Did you guess what body part? Perhaps, the headline in today's Wall Street Journal might give you a clue - Virgin Territory: US Women Seek A Second First time. That's right, the hymen. Hymenoplasty, the reattachment of the hymen, is one of the fastest-growing procedures of the plastic surgeon. It's advertised in magazines, newspapers, radio and on-line. Where one surgeon performed two procedures a year ten years ago, now he does ten a month.
Why people choose to undergo unnecessary surgery befuddles me. To recover from this procedure takes six weeks; there is the ever-present risk of any operation; it's expensive, with $5000 being a typical charge. And, it's only good for one time. People who have this procedure done in hopes of improving their sex life for one night have far deeper problems that cannot be cured by any form of surgery.
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Whatever next? Un-circumcision?
I watched a little Oprah yesterday and she had some woman who had many surgeries and was considering a "body lift" that consisted of cutting all around the waist and pulling up the whole lower part like panty hose. Ugh - from what little I watched, plastic surgery was an addiction for her. Michael Jackson and Roseanne Barr look like freaks and so did this woman. This is just unbelievable.
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