You’re probably wondering why, despite papparazzis crawling practically every corner of Hollywood, so many celebrities get to have plastic surgery, deny it, and get away with it.

Here’s probably a part of the answer to that question: there’s a secret plastic surgery recovery retreat in Beverly Hills. It’s where people who don’t want to be seen or don’t want people to know they’ve had plastic surgery seek refuge.

Well, it was a secret until CBS2 broke this story:

Shanteque Recovery Retreat is made up of 15 suites in the Le Meridien hotel in Beverly Hills, to which the back door entrance is so secret we aren't allowed to film it.

Just when you think that the term “flossing” applies exclusively to teeth, here comes a plastic surgeon who says he can do the same thing on the creases on your face.

Plastic surgeon Neil Reisman says he can do something about your frown lines with a procedure that is akin to flossing. According to him, the whole procedure “is all about releasing the muscle's attachment to skin". The good doctor shows ABC13 how it’s done:

Dot Klein smiles a lot and that has made creases from her nose to her mouth. Dot's face has been numbed before the procedure. It's done like at the dentist's office.

Matt, Sean/Christian’s (Dr. Macnamara / Dr. Troy) son, is sitting in their office with Kimber, Christian’s former girlfriend who Sean has also slept with. Matt and Kimber have been in a relationship recently, and are telling Sean and Christian that they got married. Sean and Christian are obviously taken aback, and Kimber hands them some photos from the wedding day – snidely – saying she feels badly they couldn’t be at the wedding. Sean and Christian are not impressed with her olive branch, and tell the two not only is this abrupt but also a terrible idea. Christian and Sean do not hide their negative feelings toward Kimber, flat out saying that she’s most likely up to no good. Matt tells them that since he and Kimber have been involved in the Church of Scientology, he’s grown a lot and forsees lots of opportunity for himself and the two men are just jealous because he is finally doing so well. Christian and Sean beg to differ, and when tensions in the room start getting too much, Kimber tells them that they are not only there to tell them the news – she is also there for a consult because she wants some work done…for free. Christian has no intention of doing this, but Kimber tells the two men it’s in their best interest – she wants her implants removed so she can breast feed – she and Matt are having a baby.

What else has Botox in store for us? Let’s see: on top of smoothing out wrinkles, Botox has been found out to be effective in treating Bell’s Palsy, depression, incontinence, knee pain, etc.

Now here’s another use for botulinum toxin, according to denverpost.com: it could ease spasms from stroke.

Botox is a drug derived from botulinum toxin. At high doses, it paralyzes muscles. At lower ones, it relaxes them. It is well-known as a wrinkle reducer. But Botox was originally approved as a treatment for uncontrollable blinking (blepharospasm) and misaligned eyes (strabismus), and it is used for a number of neurological conditions that feature overactive muscles.

Getting a cosmetic surgery procedure or two done is one thing. But going under a cosmetic surgeon’s knife almost 30 times within only 30 years of life in this planet is downright insane.

But Jenny Lee, a 30-year old mother from Dallas, Texas, has done just that. Recently featured by The Insider, Lee confesses to the fact that she has undergone more cosmetic surgery procedures than most women, that she is a plastic surgery addict. And the best that she could do about it? She promised she’s not going to have any plastic surgery for a year, a promise she has all too willingly broken. The Insider provides more details:

Alarmed by the spate of botched leg extension surgery procedures that have left patients disfigured, the Chinese government has decided to ban the practice of the said procedure, at least for cosmetic purposes.

According to a report by The Independent, China’s health ministry said it would only allow the procedure for strictly medical grounds, and that leg-lengthening can only be done by hospitals that conduct at least 400 orthopaedic operations a year and offer post-surgery care and rehabilitation.

Just how exactly is leg extension surgery done? The Independent gives us the goods, in a nutshell:

Undergoing plastic surgery is not the easiest decision to make. Whether it’s breast augmentation, a rhinoplasty or a facelift that you want done, it is essential to go into a cosmetic surgeon’s clinic with eyes wide open, that you know the dos and don’ts of cosmetic surgery.

This is something Shannon Leeman, cosmetic surgery advisor to the stars, is only all too willing to share to The Daily Mail.

Just how reliable is this Miami-born woman, who was once regarded as the LA circuit’s best-kept secret? The Daily Mail gives us a rundown:

At her smart Holland Park office, Leeman gives impartial advice to rich and famous clients who want to access the best surgery, quickly and discreetly. She’s been the LA circuit’s best-kept secret for years, since helping her first Oscar-winning Hollywood actress to turn back the clock and get away with it.

Indians have been one of the most visible front-runners of cosmetic surgery. Bollywood elites aren’t the only ones going under the knife to have their bodies and faces done. Even middle-class folks and perhaps even those who belong to the lower social strata have also availed of the services of a cosmetic surgeon.

Indians are so enthralled with looking good thus, it is somewhat normal for most of them to subject themselves to a surgical intervention as long as it would make them look a lot better and feel a lot better about themselves.

Now, aside from helping people land on their dream jobs, cosmetic surgery has tapped another market for its services – young boys and girls readying to tie the knot. Yes, cases of pre-wedding surgery in India are at their peak and experts can do nothing but express their observations.

There’s more to keeping skin young, smooth and flawless than just using Botox and injectable fillers to remove wrinkles. Though the latter effectively staves off remnants of aging on the face, it is quite a lot better if we deal with wrinkles right before they even appear. No matter how we look at it, the principle that says, an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure, is so much at work in this situation.

So to help us understand the concept better, Scotsman.com asked the guidance of an anti-ageing expert Tina Richards on the things women should do in order to age gracefully. Here are her recommendations:

One of the problems that people find themselves in after weight loss is the presence of sagging skin on their arms. You can’t be completely happy with hitting the target weight when your arms look like bat wings when you wave, or even just simply, when you move.

Weight loss, especially when induced through a gastric bypass surgery, usually gives this sort of effect. Arms flabs, though very nasty to behold, are by-products of weight loss, and there’s no way they will go off easily unless they are removed through a surgical procedure.

This surgical procedure is called brachioplasty. This procedure, which is also called arm lift, removes loose skin and excess fat deposits in the upper arm. In some cases, an arm lift is accompanied by liposuction in order to effectively remove the excess fat and achieve the desired results.