From Jocelyn Wildenstein, a US$4 million monster, to –who else?– Michael Jackson, meet these ten plastic surgery addicts, terrible examples of really bad plastic surgery gone wrong. Hang Mioku: the korean plastic surgery addict who injected cooking oil into her own face One of the most famous cases of awful plastic surgery gone wrong, Hang …
From Blue Skin to the Werewolf Syndrome, some of the most rare skin diseases and skin conditions ever seen. 1Argyria: Blue Skin, a real-life Smurf A condition caused by the ingestion of silver, the Argyria‘s most dramatic symptom is that the skin becomes blue or bluish-grey colored. On 2008, ABC reporters interviewedPaul Karason, 40 year-old …
1The Fertility Clinic that used the wrong sperm When Nancy Andrews, of Commack, N.Y., became pregnant after an in vitro fertilization procedure at a New York fertility clinic, she and her husband expected a new addition to their family. What they did not expect was a child whose skin was significantly darker than that of …
From the tiniest veins, arteries and nerves to serial cross-sections of the spinal cord, these incredibly detailed dissections show and label most every part of the human body. The collection is the product of a 17-year collaboration between David L. Bassett, a School of Medicine alumnus and faculty member known for his elegant dissections and …
1Papaphobia: fear of the Pope Regarded as one of the most benevolent and wonderful individuals in the world, millions flock to him, hoping for his blessing…except for those who suffer “Papaphobia”: an abnormal or persistent pathological fear of the pope or the papacy.Symptoms can include shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, nausea, and …
Cocaine, morphine, and even heroin were seen as miracle cures when they were first discovered.Substances prohibited today were legally available in the past, so until the late 1800, manufacturers proudly proclaimed that their products contained such drugs. Today we present you ten of this incredible old ads. Cocaine toothache drops (c. 1885) were popular for …
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From Tanorexia –addiction to tannings– to the bizarre addiction to eat dirt, TV show My Strange Addiction hasn’t covered all. Meet some more of the strangest addictions ever. 1Tanorexia: addiction to Tannings Tanorexia is an unhealthy dependence on tanning; the name comes because of its similarities to both substance addictions and body image disorders, such …
1Tonka, the Turtle on Wheels Tonka, a Bay Area Turtle, lost mobility after her legs were bitten by a dog, so Peninsula Humane Society workers fitted the three-legged tortoise with a set of toy wheels. Suddenly, Tonka was off a rolling! slowly of course. And then, in the next couple of days, when her picture …
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1The Woman Who has 200 Orgasms every day UK’s Sarah Carmen, 24, is a 200-a-day orgasm girl who gets good, good, GOOD vibrations from almost anything. She suffers from Permanent Sexual Arousal Syndrome (PSAS), which increases blood flow to the sex organs.”Sometimes I have so much sex to try to calm myself down I get …
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1Six-Pack Surgery The technique, called abdominal etching, is a kind of precision liposuction. The doc sucks out the fat that’s standing between the patient and, if everything goes well, the six-pack. The suction six-pack costs between $4,000 and $7,000 and is only suitable for certain patients. The procedure takes an hour or two. But pain …