Random Most Bizarre Plastic Surgery Procedures (25 items)

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  (#1) Lengthening Your Legs

  Leg extension surgery is a real procedure in which a surgeon breaks and separates healthy leg bones to make them heal up longer than before. Think Ethan Hawke in 1997's Gattaca. The procedure, distraction osteogenesis, was originally created to help fix skeletal deformities. However, men and women have turned to this controversial (and potentially dangerous) procedure in order to gain a few inches of height. 

  The LimbplastX Institute specifically caters to this kind of cosmetic surgery, which can cost more than $100,000 to add up to 3 inches to a person's stature. Why go through such an intense and risky procedure? The institute's marketing specifically notes that online dating has made it more difficult for shorter men to get the matches they desire, and Dr. Kevin Debiparshad, an orthopedic surgeon at the institute, suggests it's a way to boost a person's confidence. “I don’t think [dating is] the main reason people do that,” he told Futurism. “I certainly see that, and I don’t think it’s less of a reason. If you feel unconfident, I can change that. Sometimes 1 or 2 inches makes a world of difference.”
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  (#2) Teens Are Getting Plastic Surgery To Look More Like Snapchat Filters

  Dubbed "Snapchat dysmorphia," plastic surgeons have noticed a new trend with their younger patients. Instead of bringing the typical photos of a model or a celebrity to the plastic surgeon's office, teens frequently come in with a filtered photo of themselves from apps like Snapchat to show doctors how they want to look. While Snapchat offers unusual filters such as dog ears and floral crowns, you can also use it and similar apps to smooth out your skin and adjust the size of facial features. Some surgeons are concerned with teens becoming too obsessed with unobtainable physical perfection due to modern technology and even turn away prospective patients that seem heavily influenced by things like Snapchat. 
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  (#3) Labiaplasty For Yoga Pants

  In 2014 and 2015, a new vagina-centric trend prompted some cis women to get labiaplasty in order to look good in tight fitting clothes like yoga pants. In an effort to "enhance the appearance" of their genitalia, these cis women opted for procedures to reduce the size of the labia minora (the inner lips). How popular did the painful cosmetic surgery become? The American Society for Aesthetic Surgery said there was a 48% rise in 2014 from 2013.
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  (#4) Freeze Your Fat And Poop It Out

  Looking to lose weight quick without the hassle of diet and exercise? You just need some high-powered cooling plates and plenty of cash. A new procedure called CoolSculpting promises to freeze your fat cells so that you can poop them out.

  As part of the process, doctors squeeze your fat between two cooling plates and gradually freeze them. Because fat cells freeze faster than skin cells, you can get perfectly frozen fat before frostbite sets in.

  After the procedure, docs do a quick massage of the area and you're good to go. White blood cells attack the frozen fat cells and convert them into triglycerides that are then metabolized by the liver and eliminated through your urine or feces. Sounds outlandish, but it's actually cleared by the FDA!

  The downside? You can only freeze small areas at a time, so there's a good chance you won't see a ton of difference on the scale. And it's expensive: The procedure can cost between $400 to $1800 per session.
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  (#5) A Surgery That Turns That Frown Upside Down

  As one ages the corners of the mouth drops, making it nearly impossible for senior citizens to turn their frown upside down. Plastic surgeons have developed a new, non-surgical facelist called Ulthera that promises to lift skin around the jowls and cheek sagging and loose skin around the neck.

  By removing heavy skin above the mouth, doctors have found a way to allow seniors to frown only when they're disappointed, not 24 hours a day.
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  (#6) Change Your Palm Reading for Good

  Don’t like your palm lines or your palm reading? Reclaim control of your own destiny with palm line surgery. Palm line surgery has become all the rage in Japan and Korea. The procedure is conducted by actually creating small scars on the hand with an electric scalpel. These scars are supposedly indistinguishable from the lines that naturally appear on your palm, and might change your fortune in the process.
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  (#7) Turn That Innie Into An Outie

  Some people are self-conscious about their height, breast size, hair color — the list goes on. If you go far enough down that list, you'll find people who are self-conscious about their belly buttons. Umbilicoplasty is increasing in popularity, and can be done alone or as part of a larger surgery like a tummy tuck.

   
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  (#8) Gummies are for Bears, Not Smiles

  A gummy smile isn't when you smile with a mouth full of gummy bears: It's when the gums above your teeth are so pronounced they dominate the smile. There's surgery to get rid of that and it's called gingivectomy. There are a number of ways to achieve the desired effect, from botox injections, surgery that fixes lip movement, or a surgical removal of the excess gum tissue.

