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Claro que tomar la decisión de operarse no es
algo que se logre de un día al otro, hay muchas cosas que están en juego:
nervios, miedo, excitación, ansiedad y esperanzas, expectativas, sólo por
nombrar alguno de los sentimientos.
Por eso acá les contamos la historia de una
paciente que se animó al cambio, que las ganas de estar mejor le ganaron al
miedo. Mirta viajó a Buenos aires y llegó a Plenitas para quitarse
insatisfacciones que hacían que no pudiera disfrutar de una vida plena. Hoy,
después del cambio puede verse al espejo sin rodeos. “Ya estaba cansada de ir a comprarme ropa y que
nada me quedara bien. Siempre volvía a mi casa angustiada y enojada con mi
cuerpo. Por mi carrera profesional siempre tengo que estar bien vestida y mucho
de esos trajes que debo usar se adhieren al cuerpo y me daba un poco de
vergüenza que la “pancita” saltaba y eso me hacía sentir incomoda conmigo
misma.
Venia pensando y evaluando la posibilidad de
operarme desde hace por lo menos dos años, las ganas de tener un mejor cuerpo
eran cada vez mayores y por otro lado sentía que todo el trabajo que venía
haciendo en el gimnasio no estaba dando mucho resultado. Mi esposo es argentino
así que aprovechamos que nos íbamos por un mes a Buenos Aires y decidí
concretar mis ganas y animarme al cambio que venia añorando hace varios años. Así
fue como me acerque a Plenitas para realizarme la liposucción.
Desde que me operé he notado que la ropa me queda
mejor, y claro que mi esposo esta muy contento por los cambios y también los
disfruta junto conmigo. La relación con la gente de mi oficina no cambio en
cuanto a actitudes, yo sigo siendo la misma persona pero con una apariencia más
atractiva. Mis compañeros de trabajo me dicen que me veo muy bien, por supuesto
ellos notan un antes y un después muy satisfactorio luego de mi paso por
Plenitas.
La operación fue un éxito y la recomiendo en un
100 por cien a mis amigas y a todas las personas que necesiten un cambio
estético que se refleja sin dudas también el interior, cuando nos sentimos bien
con nuestro cuerpo, con nuestro aspecto estamos mejor anímicamente, de mejor
humor, con ganas y con buena energía. Ahora la estoy apuntalando a mi prima
para que se anime a la liposucción y pueda lucir como yo.”
Carolina Tocci
Antonella Andreozzi
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Years ago you wouldn’t have thought of men being concerned about their appearance. Taking care of your body and having cosmetic surgery were only associated with women. Women searching for feeling well, being appealing to others and concerned about their well-being, whereas man’s world revolved only around football games and having a beer with friends.
Far from that, nowadays, men, in being more appealing and dealing with aging in the best possible way, are becoming part of the world of grooming and aesthetics. Looking good, looking young and appealing is not only for women, it’s now a world that belongs to both men and women equally.
Men taking care of their aesthetics means being willing to feel good, to gain more self-confidence, improve their appearance, feel more attractive and thus being able to achieve a feeling of well-being improving quality life, in both social and work aspects.
Anti-age, hair loss treatments, peelings, cosmetic surgeries to improve skin, creams and relaxation methods are some of the most requested by men on the way to looking good, without avoiding regular visits to the gym and the purchase of nice perfumes and garments so that women fall at their feet.
“In my 45th birthday mi wife gave me a day at a spa as a present to drive me away from the chaos of my work and indulge myself. At first I turned it down, I couldn’t imagine myself using moisturizing creams, being given treatments and body massages. Finally, my wife and I went together and when I got out that place I felt as if I were 10 years younger and fully renovated. I was reluctant to acknowledge that I had enjoyed a day at a spa. But, now I wouldn’t change it for anything”
“A few years ago I thought that aesthetic care was outside man’s world, I used to steal cream from my wife and use it without her knowing, eventually, I understood that taking care of my appearance was not going to make me more or less manly”
Women do not complain at all about this new generation of men who worry about looking good. Some women make jokes about this subject and comment on sharing their creams with their husbands or revealing beauty secrets to them. “These are the men of the new millennium. What else can we ask for? We live with men who want to win us over day by day and try to look more and more handsome for us”, says a group of friends in their 30s.
According to a survey made by Wella, a company of beauty products and cosmetics, Argentinean men spend 26 minutes in front of the mirror, 4 minutes more than women.
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What is so appealing about Buenos Aires that millions of people choose it out of the rest of the world as a destination when it comes to enjoying themselves, resting and discovering a place where they will be greeted with wide arms open.
According to the survey carried out by the National Secretariat of Tourism of Argentina (SECTUR), virtually nine out of ten tourists who visited Buenos Aries found “what they were expecting and even more” and considered that quality service improved or remained as good as in previous visits. The report, which covered virtually 800 cases, showed that more than 90% of the respondents said it is likely they come back to the country as a tourist.
