Thursday, May 17th, 2012
Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
Former Pro Wrestler Chyna (Joanie Laurer) has recently resurfaced with a completely different look. She now has a pillow face!
Why would a plastic surgeon plump her face up so much? If she had fat grafting, it’s possible that her face is still quite swollen and should settle down over the next few weeks. For her sake, I hope that’s the case! She looks unrecognizable now.
For more on Chyna’s new look, check out Radar Online.com HERE.
Wednesday, April 11th, 2012
The king of poking fun at others, blogger Perez Hilton, is now the subject of rumors himself. After revealing his new six pack, bloggers and websites have speculated that his new defined abs may not be completely natural. Could his six pack be a due to plastic surgery? A handful of plastic surgeons are performing Hi Def Liposuction, where the fat of the abdomen is suctioned to resemble muscles. When performed on a good candidate, the procedure can be pretty impressive. When performed on the wrong person, it can make him look like a Ninja Turtle.
It’s possible that his six pack is due to a combination of a lot of weight loss, working out, and some judiciously applied spray paint. Mariah Carey tried this a few years ago, with pretty poor results.
Plastic surgery, spray paint, or not, I commend Perez for getting himself in better shape.
Photo credit: http://crushable.com/entertainment/perez-hilton-plastic-surgery-932/
Monday, April 9th, 2012
Wow. This one is hard to explain. Lara Flynn Boyle recently debuted her new look, and it’s a doozy. Some people are speculating that she’s had more plastic surgery. If anything, I think she may have had less. It looks like her face is deflating! Could this be the result of stopping years of overdone facial injections? I think so. For more of my thoughts, click HERE to visit Radar Online.
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
What is going on with all the Pillow Faces in Hollywood? There’s been a rash of them lately, each one seemingly worse than the next. A Pillow Face is the term used when a person has overplumped cheeks, causing them to look like a Cabbage Patch Doll or as if they’re storing nuts for the winter. Here are some Hollywood stars who appear to have exhibited Pillow Faces of late:
1. Ashley Judd - This natural beauty recently resurfaced to promote her new show Missing. What’s really missing, though, are the wrinkles in her forehead and her previous appearance. She and her reps have denied plastic surgery, instead blaming her puffy cheeks on a combination of steroid treatments and a sinus infection. To read more about Ashley Judd’s face, click HERE for the MSNBC.com article and HERE for the RadarOnline.com article, both with my quotes.
2. Ellen Pompeo - Has Gray changed her facial Anatomy by getting a Pillow Face? Looks like it! Click HERE to see recent photos.
3. Lindsay Lohan – Not only are her cheeks overly puffy, but so is the rest of her face. Click HERE to see what’s the scoop with LiLo.
4. Madonna – The Material Girl just might be the originator of the Pillow Face. Click HERE for a photo.
Why are there so many stars sporting a Pillow Face and why didn’t we see it before?
Up until recently, most plastic surgeons considered facial aging to be a two-dimensional process. They believed that aging caused the face to sag, hence the treatments all involved lifting. This created the wind-tunnel looks of many of the older facelift and plastic surgery patients. One of my mentors, Dr. Richard Ellenbogen, was among the first to describe facial aging as a 3-dimensional process, one that involved sagging PLUS deflation. We described this in our 2004 article, The Volumetric Facelift. Now all sorts of plastic (and non-plastic) surgeons have realized that proper facial rejuvenation surgery requires a combination of tightening loose skin PLUS adding volume to treat deflation.
Unfortunately, some of these doctors are going way, way overboard. Instead of a conservative filling-in of the cheeks, they’re plumping faces as if blowing up a balloon. Hence, the dreaded Pillow Face.
As for most things in life, moderation is the key. A little volume is a great thing. A lot of volume makes a person look not like a Man, but like a Muppet.
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
It seems every time I plan to write a post about a celebrity’s new appearance, Radar Online beats me to the punch and asks me to comment on it. That’s why you’ve seen a lot of links to Radar Online recently.
