Mom gives 7-year-old daughter gift certificate for liposuction

(CBS) Some parents are criticized for spoiling their kids with overly expensive Christmas presents. But one mom who spent roughly $10,800 on a single present for her 7-year-old daughter is under fire for a different reason. The hefty price tag came with a voucher for liposuction, the Daily Mail reported.

Mom Sarah Burge gives 7-year-old daughter Poppy gift certificate for liposuction

"Human Barbie" gives daughter new gift certificate for liposuction, previously had given her voucher for breast augmentation

6% increase in cosmetic surgery

The number of people going under the knife for cosmetic surgery rose 6% between 2010 and 2011, new figures show.

Exclusive: The troubled history of PIP's implants man in America

WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - When the French firm at the center of a breast implant scandal sought to expand its U.S. business a decade ago, it turned to Donald McGhan, a pioneer in the implant industry with a history of legal troubles. McGhan's career traces back to the laboratory at Dow Corning where the first breast implants were made in the early 1960s. ...

Killing fat cells: Death by freezing or liposuction?

(Medical Xpress) -- Is it more effective to freeze your love handles, killing the fat cells between two super-cooled plates in a procedure known as cryolipolysis, or vacuum them away with liposuction? And which lasts longer, a surgical facelift or facial skin tightening via a laser?