It's just liposuction. Those may be the three most dangerous words in plastic surgery. For too many, plastic surgery is like a visit to the dry cleaner (in by 7, out by noon) or the hairdresser (just a little off the top ... of my thighs). Patients and surgeons who don't take cosmetic procedures seriously are at the center of the growing problem explored in "Are Your Cosmetic Procedures as Safe as They Can Be?" on page 54. As contributing editor Dianne Taylor describes, two runaway trends are colliding with increasing frequency at the corner of Nip and Tuck: consumers' push for fast and fabulous results and cosmetic surgeons' overly aggressive approaches. These crashes can be deadly.