Lil Kim is the next celebrity to go under the plastic surgery microscope. She looks like a completely different person. Her nose has been whittled down to popsicle stick size. Does she have Body Dysmorphic Disorder? Buttock Implants?
Check out my comments at Radar Online HERE.
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Freak Friday indeed. Lindsay Lohan’s lips continue to look trout-like. Check out the opinions of three top plastic surgeons at Hollywood Life HERE. Yes, I’m one of them!
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
I think so! Check out the article on Radar Online HERE.
For the record, I doubt she’s had actual surgery. Filler injections, probably. Surgery, no.
Friday, February 17th, 2012
Yup, folks. This is really Lindsay Lohan. What the heck is going on with her? She’s obviously still getting work done. Lindsay is starting to look “Freaky” and should stop seeing her plastic surgeon (not me) and start seeing a therapist!
For more of my thoughts on Lindsay, click HERE to go to Radar Online.
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Joan Rivers undergoes her reportedly 734th plastic surgery procedure on the premiere episode of “Joan and Melissa” on WE TV. 734 procedures?? This must include minor procedures like injections of Botox and laser treatments. At this point, Joan having plastic surgery is a calculated career move, like Katy Perry changing her hair style.
I was one of the consultants for her plastic surgery guidebook “Men Are Stupid… And They Like Big Boobs” which was actually very informative and well-written. For more on Joan’s recent surgery, click HERE for an article and photo slideshow in the OC Register’s In Your Face blog.
For what it’s worth, I REALLY don’t think Joan Rivers needed any more plastic surgery…
Monday, January 30th, 2012
There’s Something About Cameron’s face that just isn’t right. Not only does she appear to have had a recent breast augmentation (click HERE for photo), but now her face looks tight and stretched, possibly due to recent plastic surgery. I suspect that she’s had some Botox in her forehead, Juvederm in her cheeks, and some skin tightening treatments, like lasers or chemical peels.
Cameron is such a beauty. She’d look best if she left things alone, although a touch of Botox in the frown lines and crow’s feet isn’t a big deal…
For more of my thoughts, visit Radar Online HERE.
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
In an ‘exclusive interview’ on Radar Online, I revealed my pick for which cast of Real Housewives has the most plastic surgery. I think the choice was easy. Click HERE to read which cast has the most plastic surgery, and which cast members have the least and most amount of work!
Do you agree with this? Let me know what you think!
Friday, December 9th, 2011
Radar Online recently printed my comments on Marie Osmond’s recent startling transformation. My thoughts:
“Her eyebrows are excessively arched, likely from Botox injections. Her lips
resemble the classic ‘trout pout’ where the upper lip is excessively plumped in
comparison to the lower lip,” he explained, adding that it may be from Juviderm
injections.
For more of my analysis of Marie Osmond’s appearance, click HERE for the Radar Online post.
Monday, November 28th, 2011
Here is an update on the story I reported last week on the transexual woman who allegedly injected a combination of Fix-A-Flat, cement, mineral oil, and superglue into the victims. From the Daily Mail:
A transgender woman accused of injecting a
woman’s bottom with cement and tyre sealant has been re-arrested after a second
alleged victim came forward.
Oneal Ron Morris, 30, was arrested for a
second time on fresh charges after the woman came forward claiming she was also
taken in by the alleged cosmetic surgery scam.
This time a man, Corey Alexander Banks, 40,
was also arrested and charged as an accomplice of Morris, who also sports her
own improbably proportioned behind.According to the arrest report, the patient went
to Morris’s home and paid $700 for six injections ‘in each buttock to improve
its shape and cosmetic’ appearance. Morris allegedly used superglue to seal the
incisions.
Police said after Morris’s arrest they have
been inundated with calls from people claiming to have fallen victim to similar
botched cosmetic procedures.
The second alleged victim told police she had
visited Morris for treatment on the same day as the first woman, but didn’t
develop symptoms as fast, Sergeant Bill Bamford, spokesman for Miami Gardens
police, told NBC Miami.
