The exhaustive mission to remodel every inch of the human body is one step closer to completion! The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) announced that 20 women have gone under the knife for a new "bra-line back lift" procedure that eliminates back fat (sometimes known as "buffalo wings"). Hallelujah!According to the study's press release, the one-hour operation totally removes "dreaded back fat rolls and lumps." Good to know we can count on the ASPS to help us decide what to hate about our bodies.
A follow-up post-op study of seven whole patients offered "uniformly positive" results and concluded the bra-line back lift is a "safe and powerful" surgery. In this groundbreaking (back-breaking?) surgery, the doctors sew the tissue together where the patient's bra would sit, so the scar can even be hidden under a bikini.
Tell Us: Does plastic surgery help women's self-esteem, or does it contribute to an unrealistic expectation of perfection? Leave a comment to share your opinion.
Also on Lemondrop... If you think surgery for a bra bulge is extreme, click below to see some truly strange medical treatments from eras past.
Old Tyme Medical Treatments for Women
Aloe for constipation: Being bound into your corset would be even more difficult if you were bound up. Fortunately, aloe not only heals burns; when ingested, the slimy stuff from inside the leaves works as a laxative (blech).
Manual stimulation for hysteria: In Victorian ages, hysteria was blamed for everything from anxiety to irritability. But what may actually have drawn women to get treatment was the "manual massage of the vulva by physicians." We'd pay out of pocket for that.
Paraffin for small boobs: Paraffin, a waxy substance, was injected into flatties in the early 1900s. Unfortunately, the stuff would clump, harden and fester. Docs also tried implants made of ivory, glass balls, ground rubber, ox cartilage, wool and polyester before settling on today's saline and silicone.
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Horse saliva, horny goat weed, etc. for low libido: In Egypt, women drank milk and stallion saliva to cure their low libidos, while the Chinese ingested ginseng, Gingko bilboa, and horny goat weed (seriously!) to get the blood flowing down below.
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Weed for cramps: Marijuana was often prescribed as a treatment for menstrual cramps during the 19th century. Reefer was thought to relax tense intestinal muscles and ease the pain of perioding.
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Assorted animal parts for infertility: In Ancient Egypt, women would go to their dealers for a nice little mixture of honey, animal testicles and powdered placenta ... a great snack to help kick-start the babymaker.
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Memory Lapses: For memory issues not related to hard nights of drinking, garlic was often prescribed as the cure. Eleanor Roosevelt was said to take three chocolate-covered pills of the stuff every morning to help with her retention.
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Chastity belts for promiscuity: While there is some debate over whether or not these steel underpants even existed, chastity belts are said to have been invented for the wives and girlfriends of knights who wanted their women to stay faithful while they were off fighting dragons or Romans or whatever.
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Sunday 14 September
By Eh
instead of getting surgery, why dont you just work out and not be fat. Lazy and vain do not go together.
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Sunday 14 September
By mel
You dont need to worry about anyone else besides yourself and if someone wants to be fat and have surgery why would you care??!!??
We may be fat but you are ugly and that wont change.
Sunday 14 September
By dee
To the first comment, Do you think ignorant and vain go together, because they don't! How dare you assume fat equates lazy. How old are you? Are you pre-menopausal, ever had a thryoid condition, or even an injury that prevented you from excercise? You better pray you never do or you will be eating your own words and gaining weight from them! Next time keep your condesending opinions to yourself.
Sunday 14 September
By Eleanor
Back rolls have nothing to do with working out....you can have a great body and still have back rolls....
Monday 15 September
By venusgenetrix
To those who commented that these people should excercise/stop eating, etc. instead of surgery, or that these surgeries are only for people who have lost weight and have extra skin, go to hell.
I had a hell of an eating disorder in high school, and I still had back fat. I was anorexic AND setting track records WITH mono, and at 5'7" and 105, still had back fat.
I do not have a small frame, I am not a 5'7" who looks healthy at 120 let alone 105. My dr. told me to stay between 140 and 160 for my health. But that back fat will NEVER go away. I've found some excercise helps tone the area up a bit and improve posture, good bras help, but it's just bad. I would not have this surgery because there's already micro canule lipo for the problem. I'll go with that.