As we thought it would be “unethical”, in a matter of speaking, for an Argentinean to promote its own country, we will let a German friend of ours speak for ourselves. We met him in San Martin de los Andes one of the most wonderful places of Patagonia.
Marco has traveled to Argentina since 1994. The first places he visited were Mendoza, Cordoba and finally Buenos Aires. He has traveled every summer to visit different places in Argentina. In 2008 he went to Patagonia: “A new love within the country”, he says and adds that in this last trip he has fully fallen in love with Argentina.
“To me Argentina has it all: amazing landscapes, very important and accessible cultural centers for those who want to enjoy good entertainment”. Food is excellent, even for vegetarians like me, "savoir vivre" to know how to live, nice people and social life, which is the feature that fascinates Europeans the most, because I think, and so think my friends, that there is too much solitude in Europe.”
When Marco visited Argentina for the first time, he didn’t know what to expect. He had been told about Buenos Aires being “the Paris of South America”; however, he prefers the sights of typical neighborhoods of Buenos Aires like San Telmo or La Boca and he says that 9 de Julio Avenue does not resists any comparison with any other avenue in the world.
“Buenos Aires has its own style, identity and charm, that’s why I don’t want to compare it to any other city. It’s like home to me, I come here at least once a year, I come here to be with the people, who were very open and friendly with me from the very first moment.”
Marco knew the country on his numerous trips; little by little he found new people and discovered new places. What shocked him the most, and he notices and misses every time he comes back to his country, is the porteña companionship, the value of friendship, the way of living, the level of education and culture of working class people and the fact that there are lots of beautiful people, both men and women, of course that “women draw my attention the most” he confesses giggling.
Marco and his girlfriend are planning a trip on August, 2008. So that she can know the country he considers his second home and so that she understands what he is talking about when he talks about the bondi and drinking mate.
Carolina Tocci
Antonella Andreozzi
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UK: British go abroad for dental care
Two new surveys reveal why more people from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland are going abroad for dental care.
A dental tourism survey by RevaHealth.com reveals high levels of satisfaction among the thousands of dental tourists questioned. RevaHealth.com is an Internet- based searchable database of over 200 healthcare providers in 30 different countries. Over 20,000 patients have used Dublin based RevaHealth.com since launch in 2007.
Patients who had travelled abroad to receive treatment revealed an average satisfaction rating of 84%, along with an average cost saving of £3200, or 60% of the cost of their treatment locally. More than 95% of respondents stated that cost was the main reason why they considered dental tourism in the first place, but when it came to choosing which clinic to visit, quality was the deciding factor. Patients reported wide variations in the amount of the money they saved and in the abilities of certain clinics to communicate effectively. There were also variations in satisfaction between countries, with patient satisfaction highest for clinics in Hungary, Poland and Thailand.
The RevaHealth survey also says that only one in two patients had visited their local dentist prior to making their enquiry with an overseas clinic. This echoes the findings of a survey by Shrewsbury, England, based dental implant clinic Dentale that the British cannot afford dental care at home. One in three have not gone to the dentist during the past two years because they cannot afford to. This is despite one in seven people admitting their teeth are in poor or extremely poor condition. One in five say they have not had dental work that was recommended carried out because of the cost involved. Jason Buglass, of Dentale, says: "Our findings are absolutely shocking. We are one of the richest countries in the world but we are known for having bad teeth. Our research suggests that one of the main reasons for this is that people cannot afford to go to a dentist."
Dentale’s research , by leading market research group TNS questioned 1,008 people during February. TNS estimate that 1.29 million people have had dental treatment done outside the UK because it was cheaper. Reliable figures elsewhere suggest that although more people are going overseas from the UK for treatment, the annual total for medical and cosmetic and dental travel is under 100,000. TNS omnibus telephone surveys tend to give rapid rough figures that are not always statistically accurate when grossed up. We have asked Dentale and TNS to comment on the figures.
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Cuando Gustavo tuvo que diferenciar su Buenos Aires natal con Francia, el país que lo alberga desde hace más de 30 años, donde crecieron sus hijos y supo encontrar un grupo de amigos que le dio la bienvenida, no le fue tan fácil. Quizás alguien pensaría, pero que tendrán en común Buenos Aires con París?
Sin embargo, estos dos maravillosos lugares tan alejados en el mundo, comparten más de uno lo que uno imagina.
Empezando por el impresionante Río Sena, que divide en dos la capital francesa y donde se puede pasear en barco apreciando los monumentos, es totalmente diferente a la costanera y al Río de la Plata, pero igualmente emocionante por su encanto porteño tan particular. Recorrer los barrios parisinos típicos, como Montmartre, es tan conmovedor como andar por la Boca, San Telmo, Recoleta, por nombrar sólo algunos de los barrios característicos de Buenos Aires.
