care developed over time, and these HMOs are impeding such developments. he says. by all means, you should spend a few minutes scanning the fine print of your enrollee contract. That’s where your HMO’s rules about these procedures are spelled out. Chances are your contract will also explain that the policy covers only medically necessary treatments.
Unfortunately, that phase is wide open to interpretation, notes Dr. Laura Sudarsky, a plastic surgeon practicing in new City, N.Y. She recently saw an asthmatic patient whose Oxford Health Plans primary-care physician recommended breast-reduction surgery. It’s not uncommon for asthmatics to have breast reductions-it alleviates some of the weight on the chest wall- but before Sudarsky could operate, the HMO denied the procedure. Oxford said it did not meet their criteria for reconstructive surgery, Sudarsky says. Tom Travers, vise president of health xcare delivery at Oxford, declines to comment on that case specifically. However, he adds, There’s no little black box into which we’re putting health care and coming out with 20-30 percent savings. It’s got to come from squeezing unnecessary services out of the health care dollar.
5. You’re not sick until we say you’re sick. – Most HMOs Demand Pre-approval for just about any care you get. for just about any care you get, whether it’s simple referral to see a specialist or an emergency. why? It’s clear that the approval process is a hurdle to reduce procedures and referrals, says David Himmelstein. It’s not the turndown that’s the issue. It’s the hassle it makes for the doctors.
Eric Jung, a Bellcore computer programmer, knows this firsthand. last summer, he was on his way back to new Jersey from Rhode Island when disaster struck. After stopping to eat, he was overcome with sudden and extreme diarrhea. I realized I wasn’t going to make it home, he says. then I realized I wasn’t going to make it to the bathroom. After the initial onslaught, he says, he passed out by the side of the road and, delirious, he was taken by his girlfriend to an emergency room in Summir, N.J.
Jung thought he followed all the claim-filling rules of his HMO, PruCare: he called his primary doctor within 24 hours of his ER visit and left a detailed message. Yet a month later, he got a $541 bill from the hospital and one for $259 from the doctor, saying that PruCare had denied it. the HMO’s explanation: the emergency-room visit hadn’t been pre-authorized.
In the end, Jung got reimbursed for the hospital charges. but it took five months of phone calls and letters, and, as of mid-January, there was still some dispute as to whether PruCare had followed through on its promise to finally pay the doctor’s bill. Responds Kevin Heine, a spokesman for Prucare: When he field his appeal, PruCare said they would notify him of the decision. In early December, he was informed that the facility portion would be taken care of and that PruCare was still examining the doctor portion of the bill. Would we have liked this process to have been quicker? the answer is yes.
6. your ignorance is our bliss. – Managed-care providers are all too happy to tell you about some things, like their coverage on well-baby care or their $125 reimbursement for new eyeglasses. but for the most part, they treat the really important information like a state secret.
How many patients have dropped out of their plan in the past year? are doctors paid on a capitation system? how good are the doctors? We ask these questions of six different HMOs and only two – United Healthcare and Oxford- could provide any answers. you would like to know that you percentages for surviving a heart attack, based on all the variables, are better with one plan that another, says Robert Krughoff, president of the advocacy group Consumers’ checkbook. this is exactly the kind of comparison shopping you won’t be able to do among plans.
About the only place for general information on HMOs right now is the National Committee for Quality Assurance. this Washington, D.C., managed-care-industry watchdog collects various performance data on HMOs and provides it to employers. the group, which is just beginning to market its information to consumers, also runs a reasonably helpful World Wide Web sire (http;//www.nega.org), where you can look up when your HMO was last audited and whether it has the NCQA seal of approval. but it pretty much ends there. want to see your HMO’s actual performance data? sorry, that’s not available to the public. another negative: only about half of all HMOs have volunteered fro an NCQA audit so far. It’s an evolving field, and it’s very young, concedes Barry Scholl, an NCQA spokesman. I mean, it’s embryonic.
7. We’re loose with the facts. – you call your HMO’s toll-free number and get a cheerful-sounding representative who answers you claim question promptly and with authority. but when you do what she suggests, the HMO denies your claim.
Sound familiar? It happens all the time. a recent study of HMOs by the new York City public advocate found that the companies; telephone representatives often gave out badly misleading advice. five of the 12 HMOs surveyed, for instance, claimed that all of their physicians were board-certified, an exaggeration of up to 25 percent. When a customer-service representative at one HMO was asked if she understood what board-certified meant, she replied, It means they graduated from medical school. (In fact, it means the doctor has completed a period of post medical-school training and passed an exam in his or her specialty.)
