Celebs and their plastic surgery

Tara Reid’s Surgeon – Dr. Steve Svehlak

Tara Reid and her plastic surgery “nightmare” is the cover story of the latest US magazine. She goes in detail about the various problems with her first plastic surgery, with the following quotes from USmagazine.com:

On why she had plastic surgery in the first place:

“I got my breasts done for the first time because my breasts were uneven. I was a 34-B, but the right one was always bigger than the left. I weigh 110 pounds now, but I always used to fluctuate by 10 pounds, so my skin was kind of saggy. I figured, I’m in Hollywood, I’m getting older, I’m going to fix them.”

On what went wrong:

“First of all, I asked for big Bs, and he did not give me big Bs. He gave me Cs, and I didn’t want them. At all. Right after the surgery, I had some bumps along the edges of my nipples, but the doctor said, ‘Don’t worry, it’s going to be better.’ But after six months of ‘it’s going to get better,’ it started to get worse and worse.”

On being intimate:

“Guys I was dating would be like, ‘What’s wrong with them? They look really bad. You know, you should really get them fixed.’ So embarrassing. I mean, you definitely need to turn off the lights, that’s for sure.”

On getting lipo:

“I got lipo because even though I was skinny, I wanted – I’m not going to lie – a six-pack. I had body contouring, but it all went wrong. My stomach became the most ripply, bulgy thing.”

A very good friend of mine (and former associate during my time in Beverly Hills), Dr. Steve Svehlak was identified as the surgeon who fixed her previous unsatisfactory work. She states that he helped “get her confidence back.”

Liposuction which is performed overly aggressively or in the wrong tissue plane can create unsightly bulges and depressions. It is most often seen in the tummy and outer thigh areas. I have corrected many of these myself, usually coming from local cosmetic surgeons who are not board-certified plastic surgeons. I believe that the attempt to create a “six pack” using liposuction (called “etching” makes no sense at all. Some surgeons will try this to make the fat look like muscle. Unfortunately, fat is not muscle and will sag with time. No one wants to have a saggy, fat-filled six pack. Eventually that six pack of Heineken bottles will turn into a six pack of Milwaukee’s Best in a can. It is bound for ultimate failure.

Anyone on the West Coast who is interested in a world-class plastic surgeon, visit Dr. Svehlak’s website at sunsetcosmeticsurgery.com. He’s a great guy and outstanding surgeon. Let him know I sent you. OK…enough of the plug.

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Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 at 8:05 pm | Celebrity Cosmetic Surgery, Tara Reid

9 Responses to “Tara Reid’s Surgeon – Dr. Steve Svehlak”

  1. Kris in Hawaii
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    October 12th, 2006 at 12:35 am

    Love your site and your perspective! Please keep it up–I’ve linked you. :)

  2. Dr. Rob Oliver Jr.
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    October 12th, 2006 at 10:50 pm

    Tony,

    I agree with your philosophy re. abdominal etching. It’s short-sighted to assume whatever you permanently “etch” is going to remain a fixed point of reference indefinately. With weight gain/loss and aging it seems likely that etched channels in the subcutaneous fat are going to leave plenty of dents, dings, and deformities over the coming years.

  3. Anonymous
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    October 13th, 2006 at 11:13 pm

    Sheesh. It didn’t take many years for her “etching” to go south. I hope she’s more careful about choosing plastic surgeons in the future.

  4. Anonymous
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    October 14th, 2006 at 7:02 pm

    wow, can’t believe it all went that bad. just shows you that plastic surgery can do more harm than good.

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  5. dennis
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    October 17th, 2006 at 12:55 am

    One thing I’m wondering about is that with all the talented cosmetic surgeons in Beverly Hills, she had to walk right into a plastic surgery “nightmare”. Too bad she didn’t get to meet Dr. Svehlak first.

  6. Dr. Tony Youn
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    October 20th, 2006 at 9:47 pm

    Yeah… or ME! :)

  7. Ms. Mckinney
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    November 8th, 2006 at 11:04 pm

    It seems to me that Dr. Svehlak trained under Dr. Richard Ellenbogen. He happens to be my doctor and I was shocked and dismayed at Dr.Svehlak and Yamani’s sudden disappearing act..I don’t know what happened, but it seemed suspect to me….

  8. April
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    January 21st, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    What did you do to fix Tara Reid’s stomach? I live in Altanta and I have had some similar results but I am trying to fix it. I had it redone by another doctor, and it does look better but now the doctor wants to go back in and do a fat graph to put some of the fat back in the areas that were left with dimples. Any advise on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

  9. Siobhan
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    August 24th, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    Dr. Svehlak didn’t disappear, he practices with Dr. Yamini in Beverly Hills. And just to clear up any confusion, he did the REVISION work on Tara Reid, to the extent that it was possible. He’s not the one who messed her up!

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