Plastic Surgeons Revealed The Most Dangerous Procedures
A while back, Reddit user Topgunner85 asked, "Plastic surgeons of Reddit, what body-altering surgery would you never get and why?"
"Iris depigmentation laser surgery. The risks of blindness or complications are quite high. And it looks bad."
"My husband is an ICU nurse and sees men with penile implant infections all the time. He says the guys (and their S.O.'s) regret them in later years since they're in and out of the hospital all the time."
"Honestly? Rib removal surgery — just to get a smaller waist or 'Barbie' silhouette. As someone who's been around medical tourism and seen both great and terrible results, I've noticed that anything messing with internal structure like that is playing with fire. It's not just about aesthetics — your ribs protect your organs. Removing them is risky, painful, and recovery can be brutal. I've seen people fly across the world for cheap procedures like this, only to end up with nerve damage or breathing problems."
"As a nurse who has worked extremely closely with plastics, I would say BBL (Brazilian butt lift), 100%. From blood clots to sepsis, it's just not worth it. If the fat travels into the bloodstream, it's over. Not worth the risks."
"Buccal fat removal makes you look like a skeleton when you age and the rest of your fat goes away."
"I would never get a 'nonsurgical' or 'liquid' rhinoplasty. Most of the time, that's just filler injected into the nose. There is a risk of filler in this location causing you to go blind."
"Former surgical technician here, and the surgery I would NEVER get is interocular contacts. Had a patient who went to Turkey to have it done. They came back looking like something from a horror movie. They were in so much pain, all they could do was cry. When we removed the first one, you could feel the relief leaving their body. They had to wait two weeks to do the other eye. Leave your eyes alone!!!!!! Just wear GLASSES 🤓!"
"Leg lengthening surgery. Because this is one of the most traumatic and painful operations, with long recovery, risks of complications, and all for the sake of aesthetic or social conformity. The operation involves a bone fracture, its stretching with the help of devices, and months — or even years — of pain and rehabilitation. At the same time, the result may be unstable, and expectations may be inflated. For me, it would be too high a price for trying to meet external standards. I'd rather work on accepting myself and finding an environment where growth doesn't matter."
"Laryngoplasty. I have a few LGBTQ+ friends who have taken most of the steps to physically transition from male to female (breast implants, vaginal augmentation, hormone therapy, etc). I found out that most will not attempt to surgically alter their voice, as it is a very dangerous procedure."
"One thing I've heard a lot — especially from people in their 30s and 40s — is that bone-cutting surgeries (like jaw or cheekbone reduction) are the ones they regret most later. Many say it affects aging, nerve sensitivity, and causes long-term discomfort."
"Hair implants. The implants are definitely visible, the donor area always gets rare, and if you don't take finasteride (a drug that has impotence as a possible side effect), the hair between the plugs WILL fall. It may be a good procedure for some, and I know many people who are happy with the results, but I'd rather keep my penis functioning than my hair. And yes, I know, not everyone gets those side effects. But many do, and in some cases, they are permanent."
"In general, I would never get any facial fillers. They tend to look worse over time and migrate."
"I recently saw a post about 'hunter eye' surgery that had gone wrong and looked terrible. Basically, it's trending with men who want to have smaller eyes that slant upwards so they look like hunters and not prey. So, they're getting this surgery to alter the slant of their eyes AND DECREASE THE VOLUME OF THEIR EYEBALLS to get smaller eyes. It's exactly as horrific as it sounds, and there are some incredibly questionable results from it. Some of them looked okay after, but it's a wild reason to let someone suck the juice from your eyeballs, slice through the conjunctiva, slice through the outer corner of the eye, and remove a portion of the eye socket."
"Botox is used to treat spastic muscles in cerebral palsy, but as someone who already looks way younger than 31, why would you risk your life when you could just look your age?"
"I'm a nurse, but I'll say liposuction. It's horrible on the body with a high risk of infection, bleeding, and embolism. You get better results with diet and exercise."
"360 lifts and abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), basically anything that involves removing large amounts of skin and tissue. It's even worse if they combine it with liposuction. I gave this answer because I think the complications are serious enough to warrant very careful consideration from people that do need it. Just because a surgery can improve a person's quality of life doesn't mean we should ignore the potential risks."
"I'd never get tongue splitting — it's permanent, can mess with speech, and just isn't worth the risk. I'd rather not gamble with how I talk or eat."