A su vez, París es una de las ciudades más y mejor iluminadas del mundo. La torre Eiffel le da una fisonomía muy característica sobre todo por la noche cuando está iluminada. Gustavo recuerda que al verla por primera vez no pudo evitar que la imagen del Obelisco porteño se le remitiera a la memoria. En el centro de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, está el Obelisco y la avenida Corrientes engalanada por la imponente oferta cultural de la que la capital porteña hace eco. Ambas ciudades se reconocen por su gran actividad cultural: en Buenos Aires está el teatro Colón y el San Martín, en la capital francesa la Opera de París y la Opera de la Bastilla.
No sólo la cultura caracteriza a ambas ciudades, el buen gusto, el glamour y la moda acompañada por reconocidos diseñadores toman protagonismo en las avenidas más importantes, galerías y shoppings de éstas dos capitales que supieron posicionarse en el ranking de las ciudades más importantes del mundo.
Si bien Buenos Aires es reconocida mundialmente por su calidad en carnes, conviven en el ambiente gastronómico ofertas desde comidas árabe, mexicana, peruana... hasta llegar a la china. Es cotidiano ver los restaurantes repletos pasado el horario convencional de cena. A esto todavía no se puede acostumbrar Gustavo en la capital francesa donde los lugares de comidan cierran a las 22.30hs.
La vida social en París es importante pero muy organizada: las invitaciones a cenar se agendan con varios días –“por no decir semanas”- de anticipación. “En Buenos Aires la espontaneidad es la regla, eso aún se extraña. Pero el encanto decisivo de Buenos Aires es su gente, en eso París nunca podrá igualarla”.
Antonella Andreozzi
Carolina Tocci
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Nowadays’ 40s aren’t what they used to be. Progress made in science and thought, and the globalization boom have done away with the stereotypes and taboos which used to constrain women and men, and now women and men alike may face the new millennium with a more liberal and open mind.
The idea that a woman who is a mother may neglect her appearance and stop feeling attractive and that a 50-year old man must already have a defined path and can only but regret everything he didn’t do as a ‘young’ man has been left behind.
Quite the contrary, nowadays what prevails is the desire to innovate no matter the age, feeling happy and satisfied with ourselves at both spiritual and aesthetic level, and the desire to accomplish what we didn’t dare when younger because of fear or inexperience.
The change actually lies in the mindset, the way of thinking, and moving, and it is great to be able to reflect and make this youthfulness we feel deep inside visible in our body, no matter our age.
If a person feels younger than their actual age, it is important for them to feel it in their body too, and to match how they feel with how they look.
What happens when a 60-year old woman feels 40 and wants to shape her body to keep feeling attractive preventing ageing from becoming an obstacle?
Plastic surgery has revolutionized social aesthetics, resulting in slower ageing. For many years now, women have become increasingly active changing their place in society: managers, renowned artists, presidents. They no longer resign themselves to complain that they don’t like this or that; rather, their desire to feel satisfied has driven them to go to aesthetic centers, do physical activity, go on a diet, or have surgeries done, letting their inner change show in the mirror, as the finishing touch of a change from the inside to the outside.
The biological clock has extended its hands, life expectancy is increasingly longer, and people seek to live with the best quality of life possible, without neglecting aesthetics or health, and enjoy ageing to the full.
There are different treatments available to meet each person’s expectations. Science offers different opportunities when it comes to seeking beauty and feeling attractive - two important elements to feel confident and increase self-esteem, and be able to enjoy ourselves, no matter our age.
It is dignifying to age and to look at ourselves in the mirror and be satisfied with the image reflected. Our will to feel well and do things is not linked to age, it may occur at any moment of our lives, we only need to be on the alert and grasp it.
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A recent survey conducted by Dove personal care brand among 1,590 women in ten countries - Argentina, United Stated, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, England, Italy, France, and Japan - revealed that 93% of women worldwide consider that most ideas about old age are misconceptions. One of these ideas, for instance, is that women over 50 aren’t productive. On the other hand, 62% Argentine women state not to feel old at 64.
91% respondents believe it is about time society changed their views of women and ageing. Even so, in spite of this criticism, 44% stated that they don’t like watching themselves naked in the mirror because the change in their appearance negatively affects them. This is natural if we bear in mind that specialists in old age state that in our country ageing men and women tend to be considered ugly, poor, unproductive, sexless, and incapable of learning.
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91% respondents want society to change their views of ageing.
Jus like women are changing their place in society, doing away with stereotypes which only associated them with tenderness, instinct, and shyness, many are also saying enough to prejudices about old age. 62% Argentine women aged 50 - 64 believe they are too young to be considered old.
The source of this data is a survey conducted for Dove personal care brand among 1,590 women in ten countries: Argentina, United Stated, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Germany, England, Italy, France, and Japan.
