Cosmetic Medicine

Tasha Tells All...On OC's Breast-Job Party Scene!

Every Monday, adult superstar/OC girl Tasha Reign gives us her thought on life, sex, politics, and everything else in-between. Today, Tasha weighs in on OC's breast. Enjoy! Don't Be Tardy to the Boob-Job PartyBy Tasha ReignThe invitation arrived via snail mail last November in a delicate blue env ... More >>

Dr. Lawrence H. Hansen, 87, Gives Up License 5 Years After Fatal Vaginal Reconstruction

A plastic surgeon we've written about who, at age 83, performed a vaginal reconstruction that left a 39-year-old woman dead, has finally surrendered his medical license.Dr. Lawrence H. Hansen, who is now 87 and lives in Cypress, had in 2011 accepted 35 months of probation to settle Medical Board of ... More >>

Moonwalker—Reflections of Michael Jackson

The Hangar, OC Fair

Doheny Blues Festival

Doheny State Beach

Dr. Semira Bayati Offers Lobe Jobs

[Trendzilla] Behold the latest plastic surgery you don't need

H. George Brennan, Newport Beach Plastic Surgeon, Might Have Probation Revoked By State Medical Board

​After a slew of substandard procedures and allegedly offering one patient hush money, the state medical board let a Newport Beach plastic surgeon keep his license, but gave him a three-year probation term.Dr. H. George Brennan's probation was slated to end last year, but didn't, because he hadn't ... More >>

Fall Beauty Products 101

[Trendzilla] Dermalogica, Keratosis and Clarins are essentials for the season

'Keepin' It Reality' with Gretchen Rossi

Irvine Improv

ExtenZe Boned for Continued Male Enhancement Lies

​So here's the long and short of it: Biotab Nutraceuticals in 2006 settled for $300,000 a consumer lawsuit brought by the Orange County District Attorney's office (OCDA), which alleged the maker of ExtenZe falsely claimed without any substantiation that the boner pills would enhance a man's peni ... More >>

Boob Jobs and Botox: Just a Couple of the Many Manly Surgeries and Procedures Out There

Bob's bitch tits were his claim to fame in Fight Club. ​Turns out the general public isn't too keen on male chest chub, though. The removal of man boobs is just one of several surgeries performed frequently at CosmetiCare, a local plastic surgery joint that says its seen a roughly 200 pe ... More >>

Octomom Nadya Suleman's Taut Boobs and Belly Not Possible Solely from Diet and Gym: Plastic Surgeons

​The latest bikini photos released by Octomom Nadya Suleman to supposedly save her La Habra home from foreclosure has sparked the interest of the RealSelf Blog.The community of netizens who share their expertise on cosmetic surgery, dermatology, dentistry, weight loss, baldness and vision correcti ... More >>

Peter Newen, Surf City Cutter, Wins Big at First Plastic Surgery Awards

​They give awards to movie stars, schoolteachers and even rodeo ropers, so why not your friendly neighborhood cutter?Why not, indeed. They handed out hardware to plastic surgeons Saturday night in Las Vegas, site of the first Aesthetic Awards.The big winner of the night hailed from Orange County.

Sid Mirrafati, Doc Who Promoted 'Ready-To-Wear-Breasts,' Gets 'Public Reprimand' After Patient Dies of Lipo Complication

​Local plastic surgeon Sayed Jalil "Sid" Mirrafati made OC Weekly headlines in 2009 for his own headline, "Newest Trend in Fashion This Season . . . Ready-To-Wear Breasts," which easily grabbed our attention in a press release. (The pitch: quickie boob jobs--get 'em done Friday and head back to wo ... More >>

Dr. Lawrence Hansen, 85, Agrees to Probation to Settle Vaginal-Reconstruction Death Case

​Eighty-five-year-old plastic surgeon Dr. Lawrence Hansen has agreed to accept 35 months of probation to settle accusations of negligence in a vaginal reconstruction that left a 39-year-old woman dead.The California Medical Board says Hansen failed to check on Marcia Garcia's medical history or pe ... More >>