Monday 15 September
By Mary
Trust me! That doesn't always work! I worked out all the time and still have the bulge. When you are heavy chested you can expect that! So do not judge people for something you do not know about!
Sign me up for the surgery!
Monday 15 September
By Mary
Oh and to be post menopausal (hormones) and have cortisone injections from a torn rotator cuff! People do have weight issues for different reasons! Not being lazy!
Stupid people! I hope they all have to deal with weight oncein the lives!
We will lose weight but you can not change ugly!
Monday 15 September
By NaNa2Bme
I can not believe you really think this is true.. I have had surgery to try to be like " everyone in America" I have many many health problems and can not work out due to passing out. The Dr. has taken away my drivers, so It even makes it hard to even go out. Some one has to be with me at all times, worse I'm only in my 40's and this has been all of my life, I get blood trans. every month, no not aids.... Iknow this is the way you must think... please think how LUCKY you are, and don't say what you are not awhere of, Be nice to others, you don't know when there time is up. Be very very glad you are not one of us, who don't have long.... GOD BLESS your good health and I hope you have many many years more
Monday 15 September
By Cassara
That's very interesting seeing as 'thin' people are now shown to often be just as unhealthy as heavier people. And that alot of people who have packed on the pounds have normal blood sugar and cholesterol levels. So before you open your mouth and spew stupidity all over the place, why don't you consider both sides of the argument???
Monday 15 September
By Linda
i really can't believe that you think just dieting and exercise is the answer to looking fit and lean. Not all people are lazy because they are overweight. I believe that you should walk a mile in some of the overweight people's lives and then you can judge them accordingly. I am a person who was 100lbs overweight and was on every diet out there. i lost that weight and had some plastic surgery do get rid of some loose skin. It's not all about being vain. We as overweight people like to look just as good as the slimmer ones do. It's hard work and you should be ashammed of yourself.
Monday 15 September
By snooper302
Ladies Ladies Ladies, I can't believe I wasted my time reading some of these comments but since I did here is my 2 cents worth.
If you want to improve your appearance and can afford the surgery (since insurance won't cover cosmetics) Go For It!!!!! You will look better , feel good about yourself and all the people with their nasty comments about non exercise can go pound sand . If they could afford the procedure I am sure they would be in line for it themselves. Instead they are sweating to the oldies and still will have bra fat!
Monday 15 September
By cfra
You are such a ignorant punk, I am a overweight mother of 4 that doesn't set down until my kids are in bed. I would love to be the ideal weight and have time to exercise, why don't you get off your but and stop criticizing people you don't even know and do something nice for somone instead of being a jerk!!!!!!
Tuesday 28 April
By Diane
When a person ages, sometimes all the working out and dieting doesn't solve problem areas. If having a minor procedure done to help one feel more confident or solve a problem area, then I think if done for themselves and not for someone else's benefit - why not do it?
Sunday 14 September
By Carrie W.
Wanna know why some of us dont excercise??? We have multiple sclerosis or we have cancer and are going thru radiation....we have many other diseases that keep us from excercising in order to obtain a healthier body, so shut your fat mouth!!!
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Monday 15 September
By Poovy
you go girl!
Sunday 14 September
By JH
Yeah, I think your the one with the fat mouth lady, which probably matches
your fat arse. Quit making excuses!
Sunday 14 September
By P
Hello Carrie,
You say "we" as though you are including yourself in a particular group but it isn't clear which group that is. Are you saying you are overweight? Have cancer? MS? There are a lot of insensitive people in this world and negative comments is hardly ever a good way to encourage someone. Whatever challenges you face, there are plenty of support groups available that you could check into. Being "skinny" isn't a criteria for being healthy. If you are facing obesity, for your health sake you should find what works for you to lose the extra weight. Always be evaluated first by a doctor to rule out any health conditions and to have medical supervision. Losing weight too fast is unhealthy (and you rarely keep it off). Not everyone metabolizes calories the same way. Know how your body metabolizes food. Talk to a nutritionist or you could even stop by a Curves program that offers weight classes. But getting angry never solves a problem...........it only adds to it. Instead of lashing out, quietly educate those that question you. In the process, you could be empowering yourself to "find" the solution to "your" particular challenge and getting yourself healthy. Sometimes people attack out of ignorance. Don't get down on their level, rather educate them and yourself about the topic in question. If you believe you can do it................and you work at meeting your goal on a daily basis..............you'll find yourself reaching those goals. It only takes one small change made each day to reach your goal. I wish you all the best.
