The top Google search result for "ESTETICA MEN" is this. Like the caption on our Turkish friend Sedat's profile photo, the site's title is also fond of SHOUTING IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS.
MORE MEN THAN EVER ARE COMING FOR COSMETIC SURGERY AND PLASTIC SURGERY
Coming where, exactly? And what type of "coming" are we talking about? Coming in to the offices of board-certified medical professionals? Or is this a site devoted to fetish videos like "Botched Botox Face...shot" and "2 girls, 1 Collagen Cup" ?I'm scared to click.
Okay, I clicked. It's the former, but is possibly worse than the fetish site it could have been.
"The reasons for this are complex. It probably reflects an increased awareness of cosmetic surgery and a growth in decision making by men in health care issues. In the past it was known that almost all decisions about health care were made by women. An old joke was that if a man needed a urologist he asked his wife who to go to and she would ask her gynecologist! Times have changed. Men now take increasing responsibility for their own choices in health care and one aspect of this is the growth in cosmetic surgery."
In the past, it was known that women were treated as the property of their husbands, and your friendly neighborhood blacksmith was also your dentist.
Here are the top surgical procedures that are "special for man" according to the site:
- Gynecomastia - large breasts. Also known as MANBOOBS, moobs, man cans, bitch tits, bro tits, or fat kid
- Penis - self-explanatory. I assume this only pertains to enlargement, not reduction. You probably don't get too many patients whining, "Doctor, my member is so large that my girlfriend is in another area code when we have special cuddle time! It needs to be smaller so I can spoon her without stabbing her!" or "My giant dick is causing me back problems and I have this marathon to run..." See also: the burning male desire to be a human tripod
- Hair transplantation - when Rogaine just doesn't do it for you. Dangers and side effects include Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). See also: Arrested Development, Tobias Fünke, for what happens when your body rejects your transplants
What do you think our Turkish pending friend has gotten done? He looks rather unhappy with his results, a little around the eyes, I think. Why so pouty, Sedat? Do you want some lip plumper?
