Photo: Kim Kardashian on this fall’s “Dancing With the Stars,” before she was voted off.

CAUTION ABOUT PLASTIC SURGERY

Hollywood celebrity Kim Kardashian had some good advice this week for a fan who turned to her for suggestions about plastic surgery.

The woman wanted a recommendation of a plastic surgeon from the 27-year-old performer in the reality TV show “Keeping Up With the Kardashians“ and this fall’s “Dancing With the Stars.”

Instead, Kardashian replied on her Web site, “Make sure you have thought long and hard and that the plastic surgeon is board-certified and has an amazing track record!”

She also posted a photo (right) of herself at age 14 as evidence that she hasn’t had breast augmentation, but she did say she plans to get a breast lift in the future.

Going to a board-certified plastic surgeon doesn’t guarantee that you’ll be happy with the outcome of the procedure, but it improves your odds, since doctors have to achieve a high level of expertise in order to be certified.

The American Board of Medical Specialties maintains a searchable database of board-certified doctors, which consumers can use after filling out a free, simple registration form.

For more tips on choosing a doctor, see the post, “How to avoid bad doctors.”

In denying repeated rumors that she has had plastic surgery, Kardashian discussed lip injections, buttocks implants, nose jobs, and her plans for an eventual breast lift after she has children.

She wrote:

I have not ever had plastic surgery!!! I am definitely not against it at all, but haven’t yet had it!

Personally, lip injections are the thing I would never do — even if I didn’t have full lips. I think lip injections look very fake and bad and I wouldn’t want to kiss anyone with stuff in their lips — so I wouldn’t do it to myself. …

I have had a size C since I was 11 years old! So one day I will definitely get a lift, but I am waiting until after I have kids. Until then I rely on a great supportive bra! LOL!

All the butt implant rumors are just so not true and now just silly to me. I have answered dozens of times “no I do not have butt implants,” but people just don’t seem to want to believe it!

I have always had an insecurity with my nose… People also have assumed I have had a nose job, but I have not! I look exactly the same as I did when I was a kid, except my nose has grown a little. I hate the bump on the side of my nose, but am way too afraid to mess with my face!

If you are considering plastic surgery, please please please know you can never ever change it back and you will never be the same. That could be a very good thing or a very bad thing!

Make sure you have thought long and hard and that the plastic surgeon is board certified and has an amazing track record!

Don’t ever take the cheaper way out! This is your body and ultimately your life!

Related links:

• Kim Kardashian vs. cellulite
• Many ‘best breasts’ in Top 10 list are fake, but not all
• Scorn for Victoria Beckham breast implants; praise for new hairdo, dresses
• Sienna Miller achieved big-breast look without surgery
• Flat-chested Keira Knightley defies Hollywood’s image machine
• Breast implants are down in the U.S.
• Breast implants are like cell phones – much loved, but a problem
• British women opt for smaller breasts, unlike Americans
• ‘Real Housewife’ typifies breast-implant problems
• Jane Seymour explains breast implants, eyelid surgery
• Which breast size is right? New sports bra helps women find out.
• ‘Real Housewife’ typifies breast-implant problems

For more on celebrities and cosmetic medicine, see links on the right side of this blog.

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