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Title: Girlz
Just Wanna Have...Botox Parties! - CosmeticSurgery.com | Author:
Charles Downey | Date: October 2004
"...If you think Botox
injections at parties are the cat's pajamas, you will love the
Boobapalooza. That's the name given to get-togethers where
breast augmentation patients talk about, well, boobs.
Newly enhanced boobs in particular. Ladies and girls associated
with the website YesTheyreFake.net get together to show off
their new breast augs at spiffy soirees in places like Vegas,
San Francisco, Hollywood, Santa Cruz (California) and other
upscale locations.
A lot of girls go into the ladies room to bare their chests and
point out exactly where enhancements have been made and how
scars are healing, says Marianne Guarena, editor-in-chief of
Enhancement Media who really knows from plastic surgery.
Marianne had a nose job (rhinoplasty) at 25 and then two breast
augmentations, surgical lip augs (with GoreTex tubes for
definition,) liposuction and a feather lift on her face.
But it's not all serious medicine.
Adds Marianne: The other reason we hold Boobapalooza is to just
enjoy each other's company!
Full article can be found
at: http://www.cosmeticsurgery.com/articles/archive/an~66/
Sunday, May 23, 2004: The Las Vegas Review-Journal featured
a special section on plastic surgery which included an article on
Marianne Guarena, YesTheyreFake.net and Boobapalooza.
"Sunday, May 23, 2004
Copyright © Las Vegas Review-Journal
Las Vegas woman runs plastic surgery
Web sites
Numerous topics covered, including one section specifically for
teenagers
By JOAN WHITELY
REVIEW-JOURNAL
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They're Fake is the name of a network of 15 related
plastic surgery Internet sites run by a Las Vegas
woman, Marianne Guarena. She declines to give
financial specifics but says she and Marc
Pfannenstein, her fiance make a living running the
sites, which charge fees to physicians for listing
their services.
The sites cover
numerous topics in plastic surgery, offering
physician-reviewed educational pieces as well as the
opportunity for dialogue among lay visitors to the
sites.
"No, we're not
actively recruiting," she answers when asked if
any Las Vegas plastic surgeons are listed on or linked
to her sites.
Guarena, 32, had her
first cosmetic surgery, a rhinoplasty, at age 25 after
she moved to California. She wanted it much earlier
but says that as a teen growing up in the South,
"it seemed out of reach."
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Las Vegan Marianne
Guarena, center, chats with Laura Randazzo, left, of
Dearborn, Mich., and Cindy Rousselle, right, of
Prescott, Ariz., at Boobapalooza, a local event for
people who have undergone cosmetic plastic surgery.
The women met online through Web sites run by Guarena
that are devoted to plastic surgery.
Photo by Cari Dasas."
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Since then, she has undergone two breast augmentation surgeries,
surgical lip augmentation (with Gore-Tex tubes inserted to give
definition), liposuction and an experimental "feather
lift" of the face that involves inserting barbed threads
into the cheeks to stop skin from sagging.
Guarena and Pfannenstein moved to Las Vegas in late 2003.
Her philosophy is that cosmetic surgery is a form of
self-expression and confidence-building that participants do not
need to deny or hide.
One section of Guarena's Internet sites is specifically for
teenagers (http://www.yestheyrefake.net/4teens.htm).
"How do I ask my parents?" is a question on the page
for teens. Parents not only can't see physical faults in their
children, she warns, but "may be offended because your
nose, ear ... or chin is just like theirs, and why on Earth
would you want to change that? They may feel insulted or become
insecure."
But Guarena also talks about how to prepare for surgery, whether
to tell friends about surgery, and the risks of cosmetic
procedures, both surgical and nonsurgical.
"Cosmetic surgery also won't make people like you, and it
won't make you popular in school," Guarena cautions in her
closing remarks to teens. "Although aesthetics can play a
significant role in society, it only gets you so far. Stay in
school, strive to learn and better yourself from within. Beauty
can be bought later."
For more media information please visit: Enhancement Media - In The Media: Informing The Public About The Reality Of Plastic Surgery
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during and after their surgical experience; to help others in their
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