The study pointed out at number of other problems. Representatives gave inconsistent information about the number of allowable specialist visits for instance. And they gave out wrong advice about how soon you have to notify the HMO after an emergency.
Robert Krughoff, for one, wasn’t terribly surprised by the study’s findings. his group has done its own surveys and found, among other things, that doctor turnover is often much higher than the numbers claimed by HMOs. you should never accept their statements at face value, he says. without auditing, HMO data is meaningless.
8. We use second-rate parts. – top shelf doesn’t quite describe the hip or knee replacements you may get from an HMO. In fact, generic may be more like it. HMOs will often use less-expensive versions of medical devices, observes surgeon Malawer, who consults with several medical-device companies. In fact, there are entire product lines developed for the HMO market. Although there’s a constant stream of new devices coming into the marked, don’t count on getting the latest rechnology, either. There are often better medical devices on the market than are being used, but HMOs are engaged in a policy of silent rationing, argues Steve Speil, a spokesman for the Health industry Manufacturers Association. They don’t tell the patient about the alternatives because they would have to spend the extra money.
How can you tell if you’re getting the real thing or a house brand? Ask how it’s made. Most implants are made by either a forging or a casting process, says Dr. Charles Miller, professor of orthopedic surgery at the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. Forging is much, much stronger. for major work, such as hip replacements, these less expensive cast implants are not appropriate, he adds.
9. Send you to an expensive therapist? are you Crazy? – Treating mental health is one of the trickiest issues for any insurer, whether it’s a fee-for-service plan or an HMO. how much therapy, after all is really enough?
Unfortunately, some HMO critics say, managed-care companies have an easy answer to that question: very little. Their response is often to prescribe medication instead of therapy, because it’s so much less expensive, says Russ Newman, an executive director at the American Psychological Association. Medication is not an improper treatment, he adds. It’s just that [in some cases] therapy is being completely excluded.
Dr. Edward Gordon, president of the new York State Psychiatric Association, cites a recent case involving a severely dysfunctional family enrolled in the Physicians Health Services HMO. the father had drug and alcohol problems and was threatening his wife. Their child was suffering from learning disabilities and chronic depression. Gordon would have recommended family counseling at least once a week. but the HMO- whose mental-health care was administered by a separate company, CMG health allowed only four visits each for the mother and child during a three-month period. Meanwhile, the two were put on antidepressant drugs. CMG has a reputation for being single-mindedly focused on reducing services, says Gordon. Responds Alan Shusterman, chairman and CEO of CMG, We are hard-nosed, but not about cost; [not are we] antipsychiatry. We’re very aggressive about trying to get patient the most efficient and effective care possible.
10. Unhappy? go ahead, just try to sue us. – since doctors have long been a magnet fro mal practice suits, you might think that HMOs-which often dictate treatment- would now be taking their share of litigation hits. but not so, for most HMOs have been cloaked with a protected status rivaling that of the spotted owl.
For many HMOs offered through large or midsize employers, state law is superseded by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (Erisa). Because Erisa was originally intended to regulate employee pension plans, there isn’t much specific to health-plan regulation and, as a result, the legislation makes lawsuits against a health plan an uphill and unprofitable battle. For starters, any suit against your Erisa-governed HMO is properly a matter of federal law. being federal law, it’s more-ambiguous legal terrain and there are fewer [plaintiff's attorneys available, says Mark Heiplerm a California civil litigator who has successfully sued several California HMOs. Worse, under Erisa you have no chance at any punitive-damage award. All the HMO has to do is pay for the disputed claim with no interest paid, says Carol O'Brien, a senior attorney with the America Medical Association. There's only the possibility of attorneys fees and cost (of treatment) but no damages.
Three exceptions: If you're a participant in a government plan or a plan sponsored by a tax-exempt organization, or if you buy your health insurance n your own (not through an employer), you plan is not covered by Erisa. under these circumstances you have the potential to be awarded both bad-faith and punitive damages, says Hiepler. otherwise, you're out of luck.
Health Insurance can be very tricky. Arm yourself by reading the policy exclusions and limitations before you buy their plan. Most insurance companies will reluctantly give you a sample policy before you buy if you ask them. Always remember. they are in business to make money, anyway they can.
This article would seem funny, except for the fact that it is true.
I have written several other articles on related subjects for your information and caution. Shop wisely.