The same survey reveals that 93% of women worldwide consider that most ideas about old age are misconceptions. One of these ideas, for instance, is that women over 50 aren’t productive. "The society’s ideas about genre and old age are discriminative and prejudiced. These ideas derive from the myth of "eternal youth", which prevails in today’s society, built around values like production, consumption, beauty, strength, and competitiveness. Therefore, according to Liliana Gastrón, Director of the PhD in Social and Human Science of the National University of Luján, “anything which does not belong to youth is despised".
Argentine women think it necessary to explore new ideas and rule out those which do not match reality. 91% respondents believe it is about time society changed their views of women and ageing. Even so, in spite of this criticism, 44% stated that they don’t like watching themselves naked in the mirror because the change in their appearance negatively affects them. This is natural if we bear in mind that specialists in old age state that in our country ageing men and women tend to be considered ugly, poor, unproductive, sexless, and incapable of learning.
"There is heavy social pressure for women to appear younger than they are. Therefore, they consume more dyes, more beauty products, and go to the gym more often", according to Margarita Murgieri, Director of the Biennial Degree in Gerontology of the Argentine Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics. In fact, the survey revealed that Argentine women start fighting ageing sooner than the other women surveyed: they start at 42, while the average age is 46.
Regarding the influence of the social ideal of beauty and youth on women, Enrique Lombardo, Professor and researcher at the National University of Mar del Plata, stated that, especially in societies like ours "where aesthetic ideals are very prominent", there are "greater conflicts between the social ideal and people’s perception of themselves. On top of this, the social mandate of identity and aesthetics is greater for women than for men".
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Appearances do matter
§ Appearances DON’T deceive.
§ You are perfect because you have imperfections, but nothing a surgery can’t fix
§ Appearances deceive the mind, not the heart. But if it makes us happier, why shouldn’t we improve them?
§ Give a second chance to your first impression of others.
§ Human beings don’t enter through the heart’s entrance but through the eyes’ window.
§ My mirror is the eyes of others.
§ It is said that appearances is the least important aspect in a person, however, it is the first thing we see and judge.
§ Appearances aren’t everything, but they do reflect a person.
§ Accepting ourselves sometimes implies pretending we accept something we actually hate. Why should we accept something we don’t like if we can change it and be happy with ourselves?
§ Allow your smile to change the world, but don’t let the world’s eyes change your smile. If you need it, dare have a surgery that will make you feel satisfied and self-confident.
§ It isn’t true that what matters is on the inside, outward appearances matter too, otherwise envy wouldn’t exist!!!
§ Some may say appearances don’t matter, but society proves the contrary all the time.
§ You aren’t perfect if you have imperfections.
§ Only a few see what we actually are, everybody sees what we appear to be.
§ Appearance is the first thing people see… if you don’t take care of it, it becomes a problem.
§ Appearance is just a cover. Books are judged by the cover.
§ Appearance is human beings’ endless conflict: being and appearing to be.
§ Seek your true identity through your appearance.
§ Every day people arrange their hair, not their heart.
§ Appearances aren’t everything; they’re just the most important thing.
§ I don’t want to live on appearances, but I can’t help it.
§ Distrust whoever you want, but never distrust yourself.
§ The cowl does make the monk.
§ Appearance is a being’s pedestal.
§ Choose your appearances so that you are judged by them.
§ A person’s beauty lies in other people’ eyes.
§ Inner beauty is invisible to other people’s eyes, physical appearances aren’t! Tailor them as you please.
§ Good appearance is synonymous to decency.
§ Be as you want to be.
§ Nobody believes the phrase: “I’m beautiful on the inside and the outside, I don’t care what people say”.
§ Let’s fight for what we want to be.
§ Appearances don’t deceive, they rather place us where we belong.
§ “Tell me with whom you mix, and if she’s hot send her to me…” Nobody likes uglies.
§ A man is known by the company he keeps.
§ All that glitters is not gold.
§ Appearing has more letters than being.
§ To the world you are what you seem. To you, what you feel. If a surgery will make you feel better, turn to Plenitas.
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Healthy US interest in ‘medical tourism’
By Christopher Bowe in New York
Published: February 19 2008 22:37 | Last updated: February 19 2008 22:37
Two in five Americans would consider travelling abroad for a medical procedure if it cost half the US price and quality was at least equal, according to a Deloitte consumer health report published on Wednesday .
The data highlight the exploding interest in so-called medical tourism, where patients seek treatment for elective surgeries such as hip replacements available more cheaply overseas.
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When looks limit your life
Everyone says that the best time of your life is when you go to high school; I could not understand the meaning of such statement that, until today, revolves around my head. Ironically, that was my worst stage, I wanted to lock myself in a room and never get out, at least until my acne was gone.
It is a complicated stage passing from childhood to the ever-feared teenage world, and everything that it implies: hormonal changes, first heartbreaks…turning into a woman. There I was, with my pimples and my hormones fighting to come out without knowing where to go.
“Any home-made remedy and even my own recipes were good to treat my pimples. From hypoallergenic make up to tooth paste dried under the sun. I didn’t know what else to try to trick other people’s eyes and be able to look at myself in the mirror and not cancel every single plan I had with my friends.
