Surgical markings on Kristie’s body delineate cutlines for the abdominoplasty operation, and the area where liposuction will be performed. After losing some 80 pounds, Allen wanted to have the loose flab of her stomach removed by an abdominoplasty operation, and to have liposuction on her thighs. She decided to travel to South Africa, where the cosmetic surgery is less expensive than in the USA, and of a high standard. Between her consultations and surgery, Kristie also had the opportunity to experience South Africa as a tourist. (Photo by Louise Gubb/Corbis via Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL – AUGUST 10: An IHOP restaurant serves customers on August 10, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. DineEquity, the parent company of Applebee’s and IHOP, plans to close up to 160 restaurants in the first quarter of 2018. The announcement helped the stock climb more than 4 percent today. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – AUGUST 02: Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Discount stores have seen a double digit increase in business as higher income shoppers look to the stores for a hedge against inflation that continues to chip away at their buying power. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
NEWPORT NEWS, VA – JANUARY 07: Police tape hangs from a sign post outside Richneck Elementary School following a shooting on January 7, 2023 in Newport News, Virginia. A 6-year-old student was taken into custody after reportedly shooting a teacher during an altercation in a classroom at Richneck Elementary School on Friday. The teacher, a woman in her 30s, suffered “life-threatening” injuries and remains in critical condition, according to police reports. (Photo by Jay Paul/Getty Images)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 28: Police tape is seen in front of the home of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on October 28, 2022 in San Francisco, California. Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. Speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi, was violently attacked in their home by an intruder. One arrest has been made. Speaker Pelosi was not at home at the time of the attack. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
HELGOLAND, GERMANY – DECEMBER 16: Male and female Atlantic grey seals (Halichoerus grypus – in German: Kegelrobbe) attempt to mate on the beach on December 16, 2016 on the Duene portion of Heligoland archipelago, Germany. A local environmental organization claims a record number of pups are being born this season, with 325 recorded as of December 15. Heligoland (in German: Helgoland) lies approximately 70km off the German coast in the North Sea. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
BUFFALO, NY – MAY 28: Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff pay their respects at a memorial at Tops Friendly Market, which was the site of a mass shooting, on Saturday, May 28, 2022 in Buffalo, NY. Ruth Whitfield, whose funeral the Vice President and Second Gentleman attended earlier in the day, was one of ten people killed two weeks ago in what federal officials are calling an act of racially motivated violent extremism, by a white man, in the shooting of a supermarket in a historically black neighborhood of Buffalo, NY. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