Choosing the appropriate breast implant type, shape, and size is the essential first step when considering breast augmentation surgery. Today, there are various types of breast implants on the market. Implants come in a variety of shapes, sizes, and textures, says Dr. Usha Rajagopal, a board certified plastic surgeon in San Francisco. As a female plastic surgeon, Dr. Rajagopal sees a lot of patients who are interested in breast augmentation and breast lift surgery. Many patients feel more comfortable seeing a female plastic surgeon for breast augmentation surgeries, explains Dr. Rajagopal.
Dr. Rajagopal suggests that women who are considering breast augmentation surgery research the following topics regarding breast implants on their own in addition to asking in depth questions during their consultation with a board certified plastic surgeon.
Types of implants: Saline and silicone breast implants are the most common types of implants used for breast augmentation. Saline implants are filled with a saline solution, which is simply sterile water. These implants cost a little less than silicone implants. Silicone implants have a cohesive silicone gel inside. their texture is more firm than saline implants.
Insertion Methods: Implants can be inserted three ways: through the armpit, via an incision made underneath the breast, and through an incision made around the areola (the dark skin around the nipple). Silicone implants come pre-filled, so only saline implants can be inserted from a tiny incision in the armpit or from around the areola. for saline implants, the saline solution is pumped into the implant shell after it has been placed in the desired spot inside the breast. Dr. Rajagopal prefers to insert implants, including saline breast implants, from an incision underneath the breast fold. This insertion method allows the surgeon to have more control over placement of the implant.
Placement: Breast implants can be placed either underneath the chest muscle (pectoral muscle) or on top of it. Dr. Rajagopal prefers to place the implant underneath the muscle and does so for most of her patients. Placing the implants underneath the muscle produces a more natural look. This type of placement is believed to reduce the chances of developing capsular contracture (hardening of the breast due to scar tissue).
Textures and Shapes: Breast implants can have a textured surface or a smooth surface and come in either round or tear dropped shapes. Typically, tear dropped shape implants are textured to help them remain in place. if round implants happen to rotate later on inside the breast, the round shape of the implant does not distort the appearance of the breast. Manufacturers of textured implants also claim that a textured surface reduces the chances of developing hardening of the breast (capsular contracture), although there is no medical proof to back-up that claim. Dr. Rajagopal prefers to use smooth round implants for her breast augmentation patients.
Natrelle Pre-Consultation Kits – Try different breast implant sizes before you see the plastic surgeon: Allergan, the manufacturer of silicone and saline breast implants, offers a pre-consultation kit for breast augmentation. the Natrelle Pre-Consultation Kit comes with different sized inserts and a profile bra for women to try on to see what breast size best suits their body. Women can experiment with different breast sizes under various outfits privately at home. the kit also comes with an educational DVD and booklet.
Natrelle Kits can be purchased from your plastic surgeon’s office or online at http://www.natrelle.com/ for $39.99. Allergan is also the manufacturer of BOTOX Cosmetic, Juvederm, and Latisse.
LONDON (AP) – Juliana waited an extra four years to make her Olympic debut because of an injury that knocked her out of the Beijing Games two days before the opening ceremonies.
Reunited with longtime partner Larissa, the Brazilians finally earned a spot on the beach volleyball podium.
“I am very happy that I got a medal,” Juliana said after the reigning world champions rallied from a first-set loss to beat China in the bronze medal match on Wednesday night. “It's not gold. but for us, it's gold.”
The top-seeded team in the tournament and the champions of the world tour six times in the past seven years, the Brazilians were deprived of a chance to play in Beijing by Juliana's injury and knocked out of the gold medal game in London by Americans April Ross and Jennifer Kessy. The U.S. team played in the gold medal match later Wednesday against two-time gold medalists and fellow Californians Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings.
After losing the first set 21-11 in a scant 17 minutes, Brazil was just two points from defeat when it rallied to win the second set 21-19 and then took the third 15-12 to beat Xue Chen and Zhang Xi. The Chinese team, which split up after winning bronze in Beijing, reunited in 2010 and was hoping for second straight medal.
“Whether it's the semifinals or this game, we lost. That's the disappointment,” Xue said. “We think we have great improvement. We can't judge just from the final points. We've been through many difficulties through these four years, so the good point is we've been through the process and got through the process together.”
Brazil is the top-seeded team in the world, as it was in 2008 before Juliana tore her anterior cruciate ligament leading up to the Summer Games. Larissa played with a substitute and finished tied for fifth.
“Before I went to bed last night, I said, 'Larissa, I'm very proud to play with you at the Olympics,” Juliana said. “Not for the result, but for the experience.”