   
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  (#9) Perfect Eyelashes are Just a Transplant Away

  Sometimes eyelash extensions just don't cut it. Instead, an eye lash transplant is in order. Just like a hair transplant, surgeons can use plastic surgery to permanently give a person long, flowing lashes. But be warned, some doctors have expressed that this procedure might not be safe. 
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  (#10) Liposuction For The Knees

  Liposuction isn't just for belly fat. It can be used just about anywhere on the body, even the knees. Some people with fat knees get liposuction to remove unwanted flab from the knee. While traditional liposuction procedures can work on the knees, knee-specific liposuction is also conducted with lasers.
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  (#11) A Surgery To Fix Golf Ball Chin

  Excessive bumps on the chin can give the visual effect that a golf ball is lodged under there. Golf Ball Chin, as it is called, is removed by Botox.
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  (#12) What Kind Of Earlobe Do You Have?

  Have you ever played the game where you check to see if someone has a tight earlobe (attached) or a hanging earlobe (detached)? Well, over time, that game can get harder. A mix of heavy earrings and gravity can make an earlobe really sag overtime. An earlobe lift, much like any other face lift, can fix the problem once and for all. The procedure is done by removing unnecessary tissue making the lobe smaller.
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  (#13) Want Dimples? There's A Surgery For That

  Not everyone can be born with Jennifer Garner's dimples, but everyone can get dimple surgery. The procedure is done by making an incision on the inside of the cheek. It's only visible when smiling, so yes, they look totally real.
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  (#14) Getting Cheeky

  Unless you're a grandmother looking for a good cheek pinching, big cheeks aren't that fun to have. A buccal lipectomy can reduce the size of chubby cheeks. The surgery removes fat from the cheeks, causing the cheeks to contour inward. 
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  (#15) Cutting Your Way to a Perfect Bra Line

  Ladies, if your back has a little extra fat on it, that can make wearing bras pretty uncomfortable. The Bra-Line Back Lift removes these rolls, and the scar it leaves is hidden by the bra line anyway. 
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  (#16) Change Your Eye Color Once And for All

  Contact lenses can change a person's eye color, but taking them out for the first time in front of a partner can be confusing. BrightOcular is a procedure that inserts a small slip of silicone into the iris, changing the color forever.
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  (#17) Live Long And Get Spock Ear Surgery

  Ear pointing is a surgery in which the cartilage of the ear is cut and then sewn back together to craft a pointed appearance. 
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  (#18) Can't Read My Poker Face

  Have a terrible poker face? Pokertox is a type of Botox specifically targeted for lines that are tells at the poker table. If someone gives away their hand by raising an eyebrow, strategically placed Botox can fix that.
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  (#19) Get Rid Of Cankles

  When your calf and your foot touch, with no ankle in between, its called a cankle. Thanks to liposuction, chubby cankles can be removed, giving you those slender, bony ankles you always longed for.
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  (#20) Remove Neck Wrinkles With This Easy Step

  Wrinkles in the neck, or necklace lines, can be a telling sign of age.  Botox shots in the neck can reduce these lines. Turtle neck sweaters can do the same thing, and they're much less expensive.
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  (#21) The Thigh Gap You Always Wanted

  As the thigh gap craze becomes ever more popular, surgery is now able to offer the gap to everyone. Thigh Gap Therapy uses cold lasers to zap away extra cushioning between the thighs.
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  (#22) A Permanent Smile

  They say a smile can improve mood and decrease depression. So why not smile 24/7? A Smile Lip Lift raises the corners of the mouth to create a permanent smile.
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  (#23) Toe-tally Awesome Surgery

  Whether it's your big toe or index toe that's the problem, Toe Shortening can gives your toes that even look all the way down. The surgery is done by removing a small portion of bone in the toe. That means this little piggy went to market, then had a very painful surgery to be shorter.
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  (#24) Give This Procedure A Hand

  One way to keep your hands wrinkle free is to stay out of the sun. Another way is to get a hand lift. A hand lift is a procedure in which fillers are inserted to the hand to smooth out wrinkles. The procedure lasts nine months, so at least its reversible.
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  (#25) Demon Surgery

  Tongue splitting splits the tongue down the middle to give it a snake or demon-like appearance. The creepiest part? Both sides can be moved separately.

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