The Smile Train Needs To Change Tracks

Dear Smile Train,

I know you’re trying to do the right thing. But your cleft lip kid ad campaign sucks and it’s not f**king working. Sure, we’ve all seen it glaring at us from corners of the screen–poor, big-eyed kids with their faces torn up for no reason, giant white print pleading “A click of a mouse can save his life.” And I know that’s supposed to be good for your cause.

But because of some ill-advised idea to put your ads on sites devoted to pictures of hot girls, not only do I not click on the ad, I close the whole damn window. Not that I don’t get what you’re trying to do. But the contrast is such a shock, it doesn’t make me want to help, it just makes me want to run.

Now you might think I’m just shallow and inconsiderate to those less fortunate, but you’re completely missing the point–I think you’re doing a good deed, and completely support your mission. But by seeing your ads on male-lifestyle Sites, it’s like having your mom walk in on you having sex–or worse, like having a poor kid with a cleft lip walk in while you’re having sex. It kills the mood–and any chance of me clicking on your ad. Read More »

Feeling a Bit Inadequate? Cosmetic Surgery Procedures for Men

botoxMen may not be as vain as women when it comes to their looks (maybe), but they are gaining ground fast. Guys accounted for 984,903 (nine percent) of all surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures in 2005, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - up from 640,240, five years ago.

Surprisingly, men are more likely than women to seek facial cosmetic surgery for work-related reasons (22 percent to women’s 15 percent), according to the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

The most popular procedures for men are liposuction, Botox injections, surgery for lifting eyelids and laser resurfacing and chemical-peel skin treatments - all to make them look younger and fitter. But that doesn’t mean the boys only like to get things done just to captivate the opposite sex.

Here is a breakdown of some of the more popular procedures. Read More »

Cocaine Nose Repair - An Enabler?

Cocaine addictIf there was any drug in the entire world that doesn’t need a medical breakthrough to fix the side-effects it’s cocaine, the drug of denial. Crack and heroin may be worse, but cocaine is considered classy and cool, unfortunately.

Cocaine is only for douchebag losers who can’t get laid without packing dust into a teenager’s nasal passage - or for idiot young-adults who think they’re “in control,” which is hard to determine when their nose and body could be blown away by a slight wind.

Don’t even get me started on a cokehead’s total lack of social skills (read: SHUT THE F*** UP AND STOP BEING SO TWITCHY AND JITTERY).

But there’s hope for the hopeless: Plastic surgeons have decided to ditch the wonders of boobie-building for far more important endeavors, like fixing some young slut’s “cocaine nose” (the disintegration of the septum due to excessive drug-snorting). Read More »

Carrot Top is Jacked and Frightening

Carrot TopMy roommate is scared shitless by Carrot Top.

She won’t look at pictures of him, runs from the room if he happens to come on TV, and refuses to even say his name.

She won’t explain her fear, just whispers that “him and a ventriloquist doll are two the scariest things you could ever see at the foot of your bed in the middle of the night.�

While my phobia is not as rampart as hers, I completely understand the fear.

The dude was weird looking even before he started on the ‘roids; now that he’s jacked, he barely resembles a human.

Something is seriously wrong with his face, but it’s hard to tell what. Read More »

Suicide Warning Sign #9: Breast Implants???

Suicide Warning Sign #9

For flat-chested girls, having a full C, or even B, cup would be a dream come true. It was for Heidi. I know multiple friends of mine that have commented on how much they want larger boobs and would consider implants when they are older. Personally, the idea of inserting foreign substances into my chest sounds uncomfortable and unappealing. But, I also may not fully understand the woes of those still not satisfied with their knockers.

Well, a recently published study in the Annals of Plastic Surgery showed a strong link between breast implants and suicide, which I found very interesting. According to USA Today, the study found that “women who have breast implants are three times as likely to die by suicide and have a similar increased risk of death as a result of drug use or alcoholism.â€? Read More »