Plastic Surgery in Hollywood: What’s Wrong?
Having served the cosmetic surgical needs of many hundreds of top celebrities – often in total secret – both Beverly Hills board-certified plastic surgeon Stuart Linder, M.D. (who blogs as “Dr. Body”) and Beverly Hills board-certified cosmetic facial surgeon Robert Kotler, M.D. (“Dr. Face”) tell why so many famous people have gone so terribly wrong with cosmetic plastic surgery when the very best is so close at hand.
Entire websites are devoted to Hollywood celebrities and film stars who come away with less-than-perfect plastic surgery. Yet, Hollywood and Beverly Hills—the world capital for plastic surgery — sit next to each other in Southern California. What’s more, virtually all celebrities can afford the best of anything, rejuvenation surgery included. So what goes wrong?
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Dr. Face: (Dr. Kotler) The list of film stars and other celebrities with bad plastic surgery seems to grow each year. Recently, we’ve seen Priscilla Presley, Kenny Rogers, Meg Ryan, Bruce Jenner and others sporting features that are unnatural, artificial-looking and not at all complimentary to their cosmetic plastic surgeons.
Dr. Body. (Dr. Linder) Unfortunately, true. I know in