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Chanelle is considering plastic surgery after being offered free breast implants.The Big Brother quitter told Nuts magazine she was seriously thinking about the offer since leaving the house."I've been offered a free one," she explained. "I'm a 32B, but I want to go up to a D-cup, just so there's a little bit more to play about with."She also confirmed reports that she may pursue a career in music. Of her future, she commented: "Maybe music, or modelling if people like me."I was the housemate voted by the public to be most likely to h .... More »

Provides Complete Fulfillment Support for Unilever Thermasilk Complete Line.SYOSSET, N.Y. -- Synergy Brands: Synergy Brands today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, BeautyBuys.com, has set up a link with and with permission of Unilever's Thermasilk hair care division to fulfill E-commerce and phone orders for the Thermasilk hair care brand. BeautyBuys maintains an inventory of the complete available Thermasilk line in its New Jersey warehousing facility. BeautyBuys plans to sell Thermasilk through its existing online partners .... More »

An eye surgeon has avoided being struck off the register after leaving children's author Jan Fearnley with blurred vision from Lasik laser work to correct her shortsightedness.Each year more than 100,560 laser eye treatments are carried out in Britain, mostly Lasik. Complications are said to occur in three to six per cent of patients. So would you take the risk? Here university student Sam Ross reveals his recent experience:Have you had laser eye surgery? Tell us about your experience in reader comments belowWhat kind of person would .... More »

Former Big Brother housemate Chanelle is taking her imitation of Victoria Beckham to a new level, this time, with matching breast implants.The Posh look alike has decided to go under the knife after receiving an offer to have the costs of surgery covered.During an interview and racy photo shoot with lads' magazine Nuts, she revealed: "I've been offered a free one. I'm a 32B, but I want to go up to a D-cup, just so there's a little bit more to play about with."The Posh Spice wannabe, who quit the Channel 4 show last week following a bl .... More »

CORONA DEL MAR, Calif. -- Olivia Goldsmith, author of The First Wives' Club, died having cosmetic surgery.With a 446% increase in cosmetic procedures since 1997, the book written by Dr. Barry L. Friedberg, specialist in anesthesia and cosmetic surgery, Anesthesia in Cosmetic Surgery from Cambridge University Press, is a timely arrival. "Minimally invasive anesthesia (MIA) dramatically increases patient safety for cosmetic surgery. Much like the days before fathers were permitted to observe the birth of their children, the public needs .... More »

A recent study predicts that within eight years, 75 percent of U.S. adults will be overweight, with 41 percent deemed obese. Previous studies have shown that 66 percent of U.S. adults are overweight or obese.San Diego, CA (PRWEB) August 7, 2007 -- A recent study predicts that within eight years, 75 percent of U.S. adults will be overweight, with 41 percent deemed obese. Previous studies have shown that 66 percent of U.S. adults are overweight or obese.With this increased weight gain in individuals across the nation comes a heightened .... More »

By COURTNEY KLEMMDECATUR - Macon County Eye Center has a new and improved neighbor.Advanced Eye Surgery and Laser Center LLC recently has opened directly behind Macon County Eye Center as a new facility that performs outpatient eye procedures, including advanced cataract surgery, eyelid surgery, glaucoma surgery and laser treatments, Lasik corrective vision surgery and more.The mission of building the surgery center was to provide patients with a more convenient and economical alternative for eye surgeries, said Dr. Sushant Sinha, phy .... More »

Reality television shows such as "Plastic Surgery: Before and After" and "Dr. 90210" seem as if they'd be the perfect, free product-placement venues for plastic surgeons: They highlight the most successful, dramatic surgery and compress weeks of recovery time to fit the final minutes of an hour or half-hour show.A new study suggests that is, indeed, how such shows work. People who seriously consider surgery often regularly view surgical makeover shows.A team led by Dr. Richard Crockett of the Yale University School of Medicine studied .... More »

Weighing pros and cons of products designed to leave you less hair-riedBy Jessica LanderSummer means it's time to strip down to the bare minimum in clothing. It also means dealing with the hassles of denuding oneself of unsightly hairs. Most treatments adhere to the adage: no pain, no gain.Or are there exceptions?According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, women (and men) spend millions of dollars each year on products to remove hair. For do-it-yourselfers, it's time to start shaving off some of that cost by getting the produc .... More »

By Anita ManningWomen who have breast implants are three times as likely to die by suicide and have a similar increased risk of death as a result of drug use or alcoholism, a study says. The finding confirms earlier reports linking suicide and breast implantation and suggests plastic surgeons should consider mental health screening and follow-up for their patients.The study, in August's Annals of Plastic Surgery, is by researchers at the International Epidemiology Institute in Rockville, Md.; Vanderbilt University in Nashville; and th .... More »

The makers of LISTERINE invented the mouthwash category more than 100 years ago, and today the brand will revolutionize the whitening strip experience. New LISTERINE WHITENING Quick Dissolving Strips discreetly dissolve on teeth within five to 10 minutes on average, giving people the freedom to whiten when and where they choose. There is nothing to remove and no rinsing or brushing is required afterward. Once LISTERINE WHITENING Quick Dissolving Strips dissolve, what's left is a clean mint taste, fresher breath and, after two weeks of .... More »

Alopecia areata affects 5 million people in the U.S.By Lisa RosettaLate for her train, Thea Chassin scurried through Grand Central Terminal in New York City.That's when she was approached by a man soliciting commuters for prepaid salon services.In a sassy mood that day, Chassin waited patiently as the salesman made his pitch. Then she nonchalantly peeled off her wig, revealing her white, bald head."I said, 'I don't think I'll be needing the hair consultation part of it, do you?' His mouth hung open, his jaw dropped. He was speechless, .... More »

NEW YORK -- Star Jones Reynolds skirted questions about her dramatic weight loss for years, saying only that she had undergone a medical intervention. That intervention, it turns out, was gastric bypass surgery.Reynolds, 45, says she was "intentionally evasive" when people asked how she'd dropped 160 pounds in three years. She had gastric bypass surgery in August 2003.She writes about her weight loss in a first-person essay in the September issue of Glamour magazine, on newsstands Aug. 7. Star Jones Reynolds poses at the celebrity fas .... More »

NEW YORK - "Good Morning America" anchor Robin Roberts had "very successful" surgery for breast cancer Friday and has left the hospital for home, ABC said.Roberts, 46, revealed her diagnosis to viewers Tuesday. She said doctors believed they had caught the cancer early."The tests following her surgery take some time to process, so when we have more information we will update you," said ABC News spokeswoman Bridgette Maney. "Thank you for your thoughts and prayers for Robin."Roberts' mother and sisters traveled from the Mississippi Gul .... More »