I felt pimples had it on me, my friends had perfect complexion, so “it’s just because of your age, when you grow up you won’t have any wrinkles” didn’t work on me.
During high school I went to a school that only allowed 40 minutes to eat lunch and we always ended up eating junk food, with a lot of mayonnaise and soft drinks, which made even worst to my greasy skin.
At that time, I had a few pounds of overweight, which in addition to the lack of physical activity and junk food only brought more pimples.
I was really mad at what I had to put up with, I though that it was an incurable disease that I would have to suffer for the rest of my life. I had to find someone to blame to release my anger, and as a rebel teenager I used to take it on my mum; I used to blame her for giving me this face and body.
Every consultation would lead to the same third degree: what are your eating habits? Are you going through a rough patch? Do you touch you face a lot? ... don’t even think about it because you’ll leave marks on your face for life.
I went to see the best specialists; most of them agreed that my acne had to do with a hormonal problem and my mood, which I had to control to have a perfect face throughout time, but it would be a long treatment where my patience and perseverance would be the mainstays of a good outcome.
It was hell, I could not stand it anymore, acne was limiting my life and nothing that doctors could say was going to calm me down. I used to feel absolutely ugly and lonely, I had no social life, I felt embarrassed in front of strangers, I was shy about everything, and I felt I was disgusting.
My acne got cured at the age of 30. After so many treatments I finally found a good thing about it: when my friends started to show their first wrinkles my complexion was perfect.
Now, I have a different problem, I can’t fit into my pants. However, due to technological advances I don’t have to wait 15 years as I did with my pimples, I decided to undergo a liposuction and be as good as new in just a few days!
Out of bad things, you can always get something good. I learned to overcome my complexes that would not allow me to feel complete when the solution is in right there in my hands: I have an appointment at Plenitas to get rid of these rolls of fat.
Antonella Andreozzi
Carolina Tocci
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HOROSCOPE - PREDICTIONS 2008
The best is yet to come
AQUARIUS (JANUARY 21 - FEBRUARY 19)
It’s about time you stopped being so generous and start thinking about yourself. Be honest with yourself and dare to change, your body needs it. After taking vacations and a total renewal you’ll feel complete.
PISCES (FEBRUARY 20 - MARCH 21)
Human beings fullness is reached when you feel the sensation of fullness. It’s high time you stopped pleasing everybody and focus on yourself. Tolerance has brought you here, but it is time you came to terms with yourself. A cosmetic change will show you the fullness of your being and you will succeed at dealing with life safely.
ARIES (MARCH 22 - APRIL 20)
It’s about time you followed your intuition. The strength and energy typical of you will join you in making that change that you’ve wanted to do for a long time, which has been hindered by fears, relax and unwind. It’s the right time to make the change you’ve been planning.
TAURUS (APRIL 21 - MAY 21)
Realistic taurine: it’s high time you though about turning your plans into reality. Your body and mind demand it. Take advantage of your patience. Take the necessary time to plan every single detail, it’ll be hard to make up your mind but you will benefit from doing so. It’s time to leave those complexes aside that keep you trapped inside your house, dare to change and start a new life.
GEMINIS (MAY 22 - JUNE 22)
Contradiction makes you change your mind easily. Don’t let pessimism, that usually hunts you, stop you from being fun-loving. It is time to materialize the change you’ve been idealizing for a long time. Science is on your side.
CANCER (JUNE 23 - JULY 23)
Don’t let your shyness prevent you from materializing the change you’ve dreamed so hard. Human aesthetics completes beings. Dedicate the following months to a well-deserved holiday and you will find the right time and place.
LEO (JULY 24 - AUGUST 23)
The liberalism so typical of you usually makes you reckless. Stop to think through the oppression that worries you so much. It’s time you got rid of that load. Science has the answer. A new love is about to knock on your door, now is the right time to think about your aesthetics and receive that new love, having come to terms with yourself.
VIRGO (AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 23)
Meticulousness and rationality will generate a need to change. This New Year make a transformation that will satisfy you and keep you satisfied with yourself and make you feel complete. Leave all prejudices aside and focus on yourself and your sexual life. Cosmetic changes are ideal for the time Virginians are going through.
LIBRA (SEPTEMBER 24 - OCTOBER 23)
Idealist, as only Libra can be. You have idealized your body for a long time. It is time you made good use of your positivism and undergo the surgery your been procrastinating. 2008 brings a considerable change on your personal aesthetics. Go for it!
SCORPIO (OCTUBER 24 - NOVEMBER 22)
Intuition doesn’t lie; rethink the seriousness and deepness that you have put into analyzing your sorrows. Don’t get carried away by your authoritarian character, listen to other’s advice: they match your thought, but your fears won’t let you see.
SAGITTARIUS (NOVEMBER 23 - DICEMBER 22)
You are self-confident, however you can’t make up your mind about the cosmetic change you intend to do. In 2008, stars are on your side when it comes to cosmetic medicine. Everything will work out better than imagined.
