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In December a victim of domestic violence will have her reconstruction surgery broadcast in a Discovery Health documentary. She wasn’t looking for this publicity, but had given up on a pro-bono referral service that in her case broke down.
(WOMENSENEWS)–If you have a sick pet or livestock animal on your hands, it’s increasingly likely that you’ll be reaching out to a woman for help.
While many scientific fields still seem to belong to the guys, women began dominating veterinary science in the mid-1980s.
Breast reconstruction has included fabricated nipples for decades. But in recent years, new techniques targeting that part of the breast–including tattooing–have made women feel that the recovery is that much more complete.
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Anti-ageism commentator Margaret Morganroth Gullette gives thanks for some good news about plastic surgery. Procedures are down, outcry is up and few American women ever considered getting themselves “done” anyway.
After Donda West’s death from elective plastic surgery, Sandra Kobrin surveys a dangerous fashion-victim frontier and finds that this season you can even buy a plastic-surgery holiday gift card. She’s not buying it.
Many women who seek hymen-repair surgery do so under threat of death if family members in religious fundamentalist households find out they are not virgins. Now, the U.S. doctors who help them are also being intimidated.
As surgical makeover TV shows spur a boom in cosmetic surgery, a growing number of doctors are sharing their wealth. Through Face to Face they donate their skill, time and money to help fix the scars of domestic abuse.
Surgery to reshape the labia and other areas of the vagina is picking up fast, say plastic surgeons. While some women undergo the operations to improve comfort, many want to conform to ideals set by the porn industry.
Some young Asian-American women are just saying no to the eyelid surgery so many peers are undergoing. They see the painful and expensive procedure–even more widespread in Korea and China–as an offensive alteration of ethnic identity.
More teens are ignoring health risks and requesting breast implants as a Sweet 16 or high school graduation gift.