THE SCALPEL AND THE SURGEON (2 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Hebrews 4:1-16
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The Scalpel and the Surgeon (2 of 4)
Series: A Word About The Word
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 4:1-16
Cosmetic surgery has become very popular in our present day society. In one of the books I read a year ago, I ran across some unique surgeries that people actually pay money to have done to their bodies:
• Back in 2010 more than a million American women underwent lip augmentation surgery. They paid between $l,500 - $3,000 to have their lips plumped up. And to do that they surgeons used silicone, paraffin wax, and cow-collagen injections... and some women have opted to enhance their lips with purified tissue from their own skin taken or even from research cadavers. Just makes you want to pucker up, doesn't it?
• Then there are Ocular surgeons in the Netherlands (it's not legal anyplace else) that have developed a technique for implanting tiny bits of jewelry into a patient's eyeballs. For a mere $860 they'll implant a miniature platinum heart, star, or half-moon.
• Some surgeons in Los Angeles and New York are reportedly offering "pinky toe tucks," where they surgically shave the bones of a woman's pinky toes to make their toes straighter... and make their feet narrower so women can wear narrower shoes. Cost: $1,000 per toe.
• And you men can get into the act by getting an instant six-pack. For a mere $5,000 to $10,000 a plastic surgeon will suck out only the fat between your stomach muscles.
(Uncle John's Fully Loaded 25th Anniversary Bathroom Reader, page 107)
Now correct me if I'm wrong... but these folks are crazy.
They have to be half-daft to allow a supposedly reputable surgeon perform these kinds of operations. I mean have you seen (name of a famous personality who'd undergone face lifts) lately? He's undergone several face lifts, and he'll never look normal again.
Surgery is not something that should be taken lightly.
ILLUS: Years ago, when my oldest sister was about 12, she went to the doctor for stomach pains and the doctor said she nee ...
Series: A Word About The Word
Jeff Strite
Hebrews 4:1-16
Cosmetic surgery has become very popular in our present day society. In one of the books I read a year ago, I ran across some unique surgeries that people actually pay money to have done to their bodies:
• Back in 2010 more than a million American women underwent lip augmentation surgery. They paid between $l,500 - $3,000 to have their lips plumped up. And to do that they surgeons used silicone, paraffin wax, and cow-collagen injections... and some women have opted to enhance their lips with purified tissue from their own skin taken or even from research cadavers. Just makes you want to pucker up, doesn't it?
• Then there are Ocular surgeons in the Netherlands (it's not legal anyplace else) that have developed a technique for implanting tiny bits of jewelry into a patient's eyeballs. For a mere $860 they'll implant a miniature platinum heart, star, or half-moon.
• Some surgeons in Los Angeles and New York are reportedly offering "pinky toe tucks," where they surgically shave the bones of a woman's pinky toes to make their toes straighter... and make their feet narrower so women can wear narrower shoes. Cost: $1,000 per toe.
• And you men can get into the act by getting an instant six-pack. For a mere $5,000 to $10,000 a plastic surgeon will suck out only the fat between your stomach muscles.
(Uncle John's Fully Loaded 25th Anniversary Bathroom Reader, page 107)
Now correct me if I'm wrong... but these folks are crazy.
They have to be half-daft to allow a supposedly reputable surgeon perform these kinds of operations. I mean have you seen (name of a famous personality who'd undergone face lifts) lately? He's undergone several face lifts, and he'll never look normal again.
Surgery is not something that should be taken lightly.
ILLUS: Years ago, when my oldest sister was about 12, she went to the doctor for stomach pains and the doctor said she nee ...
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