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The schnoz scoop: Erica Rose hooks up with Bachelor's Vienna Girardi for Houstonnose job

A post-op Vienna Giardi at a Los Angeles airport.
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Erica Rose and her father, Dr. Franklin Rose
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The "old" Vienna Giardi on "The Batchelor Pad"

The much-maligned Bachelor (and Bachelor Pad 2) starlet Vienna Girardi touched down in Houston for a July 15 nose job by plastic-surgeon-to-the-stars, Dr. Franklin Rose. Serving as rhinoplasty liaison was none other than Vienna's Bachelor Pad 2 costar and Dr. Rose's daughter, Erica Rose.

The plastic surgery pairing was a match made in heaven.

"It's funny," Erica tells CultureMap, "before I left for filming my dad said to me to tell Vienna that he wanted to do her nose. I said, 'No, dad, that's rude!' but it ended up working out."

After arriving at the California set of Bachelor Pad 2, the 25-year-old Vienna first approached Erica about Daddy Rose rearranging what she felt was a feature that didn't match her body.

Vienna elaborated on Twitter: "I want my surgery to be looked at as positive reflection of how I feel. If it makes you feel better about yourself then DO IT. xoxo."

"Vienna confessed that she's always wanted her nose done," Dr. Rose says. "She felt her nose was too long and not too attractive."

Vienna explained to Entertainment Tonight, "I have wanted it since I was a little girl. Nine, ten years old I remember not liking my nose. I have my dad's nose. But I don't want a boy's nose. I want to feel beautiful." She added, "I am a little nervous but I feel like it's Christmastime for me. I am finally getting something I have always wanted." Dr. Rose notes that this wasn't the reality star's first time under the knife.

Prior to Vienna's Christmas in July present at the Utopia Plastic Surgery and MedSpa office in Uptown Park, Erica entertained her reality TV homegirl with a Houston Dynamo game and visits to one of the new funeral bars (Roak), La Griglia and Crave Cupcakes.

During her operation at Utopia, Vienna had Erica at her side — along with the film crew of Entertainment Tonight, which developed a feature on the surgery for a segment that recently aired.

Once the cameras turned off and the anesthesia wore away, Vienna was pampered for three days chez Rose.

"She's a very pretty girl, very polite and charming," reports Dr. Rose of Vienna's stint recouping at his family's home. "She was just hibernating in her room. We had to keep a close eye on her because she's a well-known celebrity."

And that celebrity is pleased with her results. "She sent me a text yesterday that said, 'I love love love my new nose xoxo,' " says Dr. Rose. Vienna tells Us Weekly, "It has only been a few days since my surgery and I'm in a ton of pain but the excitement of seeing my new nose soon is keeping me in good spirits. I have my wonderful boyfriend Kasey Kahl here taking care of me and my girlfriend Erica Rose."

The surgeon says that Vienna will have a nose unveiling party in LA in the weeks ahead. "I'm excited to see her new nose once the swelling is down and she has makeup on," Erica says.

Bachelor Pad 2 premiers Aug. 8. Both Erica and Vienna "did very well" on the show according to Dr. Rose. "I think I'll come off in a positive light," Erica says, but she warns, "I get caught in the middle of the drama between Vienna and Jake because I think Jake's not a bad guy. That was kind of stressful. It strained our friendship, but we got over it."

The season also holds "a little bit of romance and a lot of fun" for the University of Houston law student.

"I'm definitely back in summer school," reports Erica, who is on track to graduate from the UH Law Center in December. Regarding her post-commencement ambitions, she says, "That's still up in the air. I could definitely see myself going into entertainment law."

Meanwhile, another Bachelor Pad 2 contestant (whose name cannot be revealed) is beginning talks with Dr. Rose on a potential breast augmentation.

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A crucial big 4-0

Your heart in pictures: Methodist images provide a stark reminder of how quicklyheart disease strikes

Doctors use an imager to see where blood flow is weak. This image of an abnormalheart shows weakness in blue or black.
This is what a normal, healthy heart looks like.
The heart is enlarged in this image, showing a bypass graft, indicated by thesquiggly line.
This is what a heart with normal blood flow looks like.
This aorta shows evidence of a an aneurysm, a widening of the blood vessel. Thewhite line points to the aneurysm.
These images compare a normal abdominal aorta to an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

It's easy to dismiss heart disease as a health problem only affecting older people, or those with a family history of the deadly disease. The reality is, coronary heart disease is the number one cause of death in America for men and women of any ethnic background.

As the average age of people diagnosed with heart disease creeps lower, lifestyle changes are crucial to hitting the big 4-0 without having a cardiologist’s number saved in your iPhone.

The Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center shared images with CultureMap, giving us an up close and personal look at how that cheeseburger, lack of sleep and stressed-to-the-max life can increase your risk of heart disease. The American Heart Association (AHA) encourages people to quit smoking, lose excess weight, eat a healthful diet, control blood pressure and keep cholesterol levels in check to maintain a healthy heart.

Pictures of an abnormal heart show blood flow is weak across certain areas of the heart (blue or black). Information about blood flow helps doctors diagnose what ails a heart, and also help them decide how to approach surgery.

Two in three men and one in every two women are at risk for cardiovascular heart disease at the age of 40. If it’s hard to imagine what that looks like, consider a series of images of the same heart, as the imager moves in three dimensions. Each pair of rows is a different dimension. Red shows where blood is flowing the most.

The aorta is the largest and most important artery in the body taking blood from the heart, extending down to the bottom of the abdomen. The appearance of an aneurysm, a widening of the blood vessel, is usually the result of a weakening in the blood vessel wall. If left untreated, aneurysms can rupture, leading to internal bleeding and possibly death.

Cardiologists treat coronary artery disease with a bypass graft. The grafted blood vessel is taken out of a patient's leg, then surgically attaching it to the heart and the aorta. A bypass gives blood a clearer path, allowing it to flow more easily from the heart.

Other courses of treatment include mechanical heart valves commonly used by surgeons at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center. Surgeons insert a replacement heart valve by moving the device up the aorta, from the leg to the heart, avoiding open-heart surgery.

The same everyday choices that endanger the heart can also help it. The AHA suggests positive self-talk, deep breathing, counting to 10, smiling, doing things you enjoy and relaxation exercises as ways to tame the stress in life.

Even if you only smoke in social situations, cut it out. That is especially poignant for people between 25 and 44 — the age range with the highest percentage of people who smoke. Cigarette smokers generally have higher blood pressure which stretches arteries, causing scarring. Bad cholesterol, called LDL, often gets lodged in the scar tissue and combines with white blood cells to form clots. Good cholesterol, called HDL, helps keep the LDL from sticking and building up.

Consistent exercise is another heart-healthy choice and a mere 30 minutes a day can do wonders for the heart. Eating at least four and a half cups of fruits and vegetables plus a minimum of two three and a half ounce servings of oily fish, like salmon, tuna, mackerel, herring and trout, weekly are also encouraged by the AHA.

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