The victory in the bronze medal match assured Brazil, which has never won fewer than two medals since the sport joined the Olympics in 1996, of two more medals in London. Emanuel and Alison are in the men's gold medal match on Thursday and guaranteed at least silver.
“An Olympic medal means a lot to Brazilians and the athletes,” Larissa said. “This medal is very important for our careers. We've waited eight years and we needed this medal.”
The Chinese led the second set 19-16 before Brazil won five consecutive points to take the set and even the match. Juliana celebrated by running from the net to the end line and spraying sand onto the cameramen and photographers beyond the boards.
Brazil opened a 6-2 lead in the third set and led 13-9 before China cut the deficit to two points and Brazil called a timeout. The Brazilians moved one point from victory when Zhang spiked it long.
“It's something that can always happen,” Xue said. “One point can change the entire match.”
After one match-point save, Larissa poked it to the corner of the court for the victory, her hat flying off as she jumped.
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As a practicing plastic surgeon in Dallas for over 20 years, I meet women every month who would very much would like to improve their appearance. many have waited years to get up the courage to make an appointment. others have been so involved with caring for others there has never been time or financial resources to have anything done. many finally get up the determination but three concerns get in the way:1) Is it possible to have the shape and size I want?
2) Isn’t it going to cost a fortune?
3) How much down-time is required and does anyone have to know?
To allow women to make the leap of faith and pursue their dreams, we put together our first every Vectra Saturday event on Saturday August 25th from 9am to 1pm.
You may be asking, what is Vectra? The Vectra is the latest 3D medical imaging technology by Canfield that uses 6 cameras to photograph a patient. Regional Plastic Surgery Center is proud to be one of the first practices to offer this newest imaging technology that has been featured on “The Doctors”. once the Vectra photograph has been taken the Vectra system allows a plastic surgeon and woman to look at a three-dimensional picture of what her appearance might be like after breast enhancement surgery. One can even check out the possibilities of different sized and shaped implants.
We will be offering a one on one consultation with the Vectra imaging process and Dr Watumull (a $150 value) at no charge for the first 10 who book their consultation.
To welcome you as a new patient and make this affordable, we are also offering a $750 reduction off our normal prices for any cosmetic breast surgery booked that day.
Due to the high demand for the promotion discount on breast enhancement procedures and limited numbers of appointments please call Leah today at972-470-5000 ext. 203 to book your appointment.
Please join us on Saturday August 25th. We would love to get to meet you and learn more about what we can do to help accomplish your goals!
It looks like Kris Jenner got her lips injected for what looks like a TV stunt for the new season of Keeping up with the Kardashians, however Kris Jenner told The Today show that she didn’t get her lips injected, she just woke up one morning looking like that! Supposedly this medical mystery is explained on KUWTK, but her lips are now back to looking normal. (It sounds like it was an allergic reaction.)
One things to be said for the Kardashian-Jenner girls is that they normally don’t go around with over-inflated balloon lips.
The matriarchal momager has had some work done, though and it’s not one of those “has she, or hasn’t she?” situations. She actually took the E! cameras into the procedure last year before Kim’s short marriage to Kris Humphries. She said she felt she needed to “freshen up” for the wedding.
Good thing she did take the cameras in because otherwise it would be hard to prove she’d had anything done. That’s a good thing because too dramatic before-and-after facelifts can be a nightmare. although she seems to have the same face we’re guessing the skin got pulled a little tighter so the 55-year-old can keep a fresher look for longer. The best plastic surgeons in Hollywood always say that a LOT more stars have had work done than the public even knows; the ones who get the good surgery you can’t ever tell (unless it’s a noticeably different, but still attractive nose. Apparently the Megan Fox nose is a best seller.)
Before and after pics of Kris Jenner’s face are below the E! video. Her plastic surgeon is Garth Fisher M.D. for anyone interested:
Evelyn Lozado says Ocho need professional help – Straight from the AHas ringing the NY Stock Exchange bell ever been so fraught with understated emotion? – CelebitchyAll the Reality show rumors you can handle –Reality TeaHell hath no fury: Woman slowly poisons dude via eyedrops –JezebelIs Katy Perry just using John Mayer for sex? –Celeb Baby Laundry
In Southern California, especially in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, plastic surgery is no longer a luxury but a way of life. Men and women of Beverly Hills and Los Angeles use plastic surgery to enhance their facial features or to achieve the figure that they always wanted, but could not achieve with just exercise or dieting.