She visited two hospitals in Miami-Dade and
one in Broward complaining of symptoms including abdominal cramping.
Eubanks allegedly helped Morris carry out a
procedure similar to that apparently inflicted on the first reported victim.
It is claimed the pair used a tube to pump a
potentially lethal concoction of mineral oil, cement and ‘Fix-a-Flat’ into the
woman, then used superglue to seal the wounds.
MSNBC.com asked me to analyze photos of Oneal Morris and explain how on earth a person could develop a butt that massive in proportion to her body. My best educated guess: String Implants. You can read my article on MSNBC here.
Thursday, November 24th, 2011
According to Radar Online, Kim Basinger recently went to a Beverly Hills medical center Thursday and exited the building wearing a blanket covering her face! How strange! Even stranger, the photo here reportedly shows how Kim currently looks!
You can read my comments on Kim’s recent transformation at Radar Online here.
Thursday, September 29th, 2011
This story is all over the news. In what should have been a simple procedure, a phony plastic surgeon left Dinora Rodriguez with a Uniboob, as seen here. You can read more about it (and watch the accompanying video) on MSNBC.com here.
Do your homework! Always make sure your plastic surgeon is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery and a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
Friday, August 26th, 2011
This is great. One of the contestants on Celebrity Big Brother has had no shame in showing off his impossibly sculpted six pack. This is when abdominal etching (specialty liposuction to make the fat look like a six pack of muscle) goes horribly wrong. Who ever saw a man with a potbelly have a six pack? He looks like a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle!
The newest form of abdominal etching is called Hi Def Liposculpture, and is performed by a small group of highly trained plastic surgeons. The results can be very impressive, but the TMNT shown here demonstrates that not everyone should be a candidate for this surgery. As he gets older and his skin sags, I betcha it’ll turn into a twelve pack or party ball!
Monday, August 22nd, 2011
Wow. She is out-of-control. Lindsay Lohan arrived at Kim Kardashian’s wedding looking completely unrecognizable. She really needs a psychiatrist, not a plastic surgeon.
Photo credit: Daily Mail
Friday, April 1st, 2011
A Brazilian plastic surgeon has claimed that the besieged Libyan leader Moammar Ghadaffi underwent fat grafting and hair transplants back in 1995 in order to keep looking young for his people. According to the OC Register, Dr. Liacyr Ribeiro and a colleague flew to Libya to perform the procedures. Apparently Dr. Ribeiro also recommended a facelift, which Gadhafi refused. Afterward, the doctors believed he looked like a “45 year old man.”
Well, he looks like hell now.
How scary would that be for a plastic surgeon to operate on a terrorist-supporting dictator in his own country? That would freak me out. To properly make Moammar look younger, he would need a Volumetric Facelift and upper and lower blepharoplasty. But even with this, one fact remains: He is one crazy S.O.B.
For the ultimate plastic surgery tell-all, check out Dr. Youn’s critically acclaimed memoir about plastic surgery, In Stitches! It includes a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon using leeches to salvage a woman’s nipples, massive man-boobs, and even reconstructing a face mauled by a raccoon. Dr. 90210 Robert Rey: “I highly recommend it!” The Doctors Dr. Drew Ordon: “Brilliant, humorous and energetic.” In Stitches is available on Amazon.com here: In Stitches
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
What has happened to Cyndi Lauper’s face? It definitely looks painful. Her publicist said she had a ‘bad reaction to a spa treatment.’ If so, that’s some pretty hefty spa treatment. I bet she had a chemical peel to smooth and tighten her skin. This is a common appearance after a deep peel, but usually heals very nicely within a week or two. I think she’s going to look fabulous.
As an aside, if you look closely near her ears you may spot a possible scar from a possible facelift surgery. Either that, or it’s the line separating the peeled skin from the not-peeled skin. Whichever it is, I don’t believe her face is her True Color, as it’s probably settled down nicely by now.