"I'd stay away from anything that involves going to another country to get something at a discount. One of the issues with surgery, any surgery, is that they often have complications. Good luck finding a surgeon to touch you when it isn't his/her work, let alone it being done at some shady center outside the country. You could either find yourself paying insanity level money for correction, or simply live as whatever monster a shady butcher leaves you as."
And finally, "A DIEP flap for breast reconstruction. It's a much bigger surgery than they expect, and it's got such a difficult recovery that takes so long. My patients who opt for the tissue expander to implant instead have a much easier recovery."
To all the plastic surgeons, nurses, and practitioners out there, which body-altering procedures would you NEVER get, and why? Let us know in the comments, or if you prefer to stay anonymous, tell us your story in the form below.
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27 Eye-Opening Tips Therapists Gave To Their Patients That Might Change The Way You Live Your Life
Reddit user commander_boobs asked the community, "What's one thing a therapist has said to you that you will never forget?" People who've been to therapy didn't hold anything back and shared positive tips they've learned along the way. And because the subject is so popular, members of our BuzzFeed Community contributed their own stories, too. So, here are some of the most eye-opening things therapists have ever said to their patients: Warning: Some submissions include topics of domestic abuse and anti-LGBTQ+ harassment. Please proceed with caution. Note: There isn't one "typical" therapy experience. Everyone's stories are different, and if it hasn't worked for some, that doesn't mean it hasn't worked for others. 1."My therapist taught me the DREAM technique, which stands for 'detect, reward, escape, amend, and magnify.' I know this isn't some click-your-fingers technique that'll magically cure your problem overnight, and anyone who says that they have one is offering a distraction rather than dealing with the underlying issue. Detect is when you pay attention to what's going on in your head — no one thinks linearly. One minute you're thinking about one thing, the next minute you've gone on so many mental tangents you're as far from the original thought as you can be — the moment you notice that slip, stop what you're doing. Say it out loud to yourself if you have to. Reward is the detection itself, and not rewarding the negative thought — it's about positive reinforcement to make future detection easier." "Escape is when you remove yourself from the environment, either physically or mentally. One technique I use is to rumble my ears and hum because it's so loud, I can't hear anything else (but really, anything to break the pattern and take control of the situation). Amend is to rephrase the situation by inverting the language — for example, instead of saying 'bad,' say 'not good' because it doesn't matter if you're saying the word 'not' — you're still using 'good.' And finally, magnify is to, 'Magnify the newly-created positive suggestion/fantasy, and actually imagine the outcome happening. To magnify it, make the colors brighter, the sounds louder, the feelings stronger, and the sensations more specific. The stronger the emotions and feelings attached to the new thought/image, the more powerful it is.' It took me months to get the DREAM technique right, and to basically 'reprogram' my entire way of thinking, but now it's second nature. I would have anxiety attacks near-daily, but my last one was in 2013. As the quote goes, 'It gets easier, but you gotta do it, that's the hard part — but it does get easier.'" —u/neohylanmay 2."My therapist told me, 'Napoleon's greatest weakness was he could never stop trying to return to his former glory.' I had spent almost a decade trying to 'get back' to situations and feelings I had in my early twenties instead of focusing on different life goals and expectations. I never realized how unhappy I was because I was trying to rebuild a life that was gone instead of trying to build a new and more realistic life for myself." —u/PhoenixApok 3."I was in unrequited love with a guy who'd strung me along for years and years, and although I knew it was unhealthy and leading nowhere, I couldn't stop loving him and engaging with him whenever he contacted me. It seems overly simplistic, but my therapist reminded me of the five stages of grief and told me I was in denial. She said I was deciding to stay in denial because if i stayed in that stage, the relationship couldn't end, and I wouldn't have to accept the fact that we weren't going to end up together. Recognizing that I was in denial eventually led to my acceptance that we would never be together. I was able to move through the five stages and finally get over him after YEARS of agony — it seems so simple, but it changed my life." —u/nopenonotatall Related: 4."My therapist said, 'They'll get over it.' We were discussing setting boundaries and how hard it was for me to say no. I told her people would be mad if I said no. She responded with, 'So? They'll be mad.' When I just stared at her, not comprehending, she went on with that pearl of wisdom: 'They'll get over it.' I thought of all the times I'd been upset with people and had to get over it, but I realized she was right. Even the person whose anger I feared the most would get over it in time. The first time I said no was hard — I fretted about it and the