Where have you been?

I found a website that will make a map of the states you've visited. Here's mine (although I have to admit that I've only been to Missouri and Ohio during an airplane layover and in Missouri I didn't even have to get off the plane):



create your own visited states map
or check out these Google Hacks.

Plastic Surgery

Yep, so I have now entered the world of 'plastic surgery'. Of course not in the way that is most common.
The top five surgical procedures cosmetic procedures in 2005 were:

1. Liposuction with 455,489 procedures performed
2. Breast Augmentation with 364,610 procedures up nine percent from 2004.
3. Blepharoplasty (cosmetic eyelid surgery) came in third with 231,467
4. Rhinoplasty (nose reshaping) is the forth most common procedure with 200,924 procedures performed
5. Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) reported 169,314 procedures

Shockingly Scar Revision is not mentioned, it should be though. With a really good surgeon, it is a wonder what they can do for a really bad scar... I think that it is all those years of practice hiding scars from face lifts and breast augmentations...

However, just when I decided that Plastic Surgery is a really good thing, I heard a sad story of a breast augmentation gone wrong. Somehow it caused a collapsed lung. I had never heard of that before... Afterwards I felt a little guilty. My surgery went beautifully, and it looks as though I will have a beautiful result (very thin knee scar -- I'll post a picture when I have a good after one.

Still, any surgery is risky, I guess it is just a matter of weighing the pros and cons, the risks, finding the best surgeon possible, and probably good follow up care...

anyhow, I was wondering, what is your view of plastic surgery, Vain, or understandable? Would you ever consider it? And if so, just something small, or would you consider something larger, like for instance if you started to develop jowls...?