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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Lifestyle
John Semley

‘He can say he went to the gym’: people are pumping themselves with fat from corpses to perk up their pecs, boobs and butts

Feet on a cadaver show a tag that says 'new boobs' with a heart symbol
‘It provided that instant contour … and instant gratification,’ said an anonymous woman of her recent Alloclae procedure. Composite: Rita Liu/The Guardian/Getty Images

The residential block at 655 Park Avenue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side is so storied it has its own Wikipedia entry. It has housed luminaries from bestselling romance author Danielle Steel to esteemed yachtsmen and the 20th-century heir William Kissam Vanderbilt II. A more recent resident, on the ground floor, is Alpha Male Plastic Surgery, a clinic offering a broad menu of elective procedures catering to the needs of the modern man.

On a coffee table in the waiting room, fanned-out brochures tout facelifts, non-surgical penile implants, and Tesamorelin – an FDA-approved peptide injection targeting stubborn visceral belly fat. Flatscreen monitors mounted behind the front desk shuffle through ads for a “Full Male Model Makeover”, proprietary procedures like BodyBanking® and the 360 TorsoTuck®, and for the gym rat who habitually skips leg day, even “Amazing New Calves”.

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