If what they say about men with big hands is true, this guy would surely win a place on our World's Largest Penises list. For now, though, China's Liu Hua has his, um, hands full with one bodily distinction already: the world's largest hand. Or he did. According to Shanghaiist.com, Liu just underwent surgery to reduce the size of his oversized fingers and thumb, which measured 26 centimeters (thumb), 30 centimeters (index finger), and 15 centimeters (middle finger) respectively, reports Th...
When it comes to gender equality, there's one thing women would gladly sacrifice: baldness. Unfortunately, even our pretty locks start to thin as we age. But if men can have their Rogaine, women can have their Boots Expert Hair Loss Treatment Spray. That's right - The Daily Mail is reporting that the leading British pharmacy brand Boots has developed a hair growth treatment spray for women. Made with coffee beans, the spray is said to restore fullness to hair strands and trigger hair growt...
The most nutritious, powerful, healthy food supplement on the planet may be...POND SCUM. You probably never knew it, but that green sludgy bacteria called Spirulina floating on the water hazard in your local golf course could be your key to anti-aging, heart health and a strong immune system. Spirulina is the common name for free-floating "filamentous cyanobacteria" which grows in tropical and subtropical lakes and ponds. It is cultivated around the world, and available in tablet, flake an...
Remember how you freaked out and bought a year's worth of wrinkle cream on your 25th birthday because you thought you were "sooooooo oooooold"? And how you feel like you're going to shrivel up and die if the bartender doesn't ask to see some ID? Well, imagine trying to blow out 122 candles on your birthday cake, or having lived during three centuries. Now that's old. The old-timers on this list aren't just elderly - they're practically antiques. And though having the title as the "world's old...
So you weren't born with a set of cute little dimples when you smile and you think that you might like to add one? No problem! Just ask Jesse from Inglewood, Colorado. Born with a dimple on the left hand side of her cheek, Jesse wanted to even out her smile by adding a dimple to her right. The surgery is a relatively simple procedure done under local anesthesia. A small incision is made inside the mouth, and a small suture loop is then added to create the right size indentation in the che...
Bummed about your dress size? Blame mom and dad. According to a new study conducted by Dr. Jonathan Graff at The University of Texas, humans may carry a gene that determines whether or not they gain weight or maintain slender figures. But before you add this to your mile-long list of parental grievances, take heart. The Daily Mail reports that that identifying this "skinny gene" could result in more effective weight loss treatments if doctors are able to manipulate it. Explains Graff,...
Lately I've noticed a stubborn little crease on my forehead. I lift the skin just a bit, mimicking a facelift - and the crease disappears. During a facelift, the surgeon makes an incision, usually around the hairline, and then pulls the facial skin upward to smooth loose skin and wrinkles, and provide a more youthful appearance. While a facelift can provide dramatic results, I'm not quite ready for all that. I'd just like something to freshen my face a bit. And yet I'm smart enough to kno...
Imagine never having to borrow your neighbor's ladder, always being able to see the stage no matter where you're seated, and being able to sink a basket just by simply raising your arm. It takes a lot of height to make Shaquille O'Neal and Yao Ming look short, but these skyscraping folks do it. Prepare to meet the tallest men and women on the planet. Leonid Stadnik At 8 feet 5 inches, Leonid Stadnik of the Ukraine beat out Bao Xishun in August 2007 for the title of "World's Tallest M...
If you're still going to the spa for a plain old Swedish massage or pineapple scrub facial, you're living in the Dark Ages of pampering! Around the globe these days, spas are offering ever more exotic (and frankly scary treatments) to eager customers. From Vaginal Steam Therapy, to a Snake Massage to Caviar Shampoo, there's something for everyone. Here's a dozen to consider. And yes, they're all real. Bird Poop Facial How do geishas and Kabuki actors keep their skin so radiant and ev...
So what if you weren't born with Brad Pitt's strong jaw, Elvis Presley's dimpled chin, or Pamela Anderson's super-sized chest? With a few slices of the scalpel anyone can look like their favorite celebrity's long-lost twin. And if you're angling for a new career as a convincing celebrity impersonator, cosmetic surgery is the perfect way to stay ahead of the game (but is it a tax write-off?). Proving that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the following people went under the knife wi...
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons does not list Knee Lift Surgery on their website. In fact, the cosmetic procedure was relatively unknown by the masses until the release of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, when the world got a Big Screen view of Demi Moore's beach worthy bod, sparking rumors that she had her knees "lifted" (along with just about everything else) before filming. BP investigates... Demi Moore is no stranger to plastic surgery. At 44, she has plump lips, a wrinkle-fr...
Anyone who watches the Discovery Health channel knows that nature likes to throw us a lot of genetic curveballs: Siamese twins, extra appendages, chimeras, hermaphrodites...you name it. But you haven't seen anything yet. The people in this article have some of the most startling, unimaginable birth defects the world has ever seen. Suddenly that annoying birthmark of yours doesn't look so bad. "Wolf Girl" She may look more like a furry animal than a little girl, but Thailand's Supatra...
Imagine THIS new category at the next Academy Awards: "Best performance by an actress with Botox." And the nominees are... You may snigger at the idea (even though you have an idea who should be nominated) but awards and pageants proudly touting who's been snipped, suctioned, resurfaced and injected may soon be commonplace. Who knows when (or if) they'll do it again, but China has already crowned one "Miss Artificial Beauty" in a 2004 pageant in which nineteen finalists aged 17 to 62 compe...
If you could choose your own lifespan, how long would it be? This is the latest from the polls on our website and I'm just curious to see what most people think. Automatically you may assume that everyone would want to live forever, not true. Follow the link to the right side of our homepage for the voting. Which one are you? - 60-70 Years - 70-80 Years - 80-90 Years - 90-100 Years - I want to live forever
After nursing three kids, this mother found herself disappointed with her post-baby breasts, so she did what many moms consider: She went under the knife to perk up her other girls with saline implants. A scientist by profession, she didn't make the decision lightly, but instead says she spent hours researching the procedure, speaking with her surgeon, reading literature and considering the pros and cons of undergoing the knife and then living with implants after the fact. A few months fo...