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On his off hours, Dr. Ted Eisenberg of Merion Park, Pa., throws knives and tomahawks in competition. But he's also set a Guinness World Record for most boob jobs performed.
According to Guinness, Eisenberg has performed 3,460 breast augmentations, reports AOL News. Eisenberg argues that he's done more than 4,700 of the surgeries over his cosmetic surgery career. Depending on whether you go by Guinness's count or Eisenberg's -- that's either 7,000 or close to 10,000 boobs.
We should note that the knife-throwing surgeon hasn't lost his heart. When he got his first throwing knife -- a gift from his wife -- he told AOL News, "I tried throwing it into a tree but I felt bad. I felt so bad I went and hugged the tree."
For more weird world records, check out TODAY.com's slideshow of 2011's Guinness World Records holders.
[Link: AOL News: Philadelphia Breast Surgeon Moonlights as Knife Thrower]
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Seen 7,000, seen 'em all?
Pics . . . or it didn't happen
Knife throwing boob job doc.....that's not a good mix.
After hugging the tree, he went and carved out a pair of boobs on it's trunk.
I cant believe men and women continue to complain that women choose to get breast augmentation surgery. Why are people able to get a nose job but not a boob job ? A crooked nose is ok to fix but not a flat chest ?
Why would anyone think that a woman with a flat chest like a man is wrong when she wants to get what mother nature did not provide ? Do you think their husbands prefer flat chested women ? Maybe thats what they tell them but certainly not what they really want. With todays procedures of surgery the breast's look beautiful and remain that way through old age. Women should not look like men.
He didn't carve any new boobs but just "augmented" some burls on the tree.
Ripano, what makes you think that women get breast augmentations for the aggrandizement of their husbands or other significant others? Don't you think that self-esteem comes into the picture? You are correct though in that cosmetic surgery is not really any different than remodeling the body through extreme exercising. The Bowflex serves the same purpose as the surgeon's knife or laser.
Ripano-
Breast augmentation includes more than just getting them bigger. Women in my family have to have them brought down a size or two because mother nature over-did it which causes back problems including a lot of pain, and leads to other health issues. Some women have to lose one or both because of cancer and get augmentations so they can just keep the same shape they had before. The people that complain about what other people do with their own bodies are foolish. It's a personal choice that everyone has the right to and should always have that right! and YES, I am very much Pro-CHOICE!!!!!!
When I got Triple Negative Breast Cancer and had to have a mastectomy (with LN removal), I decided to go SMALLER AND HIGHGER. I figured if I had to suffer so bloody much (through no choice, action or cause of my own doing), there should be an upside to all the unpleasantness. I got the girls off my abdomen and back up where they belong, somewhat. It's nobody's business what anyone else does with their body. I appreciate your response and, like you, am firmly PRO-CHOICE.
it more like double that number because each pair was different when they left from when he started
But it is a nice, round number.
It is unnerving that so many women have had little liquid-filled bags of plastic sewn into their breasts as a quick fix for theior self-esteem issues. This many from just from 1 doctor. Nationwide? We're creating a country of plastic freaks. It's very sad.
I agree. I have had two children and must admit I would like my breasts to look a little better, but it's just not worth the money and pain to have something fake in my body. Natural-unique is more appealing to me than perfect-fake. It is sad, especially since most who start with some sort of plastic surgery keep doing more.
mother of two myself here. And I did toy with the idea of a boob job (after envying my friends new boobs) after my second. But I will not risk surgery for vanity. I have two children I am responsible for. Nor did I like the idea of two blobs in my bags of saggy skin when I am some 70 years old hanging by my belly. Ewwwww.
Sean336944 --- I like how you think
Why is this news?
Because you clicked, read and took the time to comment. All the more chance you'll subconsciously remember the Dove soap ad up in the right top corner. They spent $475,000 last year, looks like it's working.
WHY? because he's the luckiest SOB ever!!!
Not only will Billrh remember the Dove ad, he will subconsciously start washing his boobs with Dove.
This post is nothing without pictures! ;-)
Judging by the way this article is presented it must have been written by a 20 year old frat boy. Since when are breast implants "boob jobs" in respectable media? Nice degrading way to objectify women, d**khead.
The women in question all ready objectified and degraded themselves by having new boobs installed. MSNBC is just reporting on it.
I agree, mj - what does it take to be a "reporter" these days? It's so sad to see what journalism has come to.
Elyasm, having "new boobs installed," as you put it, is a personal choice, and to say the women are degrading themselves is awfully judgmental. I have not had one, nor will I out of respect for my husband who is strongly against it. I have thought about it though, and I do not think it's fair judge every person who has ever had one!
I'm pretty sure Melissa is a woman's name. Unless this was written by a boy named sue's brother, melissa.
I'm with you mom of 2. I am an oldtimer and consider myself old school. I prefer not only breasts but all parts of the human body just as nature intended. I don't care for piercings, tattoos, or implants of any kind. Now having said that I also point out that each person has the right to decide for themselves what is right for them. Also in the case of severe mutliation from accident or surgery of some kind such surgery is appropriate for the self esteem and mental health of the person in question. My criticism is for those who just do it to 'improve' on mother nature's handiwork.
This man is a DR. FRanekenstein - for he has physically altered many off-balanced women - because of self image problems...in a world where there is no more NATURAL, freaks come out of the closet...
wellyeah..boob jobs. Ever notice how many sites are blocked with that term? then type in "breast augumentation" and guess what you get oodles of them 3 across-below and afte shortsr. But you know what-there'sno testimony about how wondeful their lives are after "the boob job". It's all about looks and not about life. And it's healdless bodies-no smiles.