CAPRICORN (DECEMBER 23 - ENERO 20)
Your insecurity can be reverted by just undergoing the surgery that has always made you felt uneasy. Let yourself get carried away by your impulses and you will see how everything can change. It’s time to relax and trust.
Carolina Tocci
Antonella Andreozzi
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Fernando 32 years old
Porn star
The reason why I decided to undergo a peneplasty was purely personal appearance; I work in the adult entertainment industry where size does matter. The way my penis looks is what sells best in this industry. Although I was average size and never had any size-related problem I thought that a few more centimeters could contribute to my career and it really helped a lot, everything turned out as planned.
Two years after my first surgery I came back to Argentina, since Plenitas professionals assured me that with a second surgery my penis could grow even more in size and thickness. As a lover of my career I came back for a second surgery.
Now I do can say I’m satisfied. I watch my movies and pictures and I see what I always wanted to see, I’m proud of myself because now I do think that I meet my objective. I’m one of those people who think that you can’t win the audience over with 20 centimeters when it comes to XXX movies.
The two basic and indispensable principles in porn are size and being able to delay ejaculation, this can be controlled with pills, size, however, depends on you and science gives us the possibility to maintain for longer in the porn industry.
As for my personal life, I can’t say that this surgery effected great changes, however, I feel better about myself. I don’t think I’m more of a man or feel more manly, but it looks that way. I don’t tell (in my country) that I underwent a peneplasty because I think it is a doctor-patient confidentiality issue. This surgery helped me a lot at work level and gave me the opportunity to be in this industry for longer where competition is really fierce.
Carolina Tocci
Antonella Andreozzi
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“A day without a laugh is a wasted day” said one of the most well-known humorists himself, the unforgettable Charles Chaplin, who knew very well what he was talking about.
Would you believe your doctor if he/she told you that laughter can improve your quality of life: release stress, diminish anguish and insomnia? Reduce cholesterol, oxygenate your blood, cut anxiety, strengthen your heart, and now and then, even if for short periods of time, leave your mind free of the daily problems that this ever rushing global world brings.
Even if it is hard to believe, with only three laughs a day, you can enjoy these free beneficial effects that have neither restrictions nor side effects.
In laughing you release endorphins, which are the hormones responsible for diminishing pain and constitute a kind of natural drug that circulates through your body. Endorphins are hundreds of times stronger than heroin and morphine. They induce a state of euphoria that gives a felling of happiness.
Specialists recommend it: Laughter is a powerful defense mechanism, generates good sense of humor and optimism; it is associated to a strong immune system and good mental health. It helps you deal with daily problems with a positive attitude and makes bad moments seem less bad.
Laughter heals. There is a treatment called Laughter therapy, which by means of different techniques influences the patient physically and emotionally to laugh and help him/her deal with life by changing his/her way of thinking. This methodology is based on group dynamics: using movement, loosening your body and relaxing, practicing exercises of verbal and nonverbal communication aimed at uninhibiting and creating a sense of complicity between participants, musical games, playing different games to have fun and reminisce your childhood.
The course ends when the objective is met: learn to really laugh in those moments when you need it the most. Laughter must come from your insides and be full, broad and truthful.
Please take three minutes to answer all of the following questions: Do not answer Don’t know/Don’t answer
How often do you laugh? What makes you laugh? How much time do you dedicate to enjoyment? To what extent do you enjoy life? How do you deal with every day?
Sometimes small things may have a surprising effect on our body. Please take at least 3 minutes a day, 180 seconds, the time you take to make yourself a coffee, to laugh, to think about the people who make you feel good. Create a place of pleasure and enjoyment for yourself.
Antonella Andreozzi
Carolina Tocci
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You’d better be in good company!
Whenever you have the chance to travel somewhere, you think, first of all, about where you want to go; and almost immediately, you think with whom. However, there are people who get a headache from only having to choose a traveling partner and are clueless about who to choose. Sometimes we think about the ideal place based on the person who we always wanted to travel with, but other times it is the other way around, you look for a suitable partner for the place you’ve already chosen. Well, you have to be prepared, if you don’t take into account certain important details you might regret having chosen that person, who can even spoil your travel. You will probably disagree with him/her on what to do, you both may not have the same pace and so you have to be always waiting for him/her or hurrying him/her up, well…let’s not dig up that much into what may happen, on the contrary, in order to avoid all these issues let’s mention some prospects to bear in mind.
To think through who might be the right person to come with you, first you should think about how to take advantage of this trip. In your case, you don’t have to think about the main reason of the trip, since you know that, in essence, you are doing this to get a treatment at Plenitas. However, there are always other purposes, which not all of us enjoy in the same way: resting, getting away, having fun, taking walks, eating out, shopping… most certainly you will feel identified with all these options, well, that’s normal, when you travel you want to do all those things at once without skipping anything. What we recommend is that you put together a list based on the options mentioned above and think about how to administer your time during your stay. That way you begin to imagine your trip to Buenos Aires and you will know who could be the person who is up to your expectations.