other person's reaction for a while. It got easier, though, and now I have no trouble at all doing it." —u/Bookworm1254 5."One thing a therapist once said to me that I'll never forget is, 'You're allowed to feel how you feel, even if you don't have all the answers right now.' It stuck with me because I often felt the need to immediately fix or rationalize my emotions instead of just sitting with them. That statement made me realize it's okay not to have everything figured out and that emotions themselves are valid, even without clear explanations. It was freeing to understand that I didn't need to solve everything at once." —u/nontas1995 6."'Your self-confidence will fluctuate day to day, maybe even minute to minute. That's transient. But what doesn't fluctuate is your knowledge, your training, your intelligence, and your intellect. Those things stay consistent and improve with time. Don't put too much stock in your self-confidence as a measure of how competent you are. Trust in the other things that are consistent and concrete.'" —u/exile_zero 7."My therapist said to think of past me and future me as two completely different people. My decisions today don't affect me. Because the me that makes those decisions will be gone (past me). Future me, a different person, has to live with the consequences. So treat that person with love and respect, and don't put him in bad or awkward situations." —u/BizarroMax 8."My counselor told me you can forgive someone or accept a situation without invalidating the hurt that it caused you. That helped a lot, as throughout my life, I've been estranged or betrayed by most of my family, and went through a period of time where all of my close friends collectively abandoned me. At the time, everyone kept telling me to move on, and the idea of forgiveness was continually being brought up — it was tough because I always felt like what people wanted me to do was just forget everything that happened in the past. My counselor worked with me quite a bit on coming to terms with those things without acting like it never happened, or that it still didn't hurt." —u/kamron94 9."'That child who was never loved or acknowledged isn't waiting on your parents, but on you. You are her parent now. Will you ignore her, not love her, not value her, and not find her worthy as well? You decide if she thrives or survives. Your parents let her down. Will you do the same?'" —u/Dry-Willingness948 Related: 10."I used to see a trauma specialist who was really great at focusing on shame and shame spirals, and he educated me on the physical aspects of strong intrusive feelings. The best example is to focus on what your body is doing when you feel an overwhelming negative thought — shame, for example, tends to make our bodies tense in a way that brings our shoulders to our ears. So, when you realize that you're stuck in a shame spiral, focus instead on what your body is doing and work on relaxing those muscles — your mind eventually gets the picture, and you come out of the spiral." "I'm still using this advice years later, and it has helped me a lot with refocusing my mind away from the intrusive thoughts I get. It was nice to finally have a therapist who taught me useful coping mechanisms that weren't self-damaging." —u/emilybohbemily 11."I often struggle with feelings of guilt due to PTSD and anxiety, so I apologize excessively. My therapist told me to replace 'sorry' with 'thank you.' So instead of telling people, 'Sorry, I'm having a stressed-out day,' I say, 'Thank you for being supportive of me.'" —Femmefoxx 12."A therapist asked me what I wanted to get out of therapy, and I replied, 'I finally want to be happy and stay happy.' She told me, 'Happiness is like putting clean sheets on your bed. The only way to enjoy it is to be in it, but that also means you need to rewash them. Achieving happiness isn't about staying happy — it's understanding how to get there again and again after everything gets dirty.' My mind was blown." —fishola13 13."My therapist and I were discussing how I felt about a pretty deep betrayal from my ex-wife. I was beating myself up for not seeing how bad she really was when there was plenty of evidence. He wrote down something on his yellow notepad and then held it up to my face, practically touching my nose. He said, 'What does that say?' I couldn't read it — it was too close to my face. Stepping back from it a bit, I could read it. It said, 'You're too close to see it.' He was right. I was too close to the problems and the situation to have been able to see it where, in retrospect, it was so obvious. I stopped beating myself up over it and was able to let it go." —u/flutter_quirkzz 14."I had talked recently about my inability to find a partner because I'm looking for X, Y, and Z, and 'not a lot of women fit what I'm looking for.' She paused for a minute and asked me, 'Well…what kind of partner do YOU want to be?' This blew my mind. It completely changed my approach to dating." —u/VikingRodeo9 Related: 15."She asked if there was anything I wanted to do in my life that I no longer thought I could do. I told her that I wanted to go to law school, but that was no longer in the cards for me. She said, 'You know that you can still go to law school, right? No one has to give you permission.' I'll be graduating with my JD degree in May of next year. I don't think she knows the true impact of her simple statement that day." —u/sethscoolwife 16."Hearing negative messages from my family about my sexual orientation and religious views