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Shana Wall and Jennifer McCall feel all the bad directions they received played a more prominent role in their elimination than karma or constant arguing.

Regardless, the friends from Los Angeles, CA became the fifth team ousted from The Amazing Race's twelfth season during Sunday night's broadcast of the CBS reality series. On Monday, Shana, a 32-year-old actress, and Jennifer, a 32-year-old legal assistant, talked to Reality TV World about how a case of mistaken identity led them to use a U-Turn; why they still don't regret that decision; why one of their numerous wrong turns almost put them in the hospital; how they almost caught a flight that would have changed the complexion of the race; and why they feel they were the victims of poor editing on more than one occasion.

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Unfortunately, cosmetic surgery can't always do what it promises—to make us look younger and more beautiful. There is a limit to its effectiveness, and there are downsides which are not discussed often enough by cosmetic surgeons and their industry. Botox will seem to make wrinkles disappear, but it will also freeze our faces. Collagen injections can plump lips, but do they really make us look like Angelina Jolie? Tummy tucks often come with bad scars; liposuction can make the skin appear rippled, chemical peels can make us look burned. But some of us have too much faith in the cosmetic surgery "miracle."

Q: How do women become "hooked" on cosmetic procedures?

A: My sense is that once a woman has a positive experience with plastic surgery, it is often normal—not necessarily pathological—for her to consider other procedures. If she is pleased with the result of a procedure, she may believe that other procedures are also effective. And if she has a cosmetic surgeon who is willing or keen to give her more, she might listen to him or her. Unfortunately, every time we go under the knife, there are potential complications. While many are quick to blame patients for being too eager to get cosmetic surgery, I think it's important to remember how aggressive cosmetic surgeons are these days in selling their products. They often "package" products, selling a tummy tuck with a breast lift, for example, and encouraging patients to get more than one procedure. No where else in medicine are procedures sold to the public so aggressively, and with the profit motive so glaringly obvious. We are told by cosmetic surgeons that procedures are safe; we are told that they are effective; in various ways we are told that they are necessary. Why wouldn't women want to do something they think is safe, effective, and necessary to improve their looks? I am not a big fan of cosmetic surgery, but I think it's vital that we put the blame where it belongs when it comes to people having 'too much' cosmetic surgery.