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Model has six ribs removed for skinnier waist

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CARMEL, Ind. — Pixee Fox’s hobby has become her career. She works as a plastic surgery model. The job description is exactly as it sounds, according to WRTV.

Fox grew up in Sweden. She had become an electrician but wasn’t happy with the direction of her life or how she looked. So, she moved to the United States to start her transition.

“Where I come from in Sweden, no one is doing plastic surgery,” Fox said.

Fox felt more accepted in America where she says plastic surgery is welcomed and encouraged.

One of her most dramatic surgeries brought her to Carmel, Indiana: Rib Removal. She wanted three from each side removed to decrease her waist-size.

‘”The hardest thing to find was somebody (who) actually took me seriously enough to do it for me, for cosmetic reasons,” Fox explained.

Her online research led her to Dr. Barry Eppley with Eppley Plastic Surgery in Carmel. She traveled here last year for the rib removal.

“Ribs wrap around. Some are attached to your sternum, others are not. They’re called free-floating ribs. The bottom ribs, usually 9, 10, 11 and 12, are called free floaters,” Dr. Eppley explained.

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