messed me up badly. My therapist said that they won't correct the wrong, but I can change the way it impacts me by learning radical acceptance, unconditional love for myself, and healthy boundaries. She also said, 'You are fucking precious — period. No matter what they say or do to you, you are wonderful, and you have the right to exist.'" —a445b471ee 17."That each of us is our own library — we're all a collection of different books. Some of our stories may be sad, and some of them may be happy — some may be very painful, and some may give us lots of joy. There are some we won't share, and there are some that we will gladly read aloud. As we move forward in our lives, we should give value to each of our stories — this is especially true for the unwritten ones, and if we're struggling to let go of an old story." —u/starrylv 18."I'm someone who always puts what makes me happy on the back burner. My therapist looked at me and literally said, 'Fuck shit up.' She told me to do whatever I wanted because no matter what the reactions would be, it'd be MY mess I created with my own free will." —8675309eeine 19."I actually had the 'It's not your fault' scene from Good Will Hunting happen to me — for real (I have a different background than Will's, though). I fell into a depression during high school as a result of my parents trying to force me to be more disciplined in school and removing all distractions/leisure at home. It was literally eat, sleep, and study — no entertainment was allowed. No friends, movies, TV shows, books, magazines, or anything else that wasn't related to school. Obviously, I became unhappy and focused less on school, and ultimately, I did worse. My parents doubled dow,n and I deteriorated, and I spiraled downward." "Going to therapy in my mid-twenties, all of this came out during sessions and it was rough — she told me that all of this wasn't my fault. Like Will in the movie, I didn't really accept it, and I kind of brushed it off. She repeated herself, and I said, 'Yeah, I know, but I could have been better.' She said, 'No, you were still a kid, and too young to understand what was happening. Your parents knew. It wasn't your fault.' Then I went all blubbery, pretty much like Will in the movie — a floodgate had opened." —u/RyzenRaider 20."'Depression doesn't have to be sadness or the lack of happiness. It could come in the form of unresolved anger.' This helped me reframe a lot of what I was trying to fix." —u/usbman 21."The one thing a therapist told me, which has stuck with me for years, is that the mind and the body are one thing — they're connected. The physical work we do has a huge impact on our thought process (as much as diet, meditation, and, in my case, taking medication). I am in a fun cohort of people who need to work on our bodies for our minds to be solid, happy, and functioning — if I don't go get my heart rate burning at maximum capacity for at least an hour four to five times a week, I am miserable. My short-term memory gets worse, my inner monologue gets negative, and little stresses turn into huge problems. But, if I work out and do something physical, I'm super happy, everything feels easy, and there are a few situations in my reasonably high-stress programming and management job that are an issue to deal with." —u/williamf03 Related: 22.''If you make an intentional, well thought-out decision, how someone else responds to it is none of your business.' I didn't believe him for years." —u/Alternative-Bad-6403 23."My ex-husband broke his hand throwing his fist through a wall and told me to 'be grateful it wasn't my face.' My therapist, who was an absolute gem and truly saved me in getting out of the marriage, told me, 'You do not owe anyone the story unless you want to share it. But you will *not* lie for him. When people see him in a cast and ask what happened, you look them in the eye and say, 'You can ask him about that.' It helped me keep my dignity without feeling the need to tell anyone about my abuse unless I trusted them. I don't know if I could've forgiven myself as quickly if I'd helped him hide his abuse with outright lies. She was truly incredible." —malloryrosie 24."Using the word 'always' can be dangerous. Telling someone that you'll 'ALWAYS be there for them' can interfere with your well-being and can unintentionally open you up to emotional issues you don't necessarily need or want to deal with. Setting boundaries is key, and true friends will understand when you mentally cannot be there for them all the time." —lilpic 25."We were having a conversation about my depression and anxiety, and in the course of this conversation about changing my meds, she said, 'You have to do the work.' What I took from that conversation was there isn't one pill, one therapy session, or one singular thing that's going to magically fix me instantly — I have to do all of these things, and I have to do them every single day. I have to put in the work. I have to exercise, I have to police my own negative thoughts, and I have to watch what I eat and drink (because I use food to self-soothe)." —u/Maxwyfe 26."Even if someone close to you treated you horribly, the reasons why they acted that way can have absolutely nothing to do with you. I think the general statement from my therapist was how people's actions towards you can often be about something completely out of your control and awareness. It might seem obvious when stated that way (especially if you think about interactions you have with strangers who are having a bad day), but it