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Remember self-deprecating jokes about transferring fat from one part of your body to another?Those days are here. They’ve been here since the 1990s, according to plasticsurgery.org.While most people know they can pony up for liposuction, having fat extracted from a body part, many might not know that the same fat can be injected into another body part, such as to augment buttocks or lift breasts.Tara D. Smith knew exactly how she wanted her rear end to look.“It’s been three years since the baby, and I’ve been saving up to do something,” said Smith, 34. “When I tell people, they always say, ‘Oh, the Kardashians or Blac Chyna.’ But no, you can do it normally and not look like a freak.”On the morning of her January fat transfer at Genesis MedSpa in Colorado Springs, Smith pulls out her pink phone to show Dr. Lisa Jenks her dream booty. The two huddle over the small screen, peering at the backside of a nearly naked woman, save for her … [Read more...] about Fat transfer takes liposuction one step further for Colorado Springs woman

Colorado Springs police Sgt. Jason Ledbetter knows the dangers lurking every time a child logs in online.Last year, his team with the Internet Crimes Against Children unit investigated a record 2,600 tips statewide involving predators trying to get minors to send them sexually explicit images of themselves or otherwise produced or shared child pornography. Those tips led to 44 arrests locally.To drive down that number this year, he’s urging parents to have the same conversation he has with his children: “Do not talk to people online who you don’t know in person.”The message came on Safer Internet Day, Feb. 5, but Ledbetter says internet safety is something that should be recognized early and often for youths of all ages.“You wouldn’t give a teen who had never driven before the keys to a Ferrari and say good luck, so don’t give them a phone without discussing the dangers,” Ledbetter said. Colorado Springs News Fountain man gets prison … [Read more...] about Teach children about dangers online, Colorado Springs police say

With concerns about underage use of e-cigarettes rising to what the U.S. surgeon general calls epidemic levels, more parents are having their kids tested for nicotine.Business is brisk at two independently franchised Any Lab Test Now locations in Colorado Springs, said Terra Runyan, supervisor of the lab at 7828 N. Academy Blvd.Testing teens for nicotine in their bodies is a new focus of the company, she said, which offers some 8,000 lab tests.“We’ve had a lot of parents bring their children in,” Runyan said. “It’s sad because children don’t know it can lead to addiction.” Colorado Springs News Youth vaping and e-cigarette use a "public health crisis," El Paso County Board of Health says Jakob Rodgers Electronic cigarettes can be smoked, or vaped, in devices that are hard to detect because adults may be unfamiliar with the products.It’s not uncommon for middle and high school students to vape undetected in class, said Dacia … [Read more...] about Labs offering testing in Colorado Springs for parents trying to keep kids from getting hooked on vaping

Here’s a friendly suggestion. Next time you’re driving and see a cyclist pedaling along a city bike lane, roll down your window and say this:“Thank you, bike rider, for causing little damage to our roads and no harm to our air. And please let me express admiration for your courage in braving the sometimes reckless drivers of Colorado Springs.”After those words of thanks and admiration, roll up your window and continue your journey in a car that damages our roads and our air.I can already hear the reaction from some of you. Premium Colorado Springs a spectacular place to live. Let's keep it that way | David Ramsey David Ramsey You think you’re reading words typed by a cyclist who spends his days and nights pedaling our city’s streets.That’s not the case. I’ve pedaled around 25,000 miles in city limits during my years in the Springs, but only a couple hundred on the streets. I place my bike in my trunk and wear down the roads and … [Read more...] about David Ramsey: Bike lanes in Colorado Springs help us pedal happily toward better future