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If your arms are a little flabby, you do some bicep curls and tricep extensions. When you notice some blubber in your booty, you add in more squats. But if your face starts looking soft and saggy, aside from watching what you eat, is there anything you can do?

The no!no! FaceTrainer is designed to work your face back into shape, combining "facial exercise with resistance training to give your face a natural looking lift." According to the website, facial exercises have long been proven to reduce sagging and wrinkling, and the FDA-approved FaceTrainer takes this to a new level: "Clinical studies have shown that a 10-minute daily routine over 30 days will result in 71 percent reduction in sagging, 42 percent reduction in wrinkles, and a noticeable improvement in skin tone and color."

But does it really work? I put the mask on (and my pride aside) to test it out just so I could answer that question for you.

Last week, 26% of you said you would get plastic surgery in a heartbeat. So what's stopping you? For some, taking the time off from life to have invasive surgery is out of the question. For others, maybe it's a fear of needles or hospitals. But for most of you, price is the main deterrent. And even if you could scrape together the money, there may be more important ways to spend thousands of dollars than on vanity.

Still, I want to know what plastic surgery procedure you'd get if price wasn't an issue. Here's what you had to say:

• 27% of you would opt to get lipo.
• 15% want a tummy tuck.
• 17% of you would get work on your breasts -- either enhanced or reduced.
  
• 6% of you would get a facelift.
  

But, the majority of you -- 28% -- wouldn't get any surgery at all, even if it was free. Good for you -- it makes me happy to see that so many accept their bodies just the way they are. Thanks for sharing.

Here at That's Fit, we're constantly telling you what we think about things, but sometimes it's nice to know what you think. So from time to time, we'll ask you a question. Don't be afraid to speak up -- we love feedback.

Earlier this week, I asked you if you'd get plastic surgery if you had the chance. I suspect many of you will say yes, so I want to know more. What kind of procedure would you want to get? Considering that more than half of you don't like your midsection, I think I can predict your answer but still, I want to know ...

If you missed our daily postings this past week, we invite you to take some time to catch up on our prior week's news and gear up for a new week of healthy living information and inspiration.

This week, we finally saw the last of Hurricane Ike, after it finished wreaking havoc from Texas all the way to the Northeast. Ike was big and mean, and our thoughts are with our readers impacted by the devastation and destruction this storm caused.

Here's what else we've been talking about this week:

• Hey, you're exercising. That's great! But are you making one of these three fitness mistakes?
• Brooke Shields shows off her Calvin Kleins -- the exact pair she wore at age 15. How does she do it? Kristen dishes the dirt.
• Wrinkles bothering you? Get a face lift... for your refrigerator!
• Working out at home is an easy way to get fit. But what if your house could help you work out?
• Got some time to burn today? Use it wisely -- burn an extra 500 calories!
• Blogging's a great hobby, we'll agree. But not if it causes you to gain weight. Find out more about blogger bloat.
  
  

Have a great week everyone!

A number of facelift patients have recently contracted MRSA (aka the "superbug"). The number is very small (about 1/2 of 1% of facelift patients), but it's still concerning to health officials. Traditionally, the rate of infection with facelifts has been very low, so some physicians may not be quite so vigilant about pre-screening patients for infections and identifying other risk factors (such as previous exposure to hospital environments or a previous MRSA infection). It's not clear if the patients in the study were infected with MRSA as a result of their surgeries or if previous exposure to the bug caused the infection. Regardless, physicians are urged to screen patients as diligently for facelifts as they would any other surgery.

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Got wrinkles? You might be quick to blame sagging skin, but Duke University Medical Center researchers recently discovered that face wrinkles may have more to do with underlying bone structure than aging skin.

When they looked at head scans of 100 people -- half of whom were under 30, while the other half were over 55 -- they found that as a person ages, their forehead becomes more prominent, while the cheekbones become less pronounced. Facial bones also tilt forward, and these three things combined means less support for skin.

This research may lead to plastic surgeons developing new techniques for face lifts that target the underlying bony structures rather than only the soft tissue of the face. While that may sound like a more difficult surgery, plastic surgeons say that it may actually be less invasive and safer than today's methods.

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If you're wanting to look younger and are considering some of the more invasive and drastic procedures like injections or cosmetic surgery, have you thought about acupuncture instead? Although acupuncture has existed for thousands of years, it's only really been in use here in the U.S. for face lifts for about 20 years or so. And the technique may not be what you expect -- an acupuncture face lift isn't what I pictured at first, which was needles sticking all over a person's face. It's much more complicated and often the needles are put other places on the body based on where the acupuncturist determines the problems (the wrinkles) are originating from.

Have you tried it? Would you try it? Celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, Madonna, and Cher apparently have. What do you think?

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Sometimes it seems like "facelifts," in the traditional sense, are old news. Isn't there a cream out there that does that, like, overnight or something? Although there are countless nonsurgical treatments available nowadays like Botox and other injectables, or laser treatments, or *insert latest fad here,* many women (those age 45 and up especially) are still turning to surgery in order to get the results they're after. Creams and shots, apparently, just don't stack up. And like everything else, the world of cosmetic surgery is constantly evolving with new techniques and procedures available all the time. Currently facelifts are the 2nd most commonly requested surgical cosmetic procedure from people over age 55 (what's #1???).

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A global survey done recently by ACNielsen revealed that as many as one in five people say they would consider having plastic surgery. The poll was conducted over the internet and surveyed 22,780 participants in 41 countries. Which country came out as the most receptive to going under the knife? Russia, with nearly half of respondents saying they would consider it when they get older. Second and third place go to Greece and the Baltics.

On the other end of the spectrum over 90% of Japanese, Malaysian, and Indonesian people said they would not be interested in improving their physical appearance with surgery. Overall, teenagers were more receptive to the idea -- although not until they were "older." And the older respondents were generally the least interested.

Personally, I think I'll just deal with what I've been given and not try to force any changes -- I would be especially scared of having some horrible complication and ending up worse off than before!

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