Courtney Love - Breast Implants?

A funny site called "Make Boobs Not Bombs" has a post on Courtney Love's possible breast implants. In it they state:

Her implants have been barely covered on the news, with all the other juicy trash gossip rags can find about her. She later got her implants removed when she started to feel her breast hardening and ripples on the lower portion of her boobs were starting to show.

I'm not sure where they got this information from, but if it's on the internet it must be true ;) With all the bad news out of Iraq, the website "Make Boobs Not Bombs" is a breath of fresh air. If only the insurgants, militants, and President Bush would focus more on breast implants and less on war, the world would be a much safer place.

To view a video of a breast augmentation I performed on Fox News, click here.

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

David Gest Admits to Plastic Surgery

Former husband of Liza Minelli, musician David Gest, has recently commented on having plastic surgery back in 1981 (Shocker!). According to Urban Planet, he stated:

I was one big fat f**k, with those man boobs. That’s all old news. I’ve never been as happy as now and I did plastic surgery in 1981 or so. Michael Jackson went through it. I was unhappy and I thought if I looked good…

I have no 'before' photos to compare him to, but some possible procedures he may have undergone include: open browlift, upper and lower blepharoplasty, facelift, and ablative laser resurfacing. He is one funky looking dude. I guess when Michael Jackson is one of your plastic surgery role models...

Photo credit: PRphotos.com

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Grim Reaper Cat!

This is a story from last week which I found really interesting. There is a cat in Rhode Island which lives in a nursing home and can predict when a patient will die. Apparently, when a person is within four hours of passing on, Oscar the Grim Reaper Cat cuddles up next to them. This harbinger of death has been correct an amazing 25 times. Check out the link below for the article. Creepy!

On an even more interesting note, my dog Theodore seems to be able to sense from anywhere in the house whenever I take ice cream out of the fridge....

Story and photo credit: Freep.com

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Dr. Youn on the Fox News Channel Wed Aug 1st

I've been asked to be on the Fox News Channel tomorrow morning at 9:30am EDT tomorrow on the show America's Newsroom. If you get a chance to catch it, I'll be discussing the influence of plastic surgery television shows on patients and surgery. Thanks to the Fox News Channel for the invitation.

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Star Jones Admits to Gastric Bypass Surgery

Star Jones has recently admitted to Glamour magazine that she underwent gastric bypass surgery back in August 2003, resulting in a weight loss of 160 pounds over 3 years. According to Canoe.ca, the former View cohost stated:

"Everything about me was already so public (mostly my own doing - talk about dumb!), so of course everyone wanted to know what I had done," she writes. "I was also terrified someone would have a tragic result after emulating me without making an informed decision with her doctor."
"But the complete truth is, I was scared of what people might think of me," she continues. "I was afraid to be vulnerable, and ashamed at not being able to get myself under control without this procedure."

I find this woman as annoying as a mosquito stuck in my ear canal. I do respect her courage with admitting her surgery, however. I just hope that she hasn't lost too much weight and has become unhealthy. It is important for patients who've had gastric bypass to make sure they are getting proper nutrition, and I fear she may not be.

photo credit: prphotos.com

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Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Courtney Love Wants to Get Her Lips Fixed

Courtney Love has recently commented on MySpace that she would like to get a corrective procedure done to her lips. According to the Associated Press:

In a message on her MySpace site, she said she regrets having had cosmetic surgery on her mouth back in the day, which she refers to as "my dark years." She said her mouth "was perfectly cute." She has since had corrective procedures but says her "mouth still looks wonky. I have to restore myself to not looking ridiculous."

I like to enhance lips with long-lasting, but temporary injectable fillers like Juvederm or Restylane. Fat grafting (which is permanent) is another good technique, but only a small portion of the fat usually stays for good and the lips can look swollen for weeks. I'm not a fan of permanent or 'semi-permanent' lip fillers, since they often look fake (Gortex) or can have bad reactions (silicone), sometimes years after they are placed. What type of surgery could Courtney Love have had? Maybe a lip advancement or placement of an implant like Gortex, both of which are not surgeries I recommend due to the high rate of unnatural results. I hope she is eventually comfortable in her celebrity skin...

story credit: todaysthv.com
photo credit: photorazzi.com

Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon
Anthony Youn, M.D.:

Britney Spears nose job, good rhinoplasty

To be more specific, example of a smart rhinoplasty and very good plastic surgery. When Britney Spears underwent rhinoplasty, she was already recognized by public, and, probably did not want all American press to discuss her nose. So her plastic surgeon just created a smaller copy of her nose. That's really smart!