Etch-a-Chest

It's that time of the year when even the most metabolically inclined packs on a few pounds. If you'd like to continue eating three times your normal amount during the holidays but still impress people with your six-pack, consider trying out abdominal etching, a plastic surgery procedure in which a doctor uses precision liposuction to make you ripped.

The surgery typically costs $4,000-$7,000 and is really only available to patients who have the perfect amount of fat--approximately 1 to 2 centimeters--for the perfect amount of definition.

You've got to have a serious desire to prance about without a shirt on to get this surgery. In a study conducted by Dr. Aldo Benjamin Guerra's, out of 32 patients, several had post-operative complications: Six had a buildup of fluid known as seroma, which can be drained with a needle; three had scarring serious enough to be given a shot of cortisone; and two needed a second surgical procedure to get the desired results.

Does this even seem like it's going to make that big of a difference? It's not like it's going to make you look chiseled like Mr. Anonymous Abs to the left here. Why not just lay off the second helpings and snickerdoodles?