Real Housewives to Appear at a Plastic-Surgery Workshop This Saturday in Newport Beach

Bravo​Bring your shades. There's an opportunity to see the blondes from the Real Housewives of Orange County up close at a workshop/luncheon on--what else?--plastic surgery. Queen plastics Alexis Bellino, Gretchen Rossi and other cast members will attend the free event, held this Saturday from no ... More >>

Newport Cutters Offer Dueling Mommy Makeovers

Before or after?​Two Newport Beach plastic surgeons offer dueling "Mommy Makeovers."Dr. Semira Bayati of Dr. Bayati Cosmetic Surgery on Birch Street provides a combo package of such procedures as a breast lift, liposuction and tummy tuck to combat "the toll pregnancy, childbirth, and child-rearin ... More >>

Dr. Mark A. Knight, Anaheim Hills Plastic Surgeon Accused of Sexy Time With Patients and Botched Surgeries, Surrenders His Medical License

​We pointed you earlier this month to the excellent reporting of the Los Angeles Times' Molly Hennessy-Fiske, who has exposed the non-regulation of California cosmetic surgery centers, including some in Orange County. Now comes word that one plastic surgeon under the unfriendly glare of the media ... More >>

Anaheim Hills Cosmetic Surgery Center Comes Under an Unfriendly Light

​It's enough to put a permanent frown in your forehead.After a plastic surgeon through the courts successfully challenged the state's authority to regulate surgery centers, California in 2007 stopped licensing such facilities that are at least partly owned by a licensed doctor. According to the ... More >>

Lea Michele Nose Best

Wikimedia Commons​Fox's Glee star Lea Michele is happy to say that despite the advice, she has resisted getting a nose job.  To those who think she should have gotten the surgery, she has one thing to say:"Fuck those people."

[UPDATED:] Carly Fiorina, Cancer Survivor, Hospitalized

​UPDATE: She'll apparently be back on the campaign trail tomorrow (see end of post) . . . The Carly for California campaign issued a statement Wednesday morning indicating cancer survivor Carly Fiorina was hospitalized due to an infection tied to her past reconstructive breast surgery.While Fiorin ... More >>

Newport Beach Gets Ready for its Closeup (Again) With E! Reality Show Bridalplasty

​More of upper crust Orange County's narcissistic side is about to get more airtime--or basic cable broadcast time--with the impending arrival of the E! Network's Bridalplasty. The reality show has a Newport Beach plastic surgeon guiding brides-to-be as they compete for nose jobs, tummy tucks and ... More >>

1, 2, 3, 4 ... Katy Perry Declares A Boob War! See Who is Pulling Out the Big Guns in This Fight

Katy Perry fires the first volley of Boob War in this screen shot from her "California Gurls" video​In the past week, Katy Perry has claimed the summer as hers. Not with the inexplicable success of her single "California Gurls," nor her inexplicable romance with the inexplicably charming Russell ... More >>

Boobs or Bust

Jay Brockman​You want a brand spanking new set of breasts to replace your old implants, with a little liposuction on the side, but you don't have the $12,000 to pay for the surgeries. What do you do?

Plastic Surgeon Specializes in Barely 18 Man Boobs

​A Newport Beach plastic surgeon is boasting about his ability to reduce man boobs. (Note to surgeon: Can you sneak Clockwork in before 10?) But any old cutter can take care of man boobs these days. Dr. Joseph T. Cruise is carving out a niche with the barely 18 man-boobed crowd.

From Ready-to-Wear to Ready-to-Blog for Breast Augmenter

​Remember our recent post about Ready-to-Wear Breasts? The Costa Mesa cosmetic surgeon who performs the quickest boob job in the West now wants to blog for the Weekly.

