The West leads the country in breast implants. The number of Botox injections in the region accounts for 40 percent of the nation's face-freezing proceedures.

Beverly Hills CA
1999 - An actor, John Byner, receives the first live, internet-broadcast plastic surgery, a face-lift.

Phoenix AZ
2004 - Male twins are each made over to look like Brad Pitt. This starts MTV's I Want a Famous Face. Future episodes include a woman who wanted Kate Winalet's body and a transsexual who yearned to look like J Lo.

The Midwest has the most thigh and buttock lifts in the nation.

Louisville, KT
Surgeons at the University of Louisville are in the process of applying for approval to perform the first deceased-to-living face-transplant operation.

The South leads in ear surgeries, cheek implants, and cellulite treatments.

Albany GA
2003 - A 23-year-old drag queen dies after an underground procedure common among transgendered men: an injection of silicone administered at a "pumping party."

The East Coast has a thing about hair. More transplants are done here than in any other region (13,000 last year). It is also the most popular area for male breast reduction, lowerbody lifts, chemical peel, and collagen injections.

Lebanon NH
A plastic surgeon at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is working toward what he promises will revolutionize plastic surgery: human wings.

New York City NY
2004 - First Wives Club author Olivia Goldsmith dies following routine face-lift surgery.
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