DISCLAIMER: The following examples of home surgery disasters are the acts of private individuals and highlights the need for professional advice before considering any form of surgery. Do not attempt any form of self-surgery at home (or anywhere else).

What could compel someone to try to perform surgery on themselves at home?  Being someone who once cut into my hand to try to remove a splinter, I can only say that it has to contain a big part of stupidity, and anything that follows after that can be merged into the same thing.

1- Home Botox Fail

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The latest story has a 54-year old California woman who decided she could inject botox into her lips as easily as her plastic surgeon could.  So she bought some botox and did the deed.  Turns out she didn’t buy medical grade botox, which is much different than regular botox, and the results weren’t pretty, as you can see.

2- Cooking Oil Injections?

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Another home plastic surgery story from last year didn’t go so well either; as a matter of fact, it went much worse.  This woman, who at 28 was a very pretty woman, thought that cooking oil could do the same type of thing that botox would do, and decided to inject herself with it.  All that swelling didn’t stay, but her face is now permanently damaged and will involve serious facial reconstruction.

3- Nose Job Clips?

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The aim to be better looking can consume many people, but there has to be a point at which common sense takes over and people are either happy with their looks, or will go to a professional to get help.  However, home kits that provide things like this one, which is supposed to alter the look of one’s nose, don’t help.  At least this one doesn’t cut into the skin, or give anyone needles to inject themselves.

4- Antique Breast Enlargement Contraption

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There have always been home remedies for things such as increasing one’s breast.  They may not have been effective, but at the time they were considered relatively safe with no cutting, that’s for sure.

5- Cigarette Box Body Patching

We’re not saying that sometimes a person might not have what they consider a good reason for doing self surgery on themselves.  A lack of cash had this man getting creative on himself and deciding to use cigarette packets to cover up

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this nasty hole in his chest.  Poverty can bring about some of the most creative things you’ve ever seen; luckily, this guy is now ready to have something better done for himself.

6- Abscess

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This man had an abscess on his arm and wasn’t anywhere close to a doctor.  At least he had the common sense to call a doctor and have a doctor talk him through it, but can you imagine taking a picture of it while the blood is oozing out of your arm?

7- Cesarean Section Surgery

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Sometimes we’re lucky that there are no pictures of certain surgeries.  There was a story of a woman who was home by herself giving birth, and decided to perform her own cesarean section surgery.  We at least have a picture of her, the knife, and her little boy.  And another story about a man who decided to perform kidney stone surgery on himself with a razor.  He dug out three stones; I might have passed out just thinking about doing it.

8- Homemade Gender Change Surgery

Another story where we’re lucky that there were no pictures or video of happened recently, when a man who wanted to be a woman decided to try to remove her own genitals with a home surgery kit.  Luckily, her lover was home and able to call for an ambulance.

9- DIY Ankle Surgery

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This guy was lucky enough to be able to make it to the hospital on his own.  He tried to remove a metal plate from his leg that was put there after a car accident years earlier.  He got four of the screws out before realizing he couldn’t get to the fifth, so he stitched himself back up.

10- DIY Emergency Amputation

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There are times when home, or at least emergency surgery has to be done on yourself.  In Adam Ralston’s case, if he hadn’t amputated his own arm, he might not be alive today, as he was pinned under a boulder.

11- Home Laser Eye Surgery

We’re glad we don’t have pictures of someone actually trying the procedure, but trust me, do NOT do home Lasik surgery if you ever want to see again.

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Maybe we should be glad it came with a pictorial instruction page.

12- Homemade Tattoo Removal

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As we end our story, we’d like to say that even home tattoos and home tattoo removal are DIY (do-it-yourself) surgeries that should be done by a professional.  This may not be rocket science, but it’s more important than rocket science.

All examples shown above are examples of home surgical mistakes with a lack of professional advice and experience. Anyone considering or requiring any form of surgery should speak to their doctor or a professional surgeon.

Most entertainment news and gossip focus on plastic surgery that popular female stars, but you don’t hear about men getting plastic surgery too often, at least aside from Michael Jackson. However, many of Hollywood’s most popular stars have had plastic surgery! You don’t ear about it, and most stars won’t admit it, but well trained plastic surgeons can identify stars who have work done.

1- Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt is famous all over the world and is considered to be one of the best looking men in Hollywood. But at some point early in his career, even Pitt had to get surgery. He had procedure called otoplasty, or ear pinning done. His ears used to stick out more like Will Smith’s do, and now they are much closer to his head.

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2- Zac Efron

Zac Efron is one of the most popular young stars right now, thanks to High School Musica. But since his nose was kind of big and not very mature looking, he got a nose job. Rhinoplasty (nose jobs) range from $3,000 to $13,000. Well done nose jobs like Efron’s are generally at the higher end of that spectrum.

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3- Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger had a jaw reduction done early in his career to soften the contours of his face. He also had eyelid surgery. A jaw reduction costs arounr $5,400.

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4- Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney got a blepharoplasty (eyelid surgery) that helped removed the baggy skin around his eyes. Also, he might have used Botox or Restylane injections to help fill in wrinkles. These procedures really make Paul’s face look younger. Botox costs around $250-$500 for each area that is injected, and Botox is not a permanent procedure.

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5- Ryan Seacrist

Ryan Seacrist, the American television personality, got a nose job (rhinoplasty).

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6- Axl Rose

Axl Rose, the lead singer of the 80s band Guns ‘N Roses got a facelift and Botox injections. A facelift costs anywhere from $6,000 to $25,000, depending on how experienced and well known your surgeon is, as well as the extent of the procedure. Any well done celebrity face lift is probably areound $25,000

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7- Kenny Rogers

Kenny Rogers got a blepharoplasty and a brow lift, and the procedure did not turn out quite right and he hates it, and is going is to get it fixed. Blepharoplasty costs around $3,000.

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8- Matt Dillon

Matt Dillon is yet another star who got a nose job recently.

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9- Rob Schneider

Many male celebrities also have gotten hair transplants. Rob Schneider has really well done hair transplants. They can cost anywhere from $4000 to $20,000, depending on how many grafts you need and how many sessions you have to do.

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10- Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck also got hair transplants, but they were not done as well.

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