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Cosmetic surgery has become a booming, $10.1 billion business each year in the U.S., according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Women, already 91% of cosmetic patients, are electing to make these quick fixes more than ever, undergoing 5% more procedures in 2010 than the year before.

And it’s not just a nip and tuck to appear younger and fresher: Greater numbers of young women are now going under the knife. Cosmetic procedures are up 4% for women in their 30s, and 30% of all liposuction recipients are ages 19 to 34, reports the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. It may indicate a new wave of perfection-seekers, as normal-weight women trim an inch of unwanted fat from their thighs or ditch their miracle bras for larger breasts—now the most popular invasive procedure.

However, psychologists and surgeons fear that many patients do not fully grasp the gravity or potential risks of these operations. “People think it’s like going out to lunch,” says Anne Wallace, chief of plastic surgery at University of California, San Diego Health System. “Like any surgery, it needs to be taken seriously.”

Experts detail the full spectrum of unintended physical, emotional and cultural side effects that may make you think twice about taking nature into your own hands.

Unexpected Beauty Botches

Any time you tamper with the body’s balance, you risk creating new problem areas, says Wallace. In other words: Be careful what you wish for.

One recent study found that liposuction may slim one problem area while creating another. Women who suction fat from their thighs and lower abdomen ultimately destroy those fat cells. When they eventually put weight back on, it distributes unevenly—often to less flattering areas like the upper abdomen, back and arms.

Similarly, Wallace warns that changing one feature sometimes throws off the appearance of others. A tummy tuck may cause the thighs to look out of proportion, while plumped lips may make a normal sized nose suddenly appear obtrusive. She’s seen cases where Botox injections, which paralyze certain facial muscles, caused the other active muscles to appear strangely overpowering and “odd.”

Scarier still are the potential deformities. Marilyn Leisz thought she was undergoing a simple procedure to her eyes; 30 surgeries later she is still unable to blink. Meanwhile, a botched face-lift severely damaged the nerves of British businesswoman Penny Johnson, who lost her business and became a recluse.

If there is a problem and the patient is not emotionally stable or financially secure, “the results can be disastrous,” says Robin Yuan, plastic surgeon and author of Behind the Mask, Beneath the Glitter. A person who is already insecure about an aspect of their appearance may suffer a severe blow to their confidence if the surgery goes awry. At the same time, Yuan says many patients borrow money for the initial surgery. If they need an additional procedure, follow-up costs can devastate their financial lives.

Threats Below The Surface

Patients may never be fully prepared for the mental and emotional costs of cosmetic surgery, says Joseph Hullett, a psychiatrist and senior medical director of OptumHealth. The stress of surgery, lack of sleep and recuperation that often includes pain, fatigue and swelling causes most to experience some degree of depression. “If you have a face-lift, you really look like a beaten-up fighter. It becomes real,” he says. And with all the related side effects, “your whole life may start to unravel.”

According to Hullett, the general emotional arc after surgery begins with depression as you heal, then shifts to a honeymoon phase when you can see the result but soon morphs into some measure of disappointment. Those that fantasized the physical change would result in more attention, a promotion or attractive partner are often let down by the reality. Moreover, their expectations of beauty may rise, says Hullett. Even if the procedure was an improvement, they become deeply disappointed when the result isn’t “perfect.”
Sometimes a patient—or her doctor—may realize after they’ve invested the money and time into a procedure that they have an underlying issue rather than a physical one. Someone with body dysmorphic disorder, BDD, exaggerates a flaw to the point of delusion, imagining a minor imperfection as a hideous disfigurement. After surgery, they may simply become fixated on another body part. “They develop a new obsession,” Hullett says. “They get the nose fixed, and then it’s the eyebrows. They fix the eyebrows, and then it’s the ears. The perceived abnormality keeps moving".
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You must be a WHITE HAT HACKER

yes I am

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The problem with fighting corruption in Nigeria is that the so called agencies are appointed by the corrupt politicians.

Agencies fighting corruption have been seen as witch-hunt and tools in the hands of politicians in the ruling class. So making EFCC and ICPC truly independent from the executive and legislative arms of government is key to achieving an unbiased corruption fight.

Also, there should be aggressive investigation, and public sentencing or persecution of any government official convicted of corruption in any manner. That is what the Chinese re doing.

Media empowerment through providing enabling laws as well as granting investigative reporters access to Information. EFCC and the police could leverage on such investigative journalism and bring defaulters to book.

Another option is to strength he whistle blowing policy and ensure greater privacy for the blowers.
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The ATM system in Nigeria is not secure, the only reason why we don’t hear of ATM thefts often is because of the physical security of the ATM area not that the main software in the machine is secure per-say. That is for Nigeria, and I believe this applies to most developing African countries.
According to news reports, a staggering 85 percent of ATM cash machines can be hacked and tricked into dispensing free cash within just 20 minutes.
A number of successful attempts have been made gain access to an ATMs operating system, and these attempts have been turned a blind eye to, since not all of them lead actually to cash dispensal.
Hackers targeted ATMs belonging to unity bank , first bank and mostly ATMs using Diebold Nixdorf technology and found four main vulnerabilities categories: insufficient network security; insufficient peripheral security; improper configuration of systems or devices; and vulnerabilities within the configuration of the application control.

due to the insufficient network security and even adequate dispersion methods a criminal with access to the ATM network can “target available network services, intercept and spoof traffic, and attack network equipment.”, if you feel am just making this up, why do ATMs suffer from “no network”, or “out of service” in nigeria and other west African countries from time to time.this is not supposed to be and has lead to alot of exploitation holes in the remote banking system.
Criminals can also spoof responses from the processing center or obtain control of the ATM, either by remote attacks or physically, with adequate tools,a hacker to hack an ATM machine remotely from a car in 53mins and with physical access in 20mins.
Through the vulnerabilities CVE-2017-8464 and CVE-2018-1038 they could enable remotely running arbitrary code and subsequently escalating privileges; this resulted in the ability to “disable security mechanisms and control output of banknotes from the dispenser.” amazing right this is just little of what an amateur hacker can achieve, if there weren’t bank guards watching the ATM.

The quickest method is also the loudest, hackers that partner with robbers can carry out Black Box attacks which only takes 10 minutes to obtain cash from the machine.

A Black Box attack is done by drilling a hole in the side of the ATM case to gain access to the cables connecting the ATM cash box to the ATM OS. A ready made tool is then connected to the ATM letting the threat actors withdraw as much cash as they like.
All these vulnerabilities have been quarantined in the western countries but are neglected in Nigeria and other developing countries in Africa, I learnt all these by observing these ATM systems and asking harmless questions, I wonder what I will have done if I where a black hat hacker.i advice these banks to buy more sophisticated ATM systems and upgrade there remote network systems, I give credit to zenith and gtbank for there well secured systems and I advice other Banks to try more.
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