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Liposuction was first performed in the early 1960s in Cologne, Germany, but it was initially hampered by a lack of specifically designed instruments and by a high rate of infection caused by the accumulation of debris during the procedure. Surgeons learned to employ irrigation to remove loose fragments, making the operation much safer and less traumatic--although "less" is a relative term.

For many men, the 1970s brought disenchantment with the sexual revolution, the ruthlessness of singles bars, and their career prospects. Drugs weren't the answer, and going to Esalen didn't make their lives perfect, no matter how many sessions they screamed through. For many, the body becaue a source of self-esteem and self-mastery. Taking control of one's body became tantamount to taking control of one's life.

Gillies was especially concerned about facial injuries and convinced the British War Office to send all these casualties to his hospital, devoted solely to cosmetic surgery of the face. In reality all parts of the body were at risk: historian Joanna Bourke notes that 60,500 British soldiers were wounded in the head or eyes, 89,000 sustained serious injury to their bodies, 41,000 needed to have their limbs amputated.

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