The Ideal person for Buenos Aires night life, nothing is more entertaining for Argentineans than nighttime. Think about who is going to be your companion: you can buy music of all kinds or take a walk down Corrientes avenue where you will find a great variety of shows and entertainment to see.
Someone who has already lived this experience is, of course, a good option: he/she will understand you and can take you to the places that he/he liked the most, and since he/she knows your likes and dislikes can take you to the places that you like the most.
May be you would like to come with a friend who also wants to get a treatment. Probably you both have decided that it was the right time to get a boob job, or a friend of yours suggested getting a tummy tuck before summer time arrives. This option is very convenient, he or she would be the perfect accomplice, both of you can do the treatment at the same time and then enjoy the rest of the stay together.
Be a heartbreaker. Argentina is full of good looking and friendly people. Come with someone who likes to go out and show off, someone nice who likes to meet new people. Argentineans, in addition to going out and have fun, love to know new people from other countries, mingle, go out to dinner, dance or have a few drinks.
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Your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, partner or lover:
Buenos Aires is a very romantic city, nothing compares to taking a walk in the Botanic Garden, Palermo green spaces or taking a night walk down Puerto Madero, attend a Tango show or even take tango lessons.
If you want to go shopping without caring about spending, think about a friend who likes to buy until you can’t carry all your bags! With a shopper of this kind won’t feel any regrets.
With the low prices that you’ll find in Argentina, you will want to buy everything you see, while walking down Florida, Recoleta, La Boca, everywhere! Temptation never ends, not only because of the low prices, but also because large international and local brands know worldwide are available in Buenos Aires. You will end up the day with so many bags that the only thing that we can recommend you is to invite a bodybuilder friend to help you out with all your purchases.
Well, I think that by now you must have a pretty clear idea of who the ideal person for this trip might be. You’ve pictured the trip and at every stage of it one person has come to your mind: now your companion has a name. Don’t waste one more minute, go look for him/her and tell him/her the good news!
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Well, after 10 weeks of working at Plenitas, my time in Buenos Aires is coming to an end. It has been many things, nearly all of them positive, and the majority very positive. It's been good folks, but here's a round up of the bits that stand out:
Best thing:
The people. full stop. Argentinians are warm, friendly and welcoming. The culture is very open: people kiss on the cheek when they meet, and there is a lot more general contact between people. Strangers are happy to see you and want to talk to you. When I first arrived I was struck by, and even disappointed by the lack of ethnic variety in the people. However, in some way, Buenos Aires is better off for this. Though London is enriched by being a fully cosmopolitan city, it also suffers from the 'not another darn foreigner' attitude. Here, people woth different coloured skin stand out, and the locals want to know where you are from, what you are doing in Buenos aires, and what do you think of their wonderful city.
Oooh.. and as a smaller second best thing I'd have to add the clubbing and music scene in the city. Every night of the week offers some sort of club night or live music performance that will keep the portenos from their beds until well into morning. I was constantly impressed by the amount of energy and enthusiasm that the locals had for all types of music, which is certainly not constrained to weekends.
Nicest Surprise:
One thing that i certainly never expected was how well the city caters for two of our favourite companions: our children and our dogs.
There is a huge amonut of respect for children, mothers and families in the porteno society. Any mother that boards the subte will immediately be offered a seat and, for the remainder of the ride the other passengers will coo affectionately over her child/ren. Restuarants and cafes are generally very child friendly and the city is full of 'jugueterias': which appear to be kind of indoor children's play rooms. I have also spotted a few Peluquerias de Ninos (Children's hairdressers). I know of one of these in London, and this is a one off novelty aimed solely at mummies with money.
And the dogs.. well, what can I say? I will never forget the dogs in Buenos Aires. Firstly, for a city, there are a hell of a lot of them. And most of them are well loved, well groomed, well fed, happy, elegant, celebrity dogs. In the richer neighbourhoods they literally strut down the street, hair, ears and tail blowing majestically in the breeze.
An Argentinian friend in London told me before I came that he thought the dogs in England were not happy. Now I understand what he meant.
Biggest dispapointment:
I'm afraid there was one thing about my stay that really disappointed me. I know I'm English so I should be used to rain and cold, but, as I kept saying to people here: I did not travel 5000miles to sit inside huddled next to an electric heater listening to the rain outside. Unfortunately, my first 6 weeks here were really tarnished by the weather. Early spring was unusually cold, and though there were odd warm days thrugh September and Ocotober, we also had a number of surprisingly cold days, even into early November. I have always been someone who is very affected by the cold, and unfortunately i didn't manage to escape the British winter as well as i had expected to!
