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Why even plastic surgery can’t hide you from facial recognition

Once upon a time, plastic surgery allowed a few notorious criminals to evade the law. But today, sophisticated facial-recognition technology has turned dreams of anonymity to dust.

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When kids are offered free cosmetic surgery

When they were a child, Jasmine Owens’ dentist offered to break their jaw – for free. It would make them look better, he said. Read on to find out whether or not they agreed.

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Wonder years

The confusion and secrecy surrounding his condition seriously affected Chris’s mental health, blighting his teenage years. But somehow he began to hope and plan for the future.

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The secret sting of cystitis

Agnes Arnold-Forster recounts her experiences of cystitis, explaining how this illness intersects with sexism, shame, and stigma from medical professionals.

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  • WW1 Plastic surgery cases
  • Plate 45, Plastic surgery of the nose.
  • Plastic and cosmetic surgery / by Frederick Strange Kolle.
  • Plate LXXII. Plastic surgery on the lip and nose.
  • Plastic surgery of the nose / by Albert P. Seltzer.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with a head injury: before plastic surgery. Photograph, 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with a wounded eye, before plastic surgery. Photograph, 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with a wounded forehead, before plastic surgery. Photograph, 1915.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a French soldier with a head injury, after plastic surgery. Photograph, 1916.
  • Cranio-facial injury: a man with a malformed lower lip, before plastic surgery. Photograph, 1912.
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