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Posted on 12/04/2005 6:32:40 AM PST by billorites
Forget diamonds, mink coats and Mercedes.
Many Bay State men - at the urging of their wives and girlfriends - are shelling out big bucks to give their significant others the holiday gift that really keeps on giving: Plastic surgery.
Mary Giuffrida got her Christmas goodies early this year. The 49-year-old Peabody woman underwent a tummy tuck, breast augmentation and liposuction in October - a gift from her husband of 28 years.
Giuffrida said there probably won’t be anything under the tree for her Dec. 25 - but that’s OK. Now, she said, every day is like Christmas.
“Other than my engagement ring, this is the best gift I’ve ever gotten for Christmas,” said Giuffrida, who wouldn’t divulge the cost but said she had thought about cosmetic surgery for a long time.
“I’m going to really enjoy this Christmas,” she said. “I feel wonderful. How could I want more than this?”
Giuffrida had her cosmetic surgery done by Dr. Sheldon Sevinor - whose name graces Christmas lists of women across the region.
Next week, a woman is coming in for a face-lift, neck-lift and arm and stomach liposuction. It’s one of the largest cosmetic-surgery gifts Sevinor’s seen in 28 years.
Last week, Sevinor performed a rhinoplasty (nose job) and breast augmentation on another woman - also a gift from her husband.
“The patients react like you’ve given them a million dollars,” said Sevinor, who has offices in Boston and on the North Shore.
Three college students are booked next week for rhinoplasty, otoplasty (surgery for large protruding ears) and a chin enlargement - all early gifts from their parents, Sevinor said.
Dr. Joseph Russo of Newton said a handful of husbands come in every year looking to buy their wives cosmetic surgery for Christmas. Last year, one man wrapped up a big bra and gave it to his wife on Christmas. When she opened it, she said it would never fit.
The husband told her it would fit next week - he’d gotten her breast implants, Russo recalled.
“It’s kind of a present for themselves too. Women come in ecstatic,” said Russo.
Botox, laser peels and wrinkle fillers such as Restylane and other skin treatments are popular in the weeks before Christmas as people - mostly women - “spruce up” for the holidays, surgeons said.
Many cosmetic surgeons offer gift certificates, which are popular for less invasive procedures such as Botox. A lot of people, including students, choose to have cosmetic surgery done around the holidays because they have time off from work or school. Some women even buy Botox or Restylane injections for their men.
Sheila Manditch of Newton got a rhinoplasty from her husband last year for Christmas.
“I trimmed my nose, instead of trimming the tree,” quipped Manditch, whose husband put Russo’s card in a Christmas card.
Now there's an infelicitous name.
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The husband told her it would fit next week - he’d gotten her breast implants, Russo recalled.
Hey, that was clever!
The husband told her it would fit next week - he’d gotten her breast implants, Russo recalled.
Oh man, if my husband ever did that . . . well that big bra might end up wrapped around his neck!
There isn't enough money, sutures, or time in the world.
I can't think what to get the special person in my life for their bithday. Which is today, incidentally.
I thought this might be a good idea until I found out my wife bought me a frontal lobotamy.
I have no problem with "minor" repairs but some people go overboard and end up looking like Jacko
Would you like some suggestions?
Sure, I'd love some suggestions.
"Oh man, if my husband ever did that . . . well that big bra might end up wrapped around his neck!"
If a man gave me a gift of liposuction I'd take the hint and diet.
I decided to face my fears and look closely at helen thomas. After the tearing in my eyes subsided, I was faced with a hard question. Where would a plastic surgeon start? Eye bags, nose, lips, boobs, stomach, not to mention makeover magic: hair, wardrobe, voice coach, etc. It's just a mess. The only good news, I guess, is a surgeon could never be charged with operating on a wrong part. It's ALL so wrong.
Merry Christmas, Stepford Wives....
After all, real men wear kilts.
I've never understand why a man would enjoy fondling breasts and feeling bags of fluid in the process....and then having a visual on what it took to get them in there. What a turnoff.
Hmmmmmmm.....Please clarify your postion
Are you saying that any plastic surgery is wrong or just how it is portrayed in the article?
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