Are these real people or walking zombies?
3 greatest human discoveries - fire, the wheel & the DDD breast implant :)
There are millions of boobs who need jobs...
lol, Freedom thanks for the chuckle.
:D
All of that plastic for what? Think of the Corvettes they could have built!
Corvettes are made from fiberglass, not silicone.
bluedragon, Glass is mostly Silicon and Oxygen.
Just thankfull my wife isn't interested in having a boob job. May as well get a "blow up" doll? May be OK for Bud Bundy, but I ain't interested.
My cup has always run over, so I try not to be too hard on women who want "breast augmentation," as much as I oppose surgical augmentation for profit. But my instinct is that this guy is just a butcher!
I used to have backaches and talked about reduction. My own mother said, "No, you're not," meaning. "Don't get mutilated."
It's horrid to slit the tits and insert plastic bags. I've even been more horrified at "permanent eyeliner," even though it's less interventionist. Permanent eyeliner is pointless!
Even after writing this, I still can't blame women who want big boobs, but when I was a child our next-door neighbor wore falsies! And her falsies looked okay! My mother didn't need them, and neither would I.
Some men like women with small tits.
Some men like women and if they truly do like women, the size of their tits don't really matter.
Attraction is part of life. But some men who adore big tits will also fall madly in love with flat-chested women.
Twice in my life I have known topless dancers. A lot them get their boob jobs free from kinky doctors! I guess those doctors like to go to the girlie bars.
One thing you don't hear women talk about much is the fact that the boob job doesn't last very long. My wife's friend just turned 63 and recently had them redone and lifted. She told me that 10 years is a long time for a boob job to last. When I heard that, I started doing the $$$ math.
OK, with an average job costing roughly $5000, 10 years worth of "use" works out to about 73 cents a day. Not all that bad, and much cheaper than a car that might not even last that long. It is all in the person's priorities.
I love big boobs, but fortunately my wife was blessed with a set that most women who have had work done would envy.
The knife throwing part was more interesting. @ Freedom; would one of those 'boobs' that needs a job be the moron that wrote this story?
sounds like a sharp guy/his aim is tits.
Just to the people saying that these women are getting these breast implants just because of self image must not know what it is like to be missing something that makes you feel complete. If a guy lost his d!$k then you might not say the same thing. Some women might have had breast cancer and lost the thing that shows that they are a women to the public that is. I would hate to lose my d!$k then get an implant and someone say you did it just because you felt bad about your self image. Also I know people will bring up that its big corporations or something elses fault for making women think they need bigger perkier breasts to feel like a woman, I am sure that if penis implants were more successful we would see more of them. Its not somethings fault as much as it is nature to look around and see other people with things you don't have and then want those same things. Its been going on for centuries now, with people wanting something other people have. Oh and sorry for any grammer problems in this. Thats all for today.
When women lose a breast to cancer and have implants, it is referred to as breast reconstruction. Breast augmentation is all about vanity and insecurity.
Men do lose penises and penis function and do get reconstructions and shunts- but don't have vanity augmentations- I don't think so anyway- they just buy a bigger truck or a faster motorcycle....
Anyhow- I think it's sad that so many people aren't happy with who they are on the outside- whether it's buying boobs or designer hand bags or status cars or a bigger house. I wonder what the world would be like if we all spent that much energy, time and money on becoming caring people with integrity..........
Oh yes, actually men DO get vanity augmentations. Most of the time it is a non surgical procedure (basically they hang weights from the ends to stretch it) but there are some surgical procedures to be done.
I wont judge many women for getting implants, I can understand why they would want them... its their choice. Too many people judge women who get implants, saying they have image problems and are insecure... but would you judge a women who chose to have her natural breasts reduced in the same light?
nephthys: what? men actually do that? that sounds very painful...then again so are breast implants. yikes.
Dr. Gazonga I presume?
at least he made it up to the tree.
Wonder if the good doctor could do one more job that combines both his talents? Throw the boob that occupies the White House out with precision!
Sounds like alot of jealous women here that cant afford a boob job.
Let me ask these women,do your husbands go to Hooters just for the chicken wings?
And for the chick with the big tits,of course you consider women insecure if they want a boob job.If you had small tits you would feel the same.
Men say they dont like fake,but who is keeping the porn industry and strippers in the money?
People have been mutilating, painting, and adorning themselves in the name of beauty since time (for us) began. Many of those "decorated" were at the mercy of the village shaman or other holy official. Our drive to be physically beautiful is not as shallow as some may think. Visual stimulus is used by many animal species to attract mates. No one wants to be unattractive, and the concept of beauty is subjective. Don't judge someone for using cosmetic surgery as a means to attain an ideal of beauty. Everyone does it, to some extent, and judgment from peers is where it all starts.
You have a very good point Mikazuki. I don't consider myself unattractive or small sized in my chest but being one size bigger has appeals... But I dnt like the thought of something fake inside me unless it was absolutely needed. I guess if another woman wants this, for whatever reason, it's up to her if she thinks it'll make her more attractive.
Though they really shouldn't have used "boob jobs" from a professional perspective. Then again, I guess the article was written like that on purpose.
Well, we know what will pass before his eyes when he passes on. Gotta envy the joe.
i know... to have this guys life FLASH before my eyes...
I'm laughin so hard i can't even comment....