The prosecutor's indictment said the gang allegedly targeted farmers and indigenous people on remote Andean roads, tricking them by offering them jobs before killing them.

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This one most certainly walks away with the crown of being "the most out of the box" pageant that has ever been held in history of all beauty contests.

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A group of Chinese women who travelled to South Korea for cosmetic surgery baffled immigration officers on their return home when their new looks did not match their passport photos.

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The New View Campaign Working Group on Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery, a project that I participated in, identified unresearched claims made about female genital cosmetic surgery (FGCS) and analyzed how the rhetoric used by the body-modification and sexual-medicine industries ha …

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Since Michael Jackson died you've probably lost sleep wondering, "I wonder what he'd have looked if he hadn't f-ed himself all up with plastic surgery?" Well now, thanks to the work of some forensic artists, you can know.

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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.

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Limb-lengthening is a long, painful procedure that tests human willpower. This story traces the two year progress of patient Christy Ruhe.

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Put an end to those unsightly, uh...18 year old forehead wrinkes. What's next? Tummy tuck at 19, nose job at 21 maybe? How about just feeding the kiddos Botox for breakfast? That'll take care of those cute little dimples...

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A Russian grandmother has convinced cosmetic surgeons to give her a "designer vagina" to find herself a young husband.

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"Take that frown off my face doctor" is increasingly becoming a common request clients are making nowadays.

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The Brazilian news Web site G1 reported that Tameka Foster was rushed to the Sirio-Libanes Hospital's intensive care unit last Friday after a medical emergency that took place during a liposuction procedure.      

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But Sheyla's quest for record-breaking knockers was insatiable and she was desperate to get her boobs increased further. However, Texas law forbid her from getting further implants for fear they could be dangerous to her health.

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BOSTON (December 10) - Me-ouch! Veterinarians on Tuesday performed an unusual surgery to reattach the face of a cat they believe was injured by a car's fan belt, probably because she tried to stay warm under the hood.Edgar, a 4-year-old long-haired feline, went missing from her h …

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Article in Time about the small but growing and disturbing trend toward genital cosmetic surgeries: labiaplasty, clitoral-un-hooding, G-spot augmentation, and hymen reconstruction.

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This is Hang Mioku when she was a fresh, young lady in her 20's. Since she has had numerous cosmetic surgery procedures. See how she looks today beneath the jump ...

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A Korean woman is responsible for her own cosmetic procedure nightmare after she injected cooking oil into her face, London's Daily Telegraph reported.

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Hang Mioku, now 48, had her first plastic surgery procedure when she was 28; hooked from the beginning she moved to Japan where she had further operations - mostly to her face.

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Extreme makeover and weight loss shows are fuelling a surge in the number of Australians going under the knife to dramatically change their appearance, psychologists have warned.

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Well, um, you really need to read the article. Variation is a good thing. :)

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Cosmetic surgery to "rejuvenate" the vagina has been blacklisted by Australian gynecologists who say more women are being injured by the dangerous procedures.

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Like airlines that offer first-class and coach sections, dermatology is fast becoming a two-tier business in which higher-paying customers often receive greater pampering.

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The Concept of Beauty in Modern Society

Sociologically, I find it interesting it is now becoming almost genetically impossible to be attractive without some type of cosmetic surgery.

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Sheyla Hershey carries the weight of the world, or at least two large globes, on her chest. Hershey, a wife and mother from Texas, is in Brazil's Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest breast implants.

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"When we look at outcomes of LASIK - 20/20 rates - our outcomes of LASIK today are better than they have ever been," said Dr. Kerry Solomon, professor of opthalmology at the Medical University of South Carolina.

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