Word: plasticities
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...Words: Plastic Logic What everyone really wants, of course, is the iPod of e?readers. It was Steve Jobs who first understood the power of a killer device. After he created the iPod and linked it to the iTunes Music Store, people started paying for songs again, and to date, Apple has sold more than 6 billion of them. Jobs duplicated that model with the Apple App Store, which offers more than 15,000 apps for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Might Apple be able to work the same magic for the publishing industry? Jobs once said...
...always. In the most comprehensive study to date, published in 2004 in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (it's available for free here), a team of three authors reviewed 37 previous papers on the psychological effects of cosmetic surgery; the papers dated back to 1960 and, overall, included more than 3,300 test subjects. The authors concluded that most people do feel better psychologically after undergoing cosmetic surgery, especially breast reductions. (Rivers had her breasts taken down some after giving birth to her daughter Melissa, which she says led to her developing "major bazonkas.") Only...
...face lifts, older people - those in their late 40s and above - tend to be happy after undergoing them. But the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery paper found that people under 40 who sought face lifts were less likely to have an improved sense of well-being after the procedure. In general, men - especially young men - who seek cosmetic surgery are far less likely than women - especially older women - to be happy once they can see the results in the mirror. (Read "The Young and Plastic Surgery Hungry...
...never told her therapist that she was gagging herself after meals, she writes, "Exactly how would I have put it? 'By the way, doctor, my finger isn't just for reading the wind and calling cabs. Two or three times a day, I stick it down my throat.'" (Read "Plastic Surgery Below the Belt...
Which is not to say that wanting cosmetic surgery is necessarily a sign of illness. The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery paper makes the point that most of those who have realistic expectations about what cosmetic procedures can accomplish are happy with the results. They know they won't look like a supermodel even if the best surgeon is wielding the scalpel. Rivers says that everyone can "be beautiful," which just isn't true, at least not on the surface. The beautiful wouldn't look beautiful unless they looked better than the rest of us. But I do agree with Rivers...