Plastic surgery- a new life or a nightmare??

Recently on TV i had been watching a show which proved how plastic surgery can help unhappy girls regain their natural faces. Scared or disfigured from birth or as a result of some mishap when they were little, these scars were in the way of living a happy life. They regarded themselves as not worthy of marriage or living in normal society and, of course, money being the main object- little could they do to correct their scars. But Sony television gave them each a new face, a new life. The girls had to stay away from their families for a few months while the procedure for the operations were being carried out. For the girls, the wait and the pain was unbearable and neither for the families. Their willpower+patience= amazing results.. Their new faces bought confidence, marriage proposals and an everlasting life of happiness.

That was cosmetic surgery for the helpless. What about the wealthy teens with bright futures ahead wanting to go under the knife for nose jobs, breast implants, Liposuction and what not! Not because their faces really needed critical correction but because they have the money, the influence. What about Michael Jackson or The cat lady, were they really that helpless with no alternatives? being stars and loaded with wealth, is it necessary to go under the knife. Maybe they need that to boost their career or to look good, but in many cases it actually proves a disaster!

And even if it did improve a persons beauty, there is no guarantee of happiness forever.. for how you see yourself, others may not see you the same. Especially if your happiness derives from how others look, feel and think about you!

Cindy Jackson and Miles Kendell, the living barbie doll and ken.. amazing reality

For millions of little girls, the Barbie doll has been the pinnacle of plastic perfection for more than 40 years.

“I think a lot of little 6-year-old girls or younger even now are looking at that doll and thinking, ‘I want to be her.’ And it’s something they grow out of,” says Cindy Jackson, 48, who admits that she never outgrew her obsession with becoming Barbie.

Cindy wasn’t born with good looks. She bought them. And along the way, she’s bought a lot of attention to her odd goal of becoming a living doll.

Cindy grew up a farm girl in Fremont, Ohio. “I wasn’t that good looking. And my sister was really, really a pretty girl,” recalls Cindy. “She was breathtaking. And everyone used to talk to her more and smile at her more and notice her first.”

At 21, Cindy packed up her things and moved to London, where she went through a lot of changes – including a short career as a punk rocker. Finally, at 33, she began the grand transformation.

“I just wanted to look better,” says Cindy. “Barbie was the blank canvas I filled in all those years ago. It was still my role model.”

“I had laser surgery on my forehead,” says Cindy. “I’ve had upper eyes done, lower eyes done twice. Cheek implants, nose job – two nose jobs.”


She also had four facelifts, a chin reduction, several chemical peels, and more.

“My upper lift has been cut and rolled upwards to shorten the gap between my nose and mouth,” adds Cindy. “My eyebrows, eyeliner and lip liner and the full lipstick is tattooed on.”

It took 31 operations and 14 years, but Cindy’s strange passion for plastic surgery got her a new look -- and a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records.

How much did all that surgery cost? “About $100,000,” says Cindy. “But I did get quality discounts.”

And that doesn’t include maintenance. For instance, her lips will not permanently stay pouty. They’ll have to be re-inflated every few months.

She now makes a living becoming a kind of celebrity. But just like a surgeon needs a scalpel, or a tummy needs a tuck, a Barbie needs a Ken. And Cindy got hers soon enough.

Tim Whitfield Line, 36, was a web designer who lived north of London. He saw Cindy on television, and all of a sudden had a new goal in life.




“I wanted to be a male version of her,” says Line.

It didn’t take long. About one year and $50 thousand later, he’s now Miles Kendall -- new name, new face.

They’re just perfect, and delighted – and just friends. But whatever went on between Barbie and Ken is not going on here.

But as Barbie and Ken, Cindy and Miles credit their new faces for their new lives. Cindy helped Miles open his new bar, and it’s a goal he says he reached with the help of plastic surgery.

“The point is I’m content inside. I don’t worry about my looks anymore,” says Miles. “I want to concentrate on more important things in my life, which I’m doing now.”

“The surgery was a means to an end. That’s all,” says Cindy. “There are so many people who are being held back by their looks, and if that can help give them a better quality of life and make them happier – what else is more important in life?”

NOTE- STORY TAKEN FROM A NEWS REPORT

Michael Jacksons plastic surgery and what went wrong

Michael Jackson was created as a warning for all of us – not to go too far in plastic surgery

Michael Jackson was probably created as a warning for all of us – not to go too far in plastic surgery. As you can see at his early pictures the very fist rhinoplasty was very good, the second nose job was also fine, even the third nose surgery was ok, but he could not stop and the crucial moment was when he lighted his skin and started reshaping his poor chin and his African eyes which finally turned him into a total disaster.
Although after fist several plastic surgeries his nose was already small and feminine, but Michael kept destroying it, wanting more and more changes. Still there is no official document or investigation answering the question “How many nose jobs and other plastic operations has Michael Jackson had?”. In the famous documentary Michael said he had two, but plastic surgeons who studied his photos suggest may be 30 or 40….

The last news about Michael Jackson’s nose was that he finally found a German surgeon who agreed to repair his nose. The doctor took cartilage from the singer's ear to place inside his nose - after Jackson's face was "beginning to deteriorate" due to years of alleged extensive rhinoplasty. The nose of Michael Jackson is now fine but the surgeon said it was close to collapsing following twenty years of plastic operations.

About Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty is the correct name for a plastic surgery known as nose job: “Rhinos” in Greek meaning “nose” and “plastikos” - “changing form”. Rhinoplasty is considered the most ancient and most challenging plastic surgery. In well-trained hands it can dramatically improve your looks, add softness and harmony to your face, not mentioning that rhinoplasty can substantially improve nasal breathing