really changes how you interpret your experiences and cope with them. So, just a reminder to everyone: It's not always about you, what you did or didn't do, and it's not your fault — let go of it all knowing that, and try your best to move on." —u/parad0xchild finally, "After being in therapy from the age of seven years old until about 40 years old, the therapist I had been seeing for 13 years said to me, 'You know, you have accomplished so much so far that I think I'm done with working with you. You have all of the tools to deal with your mood disorder, and you know how to do it now. You will never be cured, but you are amazing the way you are — so be you. Be the best you there is because I respect and like the you that you are, and no matter where you are in the world, you have my number and your psychiatrist's number — we will always pick up if you need us.'" "Then, she started crying and got up and gave me the warmest hug. Nine years later, we still exchange an email every year just to say hello — she was awesome. She essentially told me I have all of the tools in my mental kit to solve my own problems now, and it felt empowering to hear because she was right." —u/kapsalonmet Note: Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity. The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-800-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy. Also in Goodful: Also in Goodful: Also in Goodful: Solve the daily Crossword
Newsweek
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Horror As Couple Spot Detail Showing Juice Could Have Killed Wife
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A Canadian man and his wife were shocked to discover that a bottle of cranberry juice they ordered online included a hidden warning that could have had deadly consequences—an unexpected allergen label reading "may contain shellfish." The millennial man, who goes by u/hi2colin on Reddit, told Newsweek that his wife, who has a shellfish allergy, narrowly avoided drinking the beverage, thanks to a chance glance at the fine print on the bottle's label. "Tried a new brand of cranberry juice. Turns out it might kill my wife," the Toronto-based man wrote in a post to the platform that has since gone viral, racking up more than 60,000 upvotes. The cranberry juice came from Walmart's Great Value brand and had been substituted during an online grocery order. "We have a new baby, and we tried doing grocery delivery," the man said. "Usually, I check every ingredient list, but when our usual cranberry juice blend was sold out, I hit 'replace with similar' and didn't think too much about it." The husband said neither he nor his wife expected shellfish to be a risk in fruit juice. "Since there's never been a problem with other brands, we don't think to check," he said. "My wife hadn't had any of it yet, but happened to see the allergy warning while reaching for something else. "I'm glad she noticed!" the man added. Despite the horror that could have unfolded if the woman drank the juice, the couple shared a laugh over their swift discovery, before anything had happened. The man said that it was his wife's idea to post the image online. Reddit users were able to see the plastic bottle of juice featuring a subtle line warning consumers that it "may contain shellfish"—a potential trigger for life-threatening allergic reactions. "I didn't think the post would reach so many people," the man said. Reactions to the post ranged from concern to disbelief, with some commenters praising the couple's vigilance and others questioning how such an allergen could end up in juice at all. Food allergy specialist Elizabeth Pecoraro, a registered dietitian with over 15 years of experience advising families, told Newsweek the answer lies in manufacturing practices. "While shellfish obviously isn't an ingredient in cranberry juice, manufacturers sometimes process multiple products on shared equipment," Pecoraro said. "If those lines have handled shellfish-containing items, trace amounts still may be there. "This is when a 'may contain' or 'processed in a facility with' statement could be on the label." Pecoraro added that labeling laws in the United States do not require companies to include those warnings. "It's important to know that, in the United States, 'may contain' statements are not required by law," Pecoraro said. "A product could still be at risk for cross-contact, even if no precautionary allergen statement (PAL) is on the label." A bottle of cranberry juice from Walmart shows an allergy warning for shellfish written on its packaging. A bottle of cranberry juice from Walmart shows an allergy warning for shellfish written on its packaging. u/hi2colin For consumers with severe allergies, this can be a dangerous gray area. "The only way to be sure is to contact the manufacturer through email, phone or both," Pecoraro added. "The key takeaway is to always read the ingredient list and allergen statement every time you buy a product, even if it's one you've purchased for years. "Manufacturers can change suppliers, production facilities, or equipment at any time without notice." Newsweek reached out to Walmart for comment via email. Is there a health issue that's worrying you? Let us know via health@ We can ask experts for advice, and your story could be featured on Newsweek.
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- New York Post
‘Zombie squirrels' covered in oozing warts spotted sulking through US backyards: report
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