P.
Sunday 14 September
By Fat and work out daily
I work out daily. I do cardio daily and integrate weight training every other day and I am still fat. My cardio lasts approximately 45 minutes and my weight training another 45 minutes.
There is nothing wrong with the intensity of my workouts as my heart rate gets up there there and my hair is fully wet like I just got out of the shower.
You can be fat and not lazy!!!
Who the heck knows what my problem is. I've already been checked for thyroid issues and been told it is fine. I guess if I didn't work out, I'd be even fatter.
I am 5 ft. 1 inch and probably weight 180. I don't believe in weighing myself. I am a size 16/18.
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Sunday 14 September
By Racer X
It sounds like you have the exercise part down. Maybe you could see some better return on your effort with the help of a nutritionist.
Many people use poor eating habits to thwart their good exercise habits. Consulting a nutritionist for not only proper foods for YOUR metabolism, but also eating schedule. You don't want to fool your body into hanging on to fat by starving it before exercise for example. You have to tell your body it's OK to burn fat by letting it know that just enough food is CONSISTANTLY available. Find someone who can help you change the way you use fuel and see the results you are working so hard for!
Monday 15 September
By Dusti
It's sad to me how careless and judging people can be to other people when they are safely behind a computer screen. I know I've done it, thinking that it's just a game of tit for tat, not thinking that there's a real person on the other end...and it's been done to me. I know I've posted things to people I disagree with that I would never, ever, say face to face. Not out of fear, but just because of common courtesy. I doubt those who have said impolite things to me via MBs would do it face to face for the same reason. There are probably a few social inept people who don't recognize social boundaries and they act the same way in the real world as in the cyber, but only a relative few. I wish everyone would stop to ask themselves if they would say to another person face to face what they intend to write.
To the topic at hand.. We humans have fat on us by design. Magazines and models impose their version of the "ideal' shape and size on society, and real people can't live up to that...but still we believe on some level that we must try because we want be accepted by society (perhaps we should consider that we are society and begin to focus on more productive things, no?). As I grow older, my definition of beauty evolves. Some may argue that my views are changing because my body is changing, and it's my own vanity that has changed my thinking. Though there may be some truth in that, I know that it's so much more. And it's more than the "inner beauty" thing (though it's part of what makes up the whole). Example: In Hawaii, very large Samoan (sp?) women keep the art of hula alive...you can see them at sunset on rocky cliffs or at surfs edge, and their beauty is breathtaking. They don't have anything resembling an hourglass shape, and they are beautiful. And for those ignorant to hula, I assure you it isn't even close to inactive -- I've tried it. Hula gives any Jane Fonda workout a run for its money. And as for other women.. you see every shape, size and color walking on beaches with their children in Hawaii... most are truly pretty. How ignorant it is to look at a mother and only see lost muscle tone and stretch marks. Would someone look at a soldier who has the scars of war and not see the hero and his amazing attributes? Mothers willingly sacrifice their youthful bodies for sake of their offspring. When I became insecure over my appearance after the birth of my twins, my wonderful husband told me that healthy is sexy and beautiful, not a certain dress size. When I let myself believe that truth, I stopped obsessing over my weight and started working to become healthy again. I am chronically ill, but I can still work toward being as healthy as I can be...I can be beautiful with the body I have right now. Everyone can be. And to those who understand completely where I'm coming from, please remember that you can be beautiful with the body you have now. Don't wait to lose weight before you get your hair done the way you've always wanted to. Don't put off that shopping trip for some nicer clothes. Your skin deserves pampering today...and so do your nails. And if allergies don't prevent it, your hair and skin will thank you for consuming daily fruits/veggies/water. Being a size 6 isn't everything...in fact, it really doesn't matter one way or another to me anymore. Some people are shallow and don't see that size doesn't define beauty...but why on Earth should we worry over anything that shallow people think about us?