Cosmetic Procedures

Women opting for surgery to get Michelle Obama's arms

2013-04-29 05:47:00

The American Society of Plastic Surgeons released its latest cosmetic and resconstructive surgery statistics on Monday.� Many of the trends were familiar.� In all, the group reported, Americans underwent 1.6 million cosmetic surgeries, including face-...

Joan Rivers fires back about Gwyneth Paltrow's Botox jab

2013-04-12 13:41:00

Hey, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joan Rivers isn't offended by your Botox gibe. Speaking to Harper's Bazaar, Paltrow, 40, an organic products and fitness advocate, recently said that there was a very specific reason she's staying away from one cosmetic procedure....

Come back to Pershing Square. Again. Please.

2013-02-07 11:34:00

Pity Pershing Square. It’s been put through more makeovers than Joan Rivers, and the results haven’t been nearly as presentable. Other cities brag about their urban parks. Ours -- except for the big glamor-pusses like Griffith Park -- we...

The Sunday Conversation: Kathy Baker isn't worried about acting her age

2013-02-02 12:00:00

At 62, Kathy Baker juggles a busy schedule on screens big and small, and stage. She plays part of a quartet in Joanna Murray-Smith's provocative comedy "The Gift" at the Geffen Playhouse, which opens Wednesday. Her upcoming films include "Saving Mr....

Kat Von D removes tattoo, targeting ex-fiance Jesse James' face

2012-12-07 15:49:00

Kat Von D was feeling the burn Friday morning as she began laser tattoo removal on ink of a young Jesse James' face, sharing shots of the action via Twitter and Instagram. "I get to start the day off with some good ol' tattoo laser removal! #ouchville...

Nobel winner Joseph Murray dies; performed first successful kidney transplant

2012-11-26 20:17:00

BOSTON — Dr. Joseph E. Murray, who performed the world's first successful kidney transplant and won a Nobel Prize for his pioneering work, has died at age 93. Murray suffered a stroke at his suburban Boston home on Thanksgiving and died at Brigham...

Pro wrestler will remove Mitt Romney tattoo from his face

2012-11-30 08:14:00

Eric Hartsburg, the pro wrestler who got the Mitt Romney logo tattooed on his face for $15,000, has decided to have the tattoo removed. "I had a little change of heart," he said Friday. Hartsburg went on to say that Romney's recent comment that...

Dr. Joseph Murray dies at 93; Nobel winner performed first kidney transplant

2012-11-27 16:40:00

Since ancient times, surgeons have dreamed of transplanting healthy organs into patients disabled by disease and injury, but the human body's powerful immune system stymied all such attempts, leading many observers to conclude that the procedure was...

Phyllis Diller dies at 95; outlandish comedian

2012-08-21 00:00:00

She was a self-described "cartoon," a zany housewife-turned-comedian with an electrified hairdo who broke into the male-dominated world of stand-up comedy in the 1950s with an outlandish wardrobe and a barrage of self-deprecating jokes punctuated by her...

Skin care in your 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond

2012-09-23 00:00:00

Every few months a new beauty trend, treatment or potion is revealed — the latest skin-tightening laser, an age-defying ingredient or a longer-lasting filler. But should a fresh-faced 20-year-old be using retinol creams? And when is the right time...

A pretty penny for prettier skin?

2012-11-11 00:00:00

Within three weeks of its launch at Barneys in New York and Los Angeles in October, more than 30 jars of 3LAB's new Super Cream had sold — this despite its $875 price tag. Elsewhere in the beauty market, demand is soaring for a $560 Bee Venom...

Hollywood sign to get facelift as crews prep for repainting

2012-10-01 14:44:07

Women are not alone in their plastic surgery ways. Yes, gentlemen get nipped and tucked too. Comedian Carrot Top is rumored to have had a brow lift and Botox treatment.

2013-04-29 10:41:25

In 2010, television personality Heidi Montag to People magazine that she was obsessed with plastic surgery and being "perfect." Among the laundry list of aesthetic alterations were a brow lift, a chin reduction, neck liposuction and pinned ears.

2013-04-29 10:41:23

Cosmetic surgery center. Hope their plastic surgeries are better than their spelling of "plastic".

2012-08-16 14:56:00