Jason Torres Spent over $313,000 to Turn Himself into Barbie
Princess 19 on 12 Dec 2011 at 11:00am
Cindy Jackson and Sarah Burge have some competition! Someone else is vying for the title of "Real Life Barbie." What makes this person different is that they started out as a "Jason." Becoming Barbie for him was a bit more...well, difficult.
Regardless of the controversy over wanting to be proportional to the iconic (albeit overly voluptuous) doll, some people still insist Barbie is the epitome of perfect. Jason Torres was no different. He, now she, has spent over $313,000 and has had 15+ surgeries to emulate her icon - with no regret. Now known as Nicole Sanders, she recently gave a in-depth interview regarding her transformation and the tough road getting there to the Daily Mail.
Since a very early age, Nicole has always felt like a girl trapped in a male body. The thoughts led to depression, a suicide attempt and a falling out with family. But, that was then. Now Nicole leads a very happy life as a transsexual and entertainer known as Nikki Exotika - all with Barbie flair.
"Growing up I was always playing with Barbie dolls and I just loved the way she looked," she said.
That desire led to numerous surgeries starting at the age of 18.
Here is the laundry list of how Jason became Barbie:
- Sexual reassignment surgery
- Five breast operations (including augmentations and corrections)
- Four nose jobs
- One brow lift
- Cheek implants
- Jaw surgery
- Chin implants
- Calf implants
- Lip filler injections
- Silicone injections to buttocks, thighs and hips
- Botox
"I have had pretty much everything done except liposuction - I've always been naturally skinny," she added.
"I didn't want to be natural - I wanted to be glamorous and beautiful, just like Barbie."
Torres/Sanders/Exotika's story may not be the norm when it comes to cosmetic surgery, but we're happy she's found peace in her new form. And at least she admits that achieving the "Barbie look" and "looking natural" don't usually to go hand-in-hand.
Do you think Barbie is a beauty role model?
See the video behind Sanders' Daily Mail photo shoot below. The soundtrack alone is worth the 4 minute watch. Try to NOT get up boogie. It will be hard.
Doctors who aided this troll should be stripped of their license!
Hair loss is the result of a combination of factors, fundamentally genetic but with hormones playing a huge role. The testosterone hormone in some cases creates another type of hormone and that can in turn cause the hair follicles to go dormant. This can be reversible up to a point.
The medications to which Ariana refers include two mainstream ones, Propecia and Avodart. I've taken Propecia and it helps in 50% of the situations and now that I can afford Avodart I'm taking that instead since it helps in more of the situations yet.
I'm not going bald but my hairline is too M-shaped for my liking, and these medications reverse that too when they work, which is much of the time. They build up hormone blockers specific to the hormone that makes the hair follicles unhappy. It's a threshold process so it takes some months to take effect.
At the cellular level the DNA is just a blueprint and the RNA then pursues a particular agenda which is why your bone cells are so different from your skin cells, muscle cells, retina cells etc. even though the DNA is essentially identical. Hormones play a large part in what that agenda is, for any particular cell -- which is why at and after puberty, there's such a difference in the development between testosterone-influenced cells in general vs. not hair, bone, voice box, breast, hips, etc.
As an example, about 30 years ago or so the East German prisons put their most violent criminals on female hormones. The subjects became less violent and also put on fat in places that caused them to have relatively hourglassy figures.
One solution to the hair loss problem is to get rid of the, um, site of the testosterone production -- and with it go away all the downstream problems. However, even though it's a logical progression, it's a huge step with massive implications, which is why I'm still doing much planning and reading and question-asking as to that particular procedure.
~Tanya
My hair stylist also recommended Invati by Aveda (external use only) though I'm not aware of how scientifically proven its effectiveness is.
Good luck!
~Tanya
I sympathize. I can relate in a way, so I hope that what I'm writing here will help you.
A few months ago I was barely able to pay the rent and make my car payment, plus I had a lot of short-term business debt. How I was going to pay that, and make extra money yet, to start looking like the girl I fundamentally am (based on my mind and brain) ... that seemed to be an insurmountable hurdle. I wanted much work done on my face but first of all I wanted my Adam's apple gone ... and long, straight blonde hair would be a good step too but would require some expensive help, e.g. a good straightening job is $300.
Some years ago, I read parts of "Think and grow rich" by Napoleon Hill and I also read part of Jack Canfield's book about success principles. I hasten to add that I'm not about embracing unproven notions, but the principles explained in the books made sense to me at least to the point where a clear vision of success would energize and inspire me.
So, early this year, I wrote down and imagined what life as the "new improved me" would be like. I put together an integrated vision, and I thought of that when I fell asleep at night and when first I woke up. Those are, I gather, the times when my subconscious is most addressable.
I also wrote down how much money I needed, and for precisely what, and how I'd spend it to get to where I wanted to be. How I was going to make the money -- I just assumed I'd find a way.
The effect was almost uncanny. I kept coming up with ideas to make more money, and then more money, and then more yet. My little software business came up with project upon project and I figured out creative ways to get more work yet, and do it faster and better. When clients couldn't afford the work, I found creative ways to finance it. I found new people to help me do the work, too.
Here I sit now, six months later. I have achieved my goals, and more. I have paid of all the short-term business debt plus my clients by now owe me $20K+ and they're good for it. I have been able to pay off another $3K in intermediate-term debt. I funded and paid for removal of my Adam's apple plus extra costs due to complications that arose during that surgery. I've also paid for my eyes being feminized and made to look far more youthful. My nose has been feminized too. My hair -- my own hair -- is now long, blonde and straight. Some Botox and Radiesse have feminized my face more yet. I've prepaid for $1300 in hair removal laser treatment and started that too. Heck, I even paid and mailed off my income tax money without breaking a sweat.
If you ask me how I managed to make all this money ... it's just a succession of little victories, one after the other, energizing a little business that was formerly struggling, and then injected with new ideas and new energy by a new, inspired "me" after I became super-motivated by envisioning, in detail, the "new improved me."
On a side note, your comment about prostitution is perhaps just a figure of speech, but in case it's tempting ... I'd like to comment, beyond the superficial. I am all for a free market and personal responsibility, so if someone chooses that profession she is within her rights even though I'm clear it's illegal ... but legality is not the main problem I have with it. My concern is more personal ... I've seen friends of mine in a somewhat parallel industry (exotic dancing) go down hard due to a lack of self-confidence. If you have it, you thrive, and without it, the sexually themed business world is brutal and I recommend avoiding it. The phrase "downward spiral" summarizes what I saw them experience and I don't wish it on anyone.
Anyway, I hope what I wrote, above, isn't too fuzzy. I can just say what worked for me, and guess as to why, and I hope it'll work for you too.
I have a hypothesis that as humans we're magnificently smart when we choose to apply ourselves, and I personally didn't realize how much I was letting myself and my business just coast along until I really became inspired. Ironically, I was already working 60, 70 or more hours a week ... working hard, but not "inspired."
My guess and hope is that you'll discover your own way, whether it's finding your niche in a high-paying profession where you can excel, or a new business venture that takes off. Whatever you do, I'm cheering you on, and I wish you much success.
~Tanya
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thanks for sharing! And thanks for always sharing your thoughtful wisdom with us. Everytime you write I learn so much from you, to me you are a one true classy woman, as woman as it gets!!!!!!!
Thank you ... this means a lot to me, in several ways. :-)
I like the combination of candid + reasonable that you are ... kudos. :-)
~Tanya