| Doctors' warning as liposuction ops rise by 90%
The number of people turning to liposuction in an attempt to lose weight has risen by 90% in one year - prompting experts to warn it is not a solution for obesity. The operation, in which fat cells are sucked from under the skin, has jumped from the eighth most popular cosmetic procedure in 2005 to third in 2006, behind breast and eyelid surgery. According to figures released today by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), 3,986 liposuctions were carried out last year, compared with 2,099 in 2005. The study also found that anti-ageing procedures are becoming more popular, with facelifts up 44% on the previous year, eyelid surgery up 48%, and brow lifts up 50%. .
Boob ops explode
BOOB jobs are bursting out all over Britain as record numbers of women go under the knife to look like big-busted celebs.
There was a massive 31.2% explosion in the number of cosmetic surgery operations carried out in 2006 compared to the previous year.
And getting bigger breasts - dubbed the "Pammy Effect" by surgeons - is still the most popular op of all.
More women want to look like Pamela Anderson, 39 - now filming her new movie Blonde and Blonder In Los Angeles - or curvy Kate Price, 28.
The number of bra-size boosting ops jumped by 9% to 6,156 in 2006, the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons says in a report out today.
Surgeon David Ross, said more women wanted a fuller bust.
"The celebrity impact has been profound," he said.
'DN' Continues Coverage Of Ivanka Trump's Boobs
The Daily News' Dan Gross continues his coverage of all things Ivanka Trump- and boob-related with another lead item about the Wharton grad's chest. You may remember back last month when Gross reported Ivanka Trump's boobs were much bigger at the Golden Globes than the last time he saw her. She reportedly got implants in Mexico. Donald Jr. was on John DeBella's 102.9 WMGK morning show yesterday and lashed out at reports about his sister's breast implants, Gross reports: "Don't piss off an overprotective brother... If you don't want me to explode, you better stop with the Ivanka questions." Oh snap! After Donald Jr. declared the breasts 100 percent real, Gross called up Ivanka's publicist, who gave this quote from Ivanka: "Completely false. The only thing I do in Mexico is build buildings." Hmm.
House of meetings
Stevie Davies, as far as I know, has never even attempted to take part in The X Factor. She does not work as a plant stylist or a lifestyle coach for pet manicurists and has not spent exhaustively televised hours having plastic surgery, abusing other races or being taught to samba indifferently. This means that, should you find her work in a bookshop at all, it may not be prominently positioned, despite the TV adaptation of her 1997 novel The Web of Belonging. You may even be unfamiliar with her writing - novels such as the tenderly disturbing Kith and Kin or the truly extraordinary The Element of Water. Davies just writes, very precisely, sometimes wonderfully - sometimes fiction, sometimes non-fiction - and always from the heart. She does what a writer does - making beauty for strangers, passing it on.
New Dimensions builds warehouse, hopes to add new cafeteria soon
A Bay City agency that provides job training and employment opportunities for physically and mentally challenged individuals has completed phase one of a $235,000 capital improvement project. New Dimensions, 1707 Marquette Ave., recently constructed a 5,040-square-foot warehouse that is being used to store products that are handled and packaged by area residents who work through the agency. Berniece Binder, New Dimension's grant writer and administrative assistant of employment, said the agency also plans to put a new roof on its main office building, and add a bathroom and cafeteria. She said the total cost of the project is $235,522. The warehouse cost $78,600, with funding coming from grants and donations from individuals, businesses and area foundations.
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