Arsenic and old lakes

 There's a disturbing trend nowadays in cosmetic surgery (not that
this kind of surgery itself isn't a disturbing trend): Everyone wants
to LOOK THE SAME.

According to a recent New York Times article, the modern boom
in plastic surgery is driven not by a desire to look unique, but by
the desire to measure up to an alarmingly uniform standard of
beauty defined by magazines, TV, and the movies — a certain hair
color, a certain bust size, a certain cheek slant and shade of toothy
whiteness...

Boy, how things change. I seem to remember that it wasn't so long
ago — the 1960s, 70s, and early 80s — when everyone wanted
their own unique look. Besides, America is nothing but a huge
collection of completely diverse people — folks of every possible
size, shape, stripe, color, and cultural influence. We're the
"melting pot." We're all SUPPOSED to look different from one
another. Doesn't anybody want to look like an individual
anymore?

Apparently not, as the modern boom in plastic surgery is resulting
in a lot of people who used to look unique (but still beautiful) now
looking the same. According to the article, plastic surgeons say
that everyone's getting the same things done: The lips, breasts and
cheek lift for women, and the chin implant, brow lift, and teeth
whitening for men. It's nothing but legalized cloning-after-the-
fact! Creepy, isn't it?

Now, everyone knows that we Americans love to follow the
cowbell of fashion, and that cowbell (fueled by reality-surgery
shows like The Swan and Extreme Makeover) is luring people into
cutting themselves to fit the ideal of the here and now. But what
happens when the winds of fashion change, and those who spent
thousands to look a certain way are all of a sudden out of style?
Will they go under the knife again? What if The Look a few years
from now happens to be exactly the way some people looked
before cosmetic surgery? Will they have "restoration" procedures?

Make no mistake, plastic surgery is here to stay. And it's not just
for the rich anymore, either. Prices for most procedures have come
down drastically, and most cosmetic surgery clinics now offer
financing. Plus more and more types of cosmetic operations are
being covered by insurance — and many banks are now offering
low-interest surgery loans for breast implants and other
procedures.

But now, there's another way to get bigger, perkier breasts...   

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             ESSENTIAL DAY TO DAY HEALTH

Are you paying $80 a month for vitamins? That's more than
some pay for groceries!

As you probably already know, multivitamins run the gamut
from slick, TV-advertised formulas to generic, bulk retail
cheapies to $80-a-month concoctions hyped by nutrition "gurus"
you've never heard of before. Confusing, isn't it?

What's missing in today's glutted multivitamin market is
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day-to-day health - with a price tag that won't induce a
coronary. But such a thing simply didn't exist...until now.    

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Fighting for falsies

It used to be that people joined the Army out of a sense of duty,
honor, and obligation. Then, folks joined to get money for college
tuition or to learn a special skill with value in the real world (I cut
my teeth in medicine as a Navy flight surgeon). But nowadays,
people are enlisting to get...

Bigger breasts?!?

According to a recent article in The New Yorker magazine and
also reported by Reuters Health online, uniform-wearing members
of all 4 branches of the U.S. armed forces (and in many case, their
dependants) qualify for all types of cosmetic surgery on the
taxpayers' dime. That's right: Free facelifts, liposuction, nose jobs
— even breast augmentation — are all part of our modern
military's package of incentives for enlistees.

Why would the government offer this? Do soldiers need to be
more attractive for some reason? According to the article, an Army
spokesperson explained that the procedures help military-trained
MDs to hone their surgery skills. Since the year 2000, over 1300
liposuctions and nearly 500 breast jobs have been performed under
this new kind of "GI Bill."

Kinda gives the Army's "Be All You Can Be" slogan a whole new
meaning, huh?

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