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Estrich is currently the Robert Kingsley Professor of Law and Political Science at the University of Southern California and a member of the Board of Contributors of USA Today.

Chelsea is Delhi's trophy guest of the moment as she says 'Namaste India' in style. We brings you the lady's itinerary.While walking down the Santushti Complex, Delhi, Chelsea Clinton looks like a Princess of Style. In the city for a personal visit, Bill and Hillary Clinton's daughter is wearing a stylish and sexy look. And like the rest of the world,we too are suitably impressed by the transition of Chelsea into a sex symbol. Even Vanity Fair magazine recently commented on how easily Chelsea Clinton has transformed into the world's sexiest and most flamboyant woman, and how she is the...

Need proof that cosmetic surgery and men is now a mainstream marriage? Check out these statistics: While women still make up 87 percent of all cosmetic surgery patients, 1.2 million procedures were performed on men in 2004. That's a 16 percent increase since 2000, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). "More men than ever before are getting plastic surgery," said Dr. Brent Moelleken, a Beverly Hills, Calif., plastic and reconstructive surgeon who says up to 20 percent of his practice includes men. "Ten years ago, it was just 5 to 10 percent." Men choose to improve many...

Current ads for Svedka Vodka feature a fembot made of steel, sporting a curvy backside and a come-hither posture. "The future of adult entertainment," reads the tag line. There's something deeply disturbing about these ads. It's not the animatron with the blank, moldable expression; she's merely a video-game version of the inflatable sex dolls guys get at stag parties. What's so unsettling is that the tag line could very well be right. Thirty-odd years ago, women across the United States burned their bras and carried picket signs advocating free love and the Equal Rights Amendment. Today, many of that generation's...

In urgent telephone calls and agonized e-mail messages, American scientists are expressing increasing concerns that the world's first partial face transplant, performed in northern France on Nov. 27, may have been undertaken without adequate medical and ethical preparation. Some scientists say they fear that if the French effort fails, it could not only threaten the life of the transplant recipient, a 38-year-old Frenchwoman, but jeopardize years of careful planning for a new leap in transplant surgery. "We've been working on the ethics and the science for some time, going slowly while we figure out immunology and patient selection criteria and...

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...

Photo sourceABC's Extreme Makeover may promise to make "dreams come true" by giving participants looks they've always wanted, but a Conroe woman who was cut from the show the night before she was to undergo extensive plastic surgery says the experience was nothing short of a nightmare. In a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles, 30-year-old Deleese Williams says her experience with the show set in motion a spiral of events that eliminated her self-esteem, strained her relationships with loved ones and prompted the suicide of her sister, Kellie McGee. According to the lawsuit, Williams flew to Los Angeles...

At a time when plastic surgery has become fairly commonplace, some believe the Catman of Whidbey Island may have gone too far. Dennis Avner, who goes by his Native American name, Stalking Cat, is known around the world as the Catman. Over the past 25 years, Stalking Cat, 47, has received so many surgical and cosmetic procedures he's lost count. And he says all of them — from full-face tattoos to fanged dentures to steel implants for detachable "whiskers" — have been done to achieve oneness with what he calls his totem, the tiger. "I'm Huron and Lakota," he said,...

LOS ANGELES -- Michael Jackson is nearing a settlement in a legal dispute with his ex-wife over visitation rights for their two children, the singer's attorney said Tuesday. Deborah Rowe Jackson was married to the singer for three years starting in 1996 and is the mother of 8-year-old Prince Michael and 7-year-old Paris. She voluntarily gave up her parental rights in 2001, but a judge voided the order at her request in 2004 after her attorneys argued that proper court procedures weren't followed, according to court records. Her attorneys said at the time she wanted a change in status because...

LIMA, Peru (Reuters) - Miss World, the Peruvian beauty queen Maria Julia Mantilla, said Wednesday she was considering suing a plastic surgeon after he told the press he had given her buttock implants and trimmed her ears. "The doctor is presenting photographs that have been altered and you can see, I've never had my ears operated on, I don't have scars, any doctor can come and look at my ears," an indignant Mantilla told RPP radio. "He said he had built me, that he gave me buttock implants and fixed my ears and this is false -- I'm not...

When I first interviewed Toronto doctor Robert H. Stubbs way back in 1994, he was a pioneer of a new surgical technique that could add length to a man’s penis. He learned the basics of the procedure from a Chinese physician named Dr. Long. Yes, Stubbs. Long. Penis lengthening. (I’ll pause here while you rifle through the jokes…) advertisement At the time, Stubbs (alright, get over it) told me he never imagined that his medical practice would one day be swamped with men looking for longer, beefier penises, but once word got out that he performed the surgery, men from...

