Group Plastic Surgery?

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Some of the news media really raised their eyebrows – literally! Along with a few faces.

Last December, the staff of Dorian, a Swedish gay magazine, devoted a whole issue to the superficial, including  plastic and cosmetic surgery. And the question of how to research the topic came up.

So the staff did the obvious thing – everybody had some rejuvenation surgery so they could take Hemingway’s advice to heart and write about what they know best.

While each staffer had an unspecified “mini-makeover”, the other procedures included:

• Facial liposuction
• Lip augmentation
• Rhinoplasty
• Face lift
• Muscle enhancement

News reports did not specify which muscle enhancements, but silicone implants — to suggest built up muscles — are available for mens’ chests, sides, biceps, buttocks and lower legs. (However, most guys develop bulging muscles between their ears all on their own!)

Dorian’s editor-in-chief Benjamin Falk wrote he would indeed recommend plastic surgery to others who want to “freshen up their looks a little” but don’t expect the surgery to bring life-altering circumstances. Bravo Benjamin!

Meanwhile, in England, Bucks Fizz, a rock band that had hits in the early to mid-1980s, made an appearance on an off-the-wall television program, (we are not making this up!) Pop Goes the Band.

The show brings back a once-famous band and puts the rockers through fitness training, makeovers and cosmetic surgery. Then the rockers show pictures from back in the day and compare those shots to the more current after plastic surgery pictures.

What could be next for plastic surgery and television?

With the trend in reality television, perhaps the handwriting is already on the wall.

One possible show could be named something like Plastic Surgery Survival Island.

Every month, a new group of plastic surgery patients crowd onto a lovely South Seas island and vie for the one most improved appearance prize worth bazillions of  the network’s dollars.

Week by week, as bandages come off, swelling and bruises go away and stitches are removed, contestants are voted off the island, until one glorious rejuvenated survivor remains to take it all.

What type of plastic surgery program would you like to see on television?

admin @ October 29, 2009