S5 E16 – RESUGAR: Beware of Plastics

Bernice’s toward self-acceptance was a fun, little thrill for us, since it taught us that we can still experience self-loathing well into our senior years. Why not relive that realization through a re-sugar of our foray into plastic surgery. Well, our academic foray - no actual surgery was had. (But, it’s not too late - still taking donations!)

OH, and if you’re interested in diving even deeper than we do in this segment, check out these resources:

• CNN.com’s brief history of plastic surgery, along with this article on Plastic Surgery of Boston’s website which even tells us where the term plastic surgery came from!

• Living Magazine offers more history, breaking down the humble beginnings of breast augmentations, while Allure covers how they’ve…grown…over the years.

• UCLA Health offers more on the “Zoom Boom”.

• If you were as surprised by the concept of prison plastic surgery as we were, you won’t want to miss Wikipedia’s write-up.

• The Jewish Chronicle offers a brief look at the not-so-brief history of nose jobs and the Jewish community.

• Some researchers have found positive affects of plastic surgery on mental health (like in this journal article: The effect of cosmetic surgery on self-esteem and body image: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trial studies), but Forbes also speaks to some of the self esteem-related considerations around plastic surgery. 

• And, as of the writing of this segment, there was a very recent news story about a significant number of American deaths tied to plastic surgery in the Dominican Republic, which we referenced.

Come on y’all, let’s get into it! 

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