[Trendzilla] Our Community's Chest Meets Ready-to-Wear Breasts

Quickest Boob Job in the West: "Ready-to-Wear Breasts"

​Did you really think an email with the headline "Newest Trend in Fashion This Season . . . Ready-To-Wear Breasts" was going to escape the Devil's spawnin', snark-inducin', back-page escortin' Weekly? Surely, you jest. And stop calling yourself Shirley. Nope, you could have knocked us over wi ... More >>

Breaking News Shocker: Gretchen Rossi Will Not Get a Boob Job

These Real Housewives' are real!​Fox News has just broken this jaw-dropping exclusive: Gretchen Rossi will not get a boob job. REPEAT: NO NEW BOOBS FOR GRETCHEN ROSSI! Oh, the humanity! Seriously, what happened to humanity?

[Trendzilla] Buy an Eyelash

Welcome to the Poorhouse: Saggy Man Boobs Edition

Whenever they's a wrinkle eating away at vain people, I'll be there. Whenever they's a cop not doing a double take as a pair of hooters goes by, I'll be there. . . .. I'll be in the way guys yell when they're in a gentleman's club an' I'll be in the way trophy wives laugh when they're gossiping abou ... More >>

[Hey, You!] Breaking the Circle of Life

Club Pick: Beads for Boobs (Crush Thurs.) @ V20, Feb. 26

Well here's an interesting take on Mardi Gras. This Thursday, the Long Beach night club V20 is giving club goers a chance to win two new best friends in a Naw'lins-style bead collecting contest. The event is hosted by Pure Evolution Productions, a resident band of party promoters that are usually ab ... More >>

Because You're Ugly: Orange County Puts Vanity on Hold

Orange County? Postponing implants and Botox? The New York Times is reporting that in Orange County, "where plastic surgery is a part of [our] culture" (sigh), business is down 30 to 40 percent.  The story chalks it up to both financial constraints and, surprisingly, even a "Botox backlash"--men ... More >>

The "Real" Housewives of Orange County - The Return

We knew it was too good to be true. But much like Jay Z's rap career, the series end of the "Real" Housewives of OC was a big fat lie. Their fourth season premiered last night and it is destined to be shittier than the last... if that's even possible. Two major changes: Tammy is gone for good and Q ... More >>

Irvine magazine "Live OC" picks the Mets in the baseball playoffs

A handful of upstart publications have made rather determined efforts over the years to compete with the Weekly during our 13-year existence---I'd stick yet another fork in the rancid corpse of the Register's embarrassing Squeeze OC right about here, except at this point its bones have rotted down ... More >>

Troubled Plastic Surgeon Brian West Tries to Get a Restraining Order Against a Former Patient

Are OC Women brain dead?

From its pompous East Coast perch on high, the New York Post this morning slammed Orange County's women as “brain dead.” Columnist Adam Buckman writes that Bravo channel's new “The Real Housewives of New York City” is an “obnoxious” show that “in no way represents the vast majority of ... More >>

Smile Like You Mean It

Miss Teen Newport Beach

Under Wraps

Many of Dr. Brian West's patients didn't know he was in the state medical board's substance-abuse-diversion program. At least six of them claim they're paying the price

Summer Smart Growth

Make sure those D cups runneth over

Yes, Vagina, There is a Santa Claus

Even for battle-worn sluts, genitals are a difficult thing to contend with

Infinite Chest

No. 4: Life is beautiful, just like you

Diary of a Mad County

March 15 - March 21

What I Learned From The Real Housewives of Orange County

We heard it out of the mouth of one of the Bravo reality program's OC bimbots last night: "Eight-five percent of the women around here have had boob jobs." Goodness, gracious, someone inform the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Because their median income numbers are WAAAAAYYYYY off if 85 percent ... More >>

'I Am the Epitome of Reality'

Dr. Laura Schlessinger comes to town. Irvine, actually

How Jesse Became Jessica

One mans story of becoming a woman

You Look Super!

Beauty by the book

Holiday Mammaries

The gift that keeps on giving milk

Modern Medicine

Amazingsurgeries.com plays hide the virtual salami

Show Stopper

It's two, two, two weeks in one as Clockwork plays catch-up after the hiatus brought on by last week's boffo Best of OC issue.