“These procedures often take place in small clinics, where doctors who might have been trained as dermatologists or pediatricians are legally allowed to advertise themselves as “board certified” physicians even though the extent of their plastic surgery training might have consisted of a single weekend course. To make up for the high cost of running an operating room, they squeeze in as many as eight patients every day.” The $5,000 quest for the perfect butt.

+ Readers loved last Friday’s lede about a guy who watches sunrises and helps neighbors.