ANGELINA Jolie is the gold standard of beauty among women seeking cosmetic surgery and that's not about to change, a leading Hollywood surgeon has told Australian specialists. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Like many identical twins, Jo and Kerry Burton have always done everything in tandem - from coming down with chickenpox to donning tutus for ballet lessons.
So when Jo decided to have cosmetic surgery on her nose, Kerry naturally followed suit. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A woman addicted to cosmetic surgery is unrecognisable after injecting cooking oil into her face. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Americans underwent at least 10.2 million cosmetic surgery procedures last year. Like any other surgical procedure, cosmetic operations can never be completely free of risk. picked by Sparky 3 years ago

More young Australian women are embracing "vaginal rejuvenation" surgery. "Most of the younger women we used to see were what I call the professionals - the pole dancers, the strippers, whose parts have to be in good shape because it's part of their act,". picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Just one month after undergoing a penis enlargement surgery, a patient of a Moscow plastic surgery clinic has asked the doctors to restore the original size of his penis. picked by kakana 7 months ago

Hypnotherapist Alex Lenkei left medics stunned by snubbing anaesthetic and sending himself into a trance before undergoing surgery. Anaesthetist Richard Venn said the surgery would usually be carried out under general anaesthetic. picked by karenben 2 years ago

So she had them lifted, adored the results, and became so fascinated with cosmetic surgery that her next two husbands were plastic surgeons. picked by kirbykirst 2 years ago

A man in China, re-marrying after losing his wife in a car crash, has convinced his second wife to have plastic surgery in order to make her look like his deceased first wife. picked by kissmenow 3 years ago

All of them had gone to South Korea to get plastic surgery and had come back so unrecognizable that customs officers couldn't use their existing passport pictures to place them. picked by suebe 3 months ago

The Budapest Zoo says a 32-year-old female gorilla has undergone gynecological surgery, the first such operation in Hungary and rare even worldwide. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Continuing the plastic surgery theme. Some of these are just plain freaky. In fact, all of them are... Honestly, who injects cooking oil into their face!? picked by IlliterateMook 9 months ago

Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman - who died during or shortly after the operation. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 10-year-old boy has woken up with a posh English accent after undergoing life-saving brain surgery. William McCartney-Moore's usual northern England accent was replaced with a much more refined tones complete with elongated vowels after he had an operation to remove fluid on his brain. Picture from this news site. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A Chinese man recovers from surgery that removed part of his facial tumours, which weigh more than 20 kilogrammes in total.

NSFW :Video, Jabba the Hutt look-alike picked by wildminou 2 years ago

Following on from Autumn's post about Lakshmi born with vestigial remnants of a conjoined twin (or born as the reincarnation of a god, depending on your point of view), she has had the surgery now, and after a team of 30 doctors operated for 24 hours, she is doing fine.

NB, the Daily Mail have updated the article Autumn linked to to reflect this. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

An Irish 18 year old, born without a jaw, had surgery at a NYC hospital to build a jaw. There are only two known cases of otofacial syndrome. Alan is one of them. But more than anything else in the world, Alan just want to be normal. Video at link picked by suebe 1 year ago

The cat, named Babygirl, will undergo surgery to remove the extra leg and another crippled leg, though the operation has not yet been scheduled.

*Pic not releated picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

An Indiana couple who topped the scales at more than 700 pounds combined have undergone weight-loss surgery — on the same day. picked by BellyBombers 11 months ago

Patients say it feels like being trapped in a corpse: They awake during surgery, unable to move or scream. Some remember hearing their surgeons talk, and a few recall feeling intense pain. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago