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Meet Justin Jedlica, the human Ken doll who's undergone 90 plastic surgery procedures in the hope of attaining the perfect physique. The 32-year-old has spent more than US$100,000 (S$122,092) in the last decade in his quest to look like a living doll. Along with his chiselled face, he has a G.I. Joe-like body complete with rock-hard pecs, defined six-pack abs and bulging biceps and triceps - all without lifting a single weight or hitting the gym. Like a plastic doll, his "muscles" are all fake. Nearly every inch of his upper body is covered with implants, ABC News reported. In addition, he's had countless nose jobs, cheek augmentation, brow bone changes and lip enhancements to perfect his face. Even his firm buttocks are artificial - the work of surgeons who gave him buttock implants and a lift to achieve a "perkier" look. He acknowledges that he could just work out to carve out those fabulous abs, but scoffs at doing an activity he calls "so not exciting, not glamorous or fabulous." His obsession with his looks began in his teens, when he took an intense dislike to the size of his nose, which he described as "astronomically" huge. It took him five procedures to sculpt it into something close to his ideal. However, he said he is still not "a hundred per cent" satisfied with it yet, demonstrating to the reporter that he'd still like his nose nudged a millimetre here and there. From there he went on to do his buttocks, chest and eventually his arms. Jedlica readily admits that he sees no reason to stop his plastic surgery obsession. While the first nose job was a "need" to him, everything else after that has been a "want". SOURCE: yourhealth.com.sg Editorial Message

'Human Barbie' Denies Extreme Plastic Surgery Rumors
By ABC News | ABC News Blogs – Wed, Nov 14, 2012.

She's one of the most widely viewed and discussed women on the Internet but now the Ukranian model known as the "human Barbie" for her doll-like figure is speaking out to deny rumors of rampant plastic surgery and reveal her higher purpose in life. "Some people even spread rumors about me and retouch my pictures to hurt me. But I don't take them seriously," Valeria Lukyanova tells V Magazine. "I'm even flattered! It's what success is like. I'm happy I seem unreal to them, it means I'm doing a good job." Lukyanova, also an artist and singer, first made headlines in April when photos of her seemingly inhuman-like proportions were posted on websites like Jezebel.com and Huffington Post and quickly went viral. Commenters questioned whether Lukyanova was manufactured and, if she was real, how much plastic surgery she must have undergone to get her impossibly whittled waist, buxom chest and symmetrical features. A spokesman for Lukyanova told ABC News the only plastic surgery she has had is a breast enhancement. The "human Barbie" herself told V Magazine she achieves her look with makeup. "Many people say bad things about people who want to perfect themselves. It's hard work, but they dismiss it as something done by surgeons or computer artists," she tells V. "This is how they justify not wanting to strive for self-improvement. It's how they explain their continued inaction. It's just an excuse. There are plenty of video clips on the Internet showing what I really look like." Also revealed in the extensive interview for the magazine's new issue, on newsstands Nov. 15, is Lukyanova's deeply-held belief in the metaphysical and spiritual worlds, including her belief that the titles of singer, model and artist are just "labels for my creative potential," not her "true essence." "I'm a teacher at the School of Out-of-Body Travel. It's an international school in which our instructors show students how to leave their physical body and travel in their spiritual body, where you can visit any place on the planet and in the universe," she says. "I know that this is the future of mankind and that it has huge potential. Hidden reserves will be tapped soon. " Lukyanova says her spiritual name is Amatue, an Atlantean reference to the goddess of the sun. Though she describes herself as the "most famous woman of the Russian-speaking Internet," Lukyanova says she is unfazed by the attention over her looks. "I know the other side of celebrity is negativity, but I see it in a positive light," she tells V. "If people care about me, then I am on the right path. In real life, I never hear bad things." "Indeed, I've noticed a trend," she continues. "Every good-looking woman with fine features and a slim figure looks like a doll. I won't deny that I play along with people's perceptions. I'm amused by the reactions. I don't take it seriously."