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Bizarre Tales of Cosmetic Surgery, Tattoos and More

By Buck Wolf, About.com

Be honest. Isn't there part of you that you would like to change? While some men are getting breast reduction, a record amount are now getting pectoral implants.

Catty Dennis Avner Named World's ‘Most Modified Man'

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With tiger-stripe tattoos, synthetic whiskers, and teeth sharpened into fangs, a 50-year-old computer repairman has transformed himself into a jungle cat. He's now the star of London's Ripley's Believe It Or Not! museum.

Man Seeks Career as Human Billboard

Victor Thompson, a 39-year-old tattoo enthusiast from Laconia, N.H., is charging $200 per scquare inch for companies who want to advertise on his skin. "I'm getting paid to do what I like to do best," he tells UPI. Moreover, it's a one-time fee.

Botox Woman Skips Off Without Paying $1,225

With marks from a Botox treatment fresh on her face, a woman tells her doctor's secretary that she left her credit card in the car. Dr. John Porcaro of Port St. Lucie told police: "She just took off and we never saw her again."

Hey, Kids! It's Time for Doll House Breast Implants

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Your Barbie doll of yesteryear may seem like they've achieved an idealized plastic perfection, but now girls can put your virtual plaything on a crash diet and give her a breast implant. On the Miss Bimbo website, launched in Britain, girls compete to become "the most famous, beautiful, sought after bimbo across the globe!"

Time for a Lunchtime Lipo

Cosmetic surgery for the take-it-to-go generation.

Breast Implants on the Rise (for Men)

Hey, Guys, Do you secretly want perfectly symmetrical, squared-off pecs, like a Spartan warrior from "300"? You're hardly alone.

British Man's Plea for Breast Reduction

A 23-year-old man is blaming his abnormally large breasts on a condition called Gynaecomastia, and is frustrated that the British National Health Service turned him down for surgery. Doctors say he just needs to lose weight. .

Man Gets Swastica Tattoo Removed From Forehead

Suggestion: If you're tired of that Swastika tattoo on your forehead, why not replace it with the tattoo of a brain, so at least you can tell people that you have one.

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