Most irritating thing about the city:
No hay cambio. There is no small change. ATMs give $100 notes, and of you try and buy anything for less than $20 or so with such a note, you will certainly raise eyebrows. When it comes to dealing with small change (under one peso) the situation is even more frustrating. I have seen people at the front of supermarket ques unable to buy goods at all because of a lack of small change. More than once I have had to run into my house to beg my housemates for smaller notes in order to pay off a taxi fare and small shopkeepers are genuinley grateful if you manage to have the right change. And this is a city where one can only pay the 80c bus fare with change. Surely it's an easy problem to solve? I really don't understand why on earth the governemnt don't just print money and produce coins in smaller denominations..
Things I both loved and loathed: (x2)
1.Shopping. When it comes to women's clothing, the city has some beautiful shops, with amazing stuff, but, frustratingly, most shops arrange their clothes by colour. So one section of the shop is full of black items, another full of blue items, another red and so on. While this helps keep the shop looking wonderfully stylish, it means it is very hard to locate individual items within each rail of one colour clothing. Shops also only display each item in one size. This means that you have to keep asking the shop assistants to get you more sizes. While they expect this, someone who is not accustomed to this type of shopping really just feels like a nag.
2.Dulce de leche - this is the national sweet. A sickly sweet reduction of condensed milk. It is both wonderful and creamy but also cloying and head achingly sugary if you eat too much. Whilst wonderfully delicious at times, (10 weeks ago I was singing its praises) it can be hard to find any sweet items that do not contain it, and deserts in restaurants are often found piled high with the stuff as a sort of extra calorie laiden garnish. A recent visit to a cake shop to purchase something wonderful to celebrate a friend's birthday with presented me with a choice of 8 or so different stunning and elaborate cakes, all filled with varying amounts of dulce de leche. Even as i write this i feel terribly torn about my feelings towards it!
So, I guess that's kind of it. I hope this blog has given you a small taste of what was wonderful experience. I oculd wirte much more, and this was just a few reflections on my experience, and i have no doubt that this city offers a million more moving experiences, to millions more people every day. It's a great city, in many ways, and I look forward to finding the time, money, and a good excuse to return as soon as I can!
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5th November
It's so odd to be reading emails from my friends in England, Halloween and bonfire night have both passed by now back home, events which normally mark the end of balmy autumn days and the start of cold crisp frosts and dark afternoons, winter is just around the corner. However, here, on the other side of the world the days are getting longer, the sun is getting stronger and everyone is starting to pick up a bit of colour in their skin. One of the nicest things about warm climates is that it forces people to come outside and come together, away from our houses with closed doors and windows, out into the parks and squares. It has also meant that I have had the chance to experience a typical Argentinian 'asado'. An asado is basically, a barbeque, and like most social occasions it is centred around food. Friends gather together in someone's garden, terrace or courtyard, huge amounts of their delicious cow are cooked on a large parilla (Argentinian type of bbq) and the afternoon is spent eating meat, relaxing in the sunshine, chatting and enjoying each others company. The Argentinians are fiercely proud of the asado, and it seems to represent a lot of things that are at the heart of the Argentinian culture; good meat cooked in the home, robust Argentinian red wine and time spent with friends and family.
I have also experienced my first dose of another typical Argetinian tradition, tango. Of course everyone knows that Argentina is the birthplace of the tango but it is a bit of a stereotype to think that everyone here can and does tango. Most of the grand scale tango shows that are put on nearly every night of the week in a multitude of different places across the city cater solely for toursists, and amongst the youth of the Buenos Aires, electronic and rock music enjoy much bigger followings. However, I have been pleased to discover that tango is still very much alive amongst the Portenos. A local friend took me to a 'milonga' last week. This is basically a dance hall or bar where you can dance tango, and they continue to be very popular across the city. We went to what I got told was one of the most popular amongst younger tango fans. I had arranged to meet my friend there, and despite having exact directions I walked past it at first, missing the old, unmarked glass door, in a non-descript part of a mainly residential street. Once inside however, after walking up one level, I entered into a huge ware-house style room, with a high wooden ceiling, wooden walls and large posters of different tango legends pasted randomly around the room. It looked like an old factory building. There was a bar, some tables and chairs at one end, and a small kitchen serving empanadas, tortillas and various typical local foods. A cat wandered around the diners. At the other end of the room was a band, four guitar players and an accordian played a haunting mixture of what I was told were their own and traditional tango tunes. In the middle, the people danced. It was nice to see that not everyone was an expert, many of them had taken only a few lessons, and the dance floor was an accessible space where anynoe could try. Those who could dance well were mesmerising, but it was certainly not a criteria for entering the floor. And a lot of people didn't dance. There was space to sit and enjoy the music, and in a smaller room next door groups of people chatted over coffee, wine or dinner. I can't offer anything but an outsiders perspective on the milonga, but what i saw was relaxed, fun, sociable, and inviting but also deeply repsectful of tango, which as both a music and a dance, appears to continue to lie very close to the heart of Argentina today.
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