2, 4, 6, 8, Let’s All Go Re-Virginate!
January 20, 2011 by Susan Rubin · 30 Comments
For Jeannette Yarborough’s 17th wedding anniversary, she wanted to give her husband something special. So she had her hymen re-attached. Wow, better than new golf clubs or even tennis balls! This gift would allow hubby the thrill of conquering a “virgin” all over again! According to news reports, hymenoplasty, or “revirgination” surgery, is increasingly in [...]
We Spleen: “Bridalplasty”
September 27, 2010 by Stephanie Hallett · 4 Comments
Remember The Swan? And Extreme Makeover? And Heidi Montag? After a landslide of plastic surgery TV disasters this decade, I thought extreme surgery shows might be on the outs. But … psych! E! is bringing us a brand new series, Bridalplasty, a surgery voyeur’s fantasy in which women compete for the ideal wedding/body combo. Are [...]
Guerilla Vulvas Take on Vaginal Rejuvenators
August 26, 2010 by Meika Loe · 11 Comments
Vulva-activism is alive and well–and on its way to Las Vegas. The latest protests stem from concern about the growing number of practitioners performing female genital cosmetic surgery. The surgeries take many forms. A labiaplasty reduces the size of the labia (while often performed to correct damage to the labia during childbirth or to alleviate [...]
Teen Botox Epidemic? What That Really Means
August 13, 2010 by Julie Zeilinger · 5 Comments
After reading reports that Charice Pempengco, an 18-year-old singer who recently landed a part on Glee, got Botox treatments for her TV debut, I proceeded to bang my head against a wall–ironically achieving the same goal of altering the shape of my face through frustrated self-inflicted violence that Charice accomplished with poisonous injections. No, in reality [...]