Many factors have contributed to the popularity of plastic surgery in Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, including:
oPlastic surgery has become socially accepted way of improving one’s self.
oPlastic Surgery financing and a relative fall in plastic surgery procedure costs or fees has made cosmetic surgery more affordable.
oAdvances in plastic surgery techniques have made plastic surgery recovery speedy, minimizing time loss from work or school.
oAdvance in plastic surgery anesthesia have made plastic surgery procedures less painful and their recovery more comfortable.
oPlastic Surgery has transcended all social, and cultural barriers. Today’s Beverly Hills and Los Angeles women who have plastic surgery come from all ethnic backgrounds- Caucasian, Hispanic, African-American, Asian, and Middle-Eastern.
What are the most popular plastic surgery procedures for Women in Beverly Hills & Los Angeles?
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgery Statistics the most popular plastic surgery procedures among women in Southern California, including Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, are breast augmentation, liposuction, nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, and tummy tuck. Non-surgical plastic surgery procedures such as Botox injection, chemical peel, and laser hair removal have surpassed surgical procedures in prevalence.
To achieve the perfect body, Beverly Hills and Los Angeles women are working out, eating right, and having plastic surgery. Young women who never developed full breasts are having saline or silicone breast implants to augment and enhance the size and shape of their breasts. Mothers whose bodies have gone through changes with pregnancy are having tummy tuck, liposuction, and breast augmentation with breast lift, in order to regain their youthful figure.
To achieve facial harmony and youth, women are seeking Facial Plastic Surgery. Procedures such as nose reshaping and eyelid surgery are now being performed with minimal downtime and discomfort, and with an emphasis on attaining a natural look.
What are the most popular plastic surgery procedures for Men in Beverly Hills & Los Angeles?
The most popular plastic surgery procedures among men in Beverly Hills and Los Angeles are nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, liposuction, hair transplantation, and male breast reduction. Professional men find facial plastic surgeries such as eyelid surgery, nose reshaping and hair restoration, necessary for maintaining their competitive edge in the Sales world. Like women, men are also seeking liposuction to shape their bodies. this gives them the confidence and self esteem to exceed in business as well as in their personal lives.
It looks like in the last picture that what I’ve heard must be true that Pataky has had a butt implant. is there any reall natural beauty about that woman?
It seems like plastic surgery is more acceptable these days, and I’m not knocking it if you have something you want to improve, and you have the money, I guess go for it. But sometimes isn’t natural beauty better? I don’t know maybe when the years go by, we’ll all rethink getting surgery. especially if you want to work in Hollywood.
The Best Actor race is getting crowded this week, with Tommy Lee Jones in Hope Springs and now, Richard Gere in Arbitrage. The timely pic is a chilling illustration of the way powerful people use other people to get what they want out of life and usually win. The screenplay is flawless; no character gets the short shrift. Every line crackles with Mamet-like intensity. It will surely be among the best original screenplays this year.
The film feels particularly poignant now, with an election that is positioning the rich against the middle class. In Arbitrage, integrity — laid squarely on the antihero (Richard Gere) — is conquered by the better game. because the script is played out like a chess game, every move is deliberate. I love movies like this because I know that a couple more viewings will reveal patterns I missed the first time.
Writer/Director Nicholas Jarecki has mastered the golden rule of showing, not telling, when it comes to revealing the motivations of the characters in the film. those who have a moral center must eventually suffer from one man’s thirst for power. It isn’t that Gere’s character is bad guy, particularly, but he plays the rotten game the way it needs to be played in order for him to come out on top. he appears to have a conscience and yet he must act in conflict with it. Gere pulls this off beautifully, so much so that we are never really sure who or what he is.
Nearly stealing the show from Gere is newcomer Nate Parker as Jimmy. Parker has simmering charisma and is another character who takes a while to get to know. Jarecki has layered each of them with a backstory, enough so that you know them, even down to the throwaway role of the judge. But the dynamic between Parker and Gere is really what drives this film. Sarandon and Brit Marling (as Gere’s daughter) are also pivotal, memorable characters.
Gere is on fire — walking the fine line between desperation and total control, he seems to embody the power elite on Wall Street. 90% successful, 10% on the brink of disaster. of course he’ll get away with murder, practically, but this movie is about the 10%. By the end of the film, it feels like vertigo — you’ve just gone too high with someone who has no idea that there even are limits to corruption. all that matters in his world is that he gets away with it.
Hopefully Jarecki is going to be around for a while — he joins Behn Zeitlin, J.C. Chandor and Lena Dunham as the most promising young filmmakers of their generation so far. Keep those doors open, Hollywood. this is the kind of talent we need to foster.
By JIMMY GOLENAP Sports Writer
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