Celebs and their plastic surgery

Kim Kardashian and Celeb Lookalike Surgery

 

Kim Kardashian recently stepped into the Celeb Lookalike Surgery arena, by conducting a mini-Twittervention for a fan who was planning to have buttock surgery to look like Kim: “Don’t try 2 b someone else,” and implored her not to “change yourself for anybody but yourself.” Today Madison Park of CNN.com published an article that expanded on the phenomenon of people trying to undergo plastic surgery to look like a celeb. Click here for the article, which includes some of my thoughts on the subject.

This story is similar to the one with Jessica Alba, as documented in my blog post here, where she convinced a fan in China not to undergo surgery to look like Jessica.

Check out my thoughts in the CNN.com article, but in addition to that, here are some more:

1. I think it’s very normal to admire and wish to have similar body parts of certain stars (I would kill, maim, and steal for The Situation’s Abs) but when this takes the next step to wanting to look exactly like another person, that signals a potential major psychological problem.

2. Good for Kim that she would take time out of her day to help out a fan.

3. I hate how Twitter and texting are making people forget how to write (try 2 b??!!). I especially HATE that Pussycat Dolls’ song, “Stick Wit U.” Argh!

Thanks for reading.
Michigan-based Plastic Surgeon

Anthony Youn, M.D.

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Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at 8:32 pm | Celebrity Cosmetic Surgery

3 Responses to “Kim Kardashian and Celeb Lookalike Surgery”

  1. Your Receptionist
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    July 28th, 2010 at 9:23 am

    Yes, but would you still want the abs if you also got his IQ?

  2. Dr. Rajagopal
    Web site: sfcosmeticsurgery.com
    Says:

    August 3rd, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    As a plastic surgeon, I always encourage my patients to be realistic about the results of their surgery and to go for natural results. Trying to look like a celebrity, in my experience will leave the person very much disappointed. This is an unrealistic expectation.

  3. Roy Kim, MD
    Web site: drkim.com
    Says:

    June 4th, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    Great article on CNN! As a plastic surgeon in San Francisco I make sure to ask my patients a variety of questions before surgery. It is important they want to get plastic surgery for themselves and not for their spouse or to look like a celebrity. If these are the main reasons for why the want surgery, they are probably not a good candidate.

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