When I was a teenager , I want pointy ear . They would have been a nice complement to my spike standard of measurement and collecting of soundbox piercings . I also wanted a snag tongue , but the prevailing technique , which involved a tongue pierce , dental floss , and a high botheration tolerance , kind of skeeved me out .
Decades later , I ’m far less fey than I would have been if I ’d had the braveness / bank bill to go through with these operation , but perchance more employable ? Anyway , the point is : If you ’ve ever made a bizarre petition to a pliant sawbones , I get you . My other tip isdamn , hoi polloi are uncanny . Here are some of the most out - there quest plastic surgeon have field from affected role who may or may not be grounded in realness .
Science fiction and fantasy can go too far…
" It ’s not unusual for plastic surgeon to receive ' weird ' request for thing . ordinarily , these request diminish into the region of thing that are technicallypossible , but not necessarilyadvisable , if you know what I intend . My favorite request in terms of creativity is this : I received an email about a class ago from a science - fabrication fan require to know if there was a surgical procedure that would completely remove her stomach release so she could look like a clone . After careful consideration , I respond that technically I could do this , but that there would be a mark , which would interpose with the dead ringer look she was going for . I did n’t hear any more after my reply . " –Dr . David B. Reath
" I ’ve been asked to make elf ears , make a prongy tongue , help someone look more like a lamia , and add together horns . I say no to all of these requests . " –Dr . Jeffrey Spiegel
It’s the little tweaks that can make a huge difference
" I ’ve been asked to do liposuction of the ankles ( aka cankles ) . tumid blubber above the ankles can make it tough to see the contour of the calf to the ankle . However , lipo can eliminate fat in the area to minimize the appearance of cankles altogether . Another [ unusual ] one is fat removal of the pubic agglomerate . " –Dr . Gilbert Lee
" One woman total in looking to have more hair in her two-piece area . While most women need to eliminate their whisker , I ’ve received requests from patient need to restore hair down there , as old age of waxing and skimming have permanently affected the hair’s-breadth - growth patterns . This type of procedure is possible . I utilize PRP injection to help regenerate normal hair growth in the area . " –Dr . Norman Rowe
" A few old age ago , a patient role requested his nose face ' Judaic ' again . He ’d previously had a nozzle mental process , as many people in his age group had done . He pull in in his former 40s that he was connect with his roots , and felt the change in his nose disconnected him from his family . I used an auricular cartilage graft ( piece of music of his capitulum ) to rebuild the bump on the bridge deck . Now we call him van Gogh . " –Dr . Behrooz Torkian
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" ' Do you split spit ? Can you rate my foreskin back on my penis ? Can you interject filler into the ball of my feet so I have more cushioning in gamy heels ? Can you bump off the hole from my omphalos piercing , now that I do n’t require it thrust any longer ? ' I decline most of these strange requests , but I ’ve build up a following behind removing the hole from a navel pierce . It ’s not an expensive subprogram , but it does institute in a lot of patients . The truth is , as long as you’re able to do something safely and the patient role seems connected to reality , most routine request are fair secret plan . " –Dr . Jonathan Kaplan
Plastic surgery: a cure for (or cause of) regrettable decisions
" After one brainsick weekend in Las Vegas , a gentleman’s gentleman come into my office require to have a tattoo ' cutting off out ' of his chest . He was madly trying to get rid of the evidence before his married woman saw it and did n’t have prison term to go through multiple laser treatment . I obviously could not ' snub it out ' of his tegument , but I did perform a dermabrasion and essentially sandpaper it off for him .
" Another fourth dimension , a charwoman request a operative eyebrow lift . She wanted to make her hilltop mimic those of a buffoon – very high and arch in an abnormal manner . I did not proceed with this asking .
" Although it has happened more than once , I still find it quite bizarre when I get requests to give women breasts that ' do n’t move . ' woman have ask for augmentation that are as high and upstanding as potential . One even went further to say she would like to be able-bodied to perform handspring without them moving . " –Dr . Joseph A. Russo
" I had a guy who stuck a frozen Red Bull can through his bore in his ear , and it necrosed the edges . His ear lobe was hanging down like Goofy from Disney . He wanted ear reconstruction and want to take the supererogatory piece home with him . He had already name them James . " –Dr . Michael Burgdorf
" A affected role asked me to remove breast implant from her tail end . The patient role had go to a shady surgeon somewhere in the Florida Keys . He told her that when he was in the thick of the OR subroutine , the traditional buttock implants were n’t fitting aright . He adjudicate to substitute them with titty implant instead . So a few months later , the smaller , round breast implant started to move around and make curious racket inside her buttocks . They finally caused her severe pain and discomfort , requiring remotion . " –Dr . Leonard Tachmes
Some people want to become living cartoon characters
" I ’ve had dozens of patient call and request a consultation for wing . Several age ago , an on-line article revealed a little number of scientist are working on how to attach literal , work annexe to a soul ’s dead body . It ’s got to be a fraud , since science is nowhere near being able to accomplish such an improbable feat . That has n’t block off people from emailing my office asking to have wings bind to their bodies . Hawkman , anyone ? " –Dr . Anthony Youn , writer ofThe Age Fix
" I ’ve had a patient request Michael Jackson ’s nose , which we did not concur with for aesthetic purposes ; a patient request a chest like Superman , which we did not think was reasonable ; and a distaff patient requesting Jessica Rabbit curves . In this vitrine , the affected role ’s request was reasonable , given her waistline dimensions . We performed suction lipectomy with sculpting of the waist . Our patient was more than thrilled with her results . " –Dr . Raffi Hovsepian
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