On the eve of the case going to the jury, someone had to do this. MIDI - GO AWAY, LITTLE GIRL Go away, little boy...go away, little boy You're not supposed to be in bed with me Alright, well, if you insist...you know I cannot resist I have porno movies here, which one shall we see? Go away, little boy...go away, little boy I don't think that I would like it too much in jail Some day I know I'll be caught...some parents cannot be bought So go away, little boy, or I might be posting bail Go away, little...

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Leaders in this community known for its progressive views are trying to ban cosmetic surgery -- for pets. Mayor John Duran introduced a motion Monday that would prohibit ear cropping, tail docking, debarking, defanging and other surgical procedures performed on animals for "noncurative" reasons. Such procedures, supporters say, hurt the animals to satisfy their owners' tastes. Already law in many European countries, the ban would be the first of its kind in the United States, Duran said. West Hollywood already has laws forbidding cat declawing and designating its residents as pet guardians rather than pet owners....

Nose jobs, liposuction, and face-lifts are everyday stuff at a plastic surgeon's office. But now, more and more people are asking for a little nip and tuck ? from their vet. Bode's a beautiful dog. But he wasn't always perfect. He had "a lazy mouth that fell way down like a St. Bernard," Bode's owner Marjorie Dye said. Bode needed a big boost, so his owner bought him a new face. "Just with a few stitches, he took that up, and you can see it's just perfect," Dye said. Perfect is popular, vets say. So more and more animals are...

Burt Reynolds would no doubt give anything to return to the days when he was a fresh-faced sex symbol. Anything including, it seems, large sums of money for plastic surgery. The 1970s heart-throb appears to have had an extensive and expensive series of operations on his once-chiselled features. But whether or not the result is an improvement is open to debate. Reynolds, 69 next month, made his latest public appearance at the festivities surrounding this weekend's Superbowl event in Jacksonville, Florida. From a distance he looked in remarkable shape for his age. Close up, however, his appearance was less impressive....

A transvestite who pumped industrial silicone into other men to give them feminine features pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of a man who suffered complications. Stephen Thomas, 31, will serve five years in prison and 10 years on probation under the plea to felony involuntary manslaughter, which he entered Monday. The plea of was appropriate because those involved were willing participants and there was no intent to kill, Chief Assistant District Attorney Greg Edwards said Friday. The death of Andre Geter in December 2003 threw a spotlight on ``pumping,'' a thriving underground practice among men living as women,...

REVEALED: WHO'S THAT GIRL? Fri Jan 14 2005 10:40:31 ET She came from outer space. Could that be you, Madonna? The photos above are scheduled to be the new VERSACE ad campaign this spring. Shot in London over the hols, Madonna, 46, appears to go yet for another reinvention: Big eyes and a wizened jawline straight from Donatella's new collection! Developing....

Merry Christmas, dear fat, bald, ugly, uhh ... beloved. Self-improvement gifts, some insensitive, sold fast this year. Hair transplants, gym memberships, cooking classes - even plastic surgery. "It is pretty insulting to say, 'I thought you would like some liposuction this year, honey,'" said Adeena Colbert, of the New York-based American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. "But people are definitely giving gift certificates for plastic surgery." Hair doctor Gary Hitzig is making Christmas shopping for the follicle-challenged a whole new bald game with his gift cards, which can be exchanged for a full head of hair. "There are a lot...

South Floridians who have it all -- or perhaps too much of such things as wrinkles, cellulite and acne -- are putting plastic surgery at the top of their holiday wish lists. Despite the risks, doctors both locally and across the nation report a surge during the month of December, as well as a new breed of consumer who doesn't blink at the idea of gift certificates for Botox and face peels. This Christmas, Anna Mears finally got the gift that had been at the top of her list for more than a year: bigger breasts. "I love them!" the...

Student Wins China Plastic-Surgery Pageant BEIJING - A 22-year-old student who has had cosmetic surgery on her eyelids and cheeks was crowned the winner Saturday of China's first pageant for such "manmade beauties. Feng Qian received a $6,000 country club membership after being picked from among 20 finalists, who ranged in age from 18 to 62. Surging numbers of newly prosperous Chinese are going under the knife after decades of communist austerity, seeking shapelier noses, fuller breasts and other features. "I think this contest offered a platform for all the girls who have undergone plastic surgery and aren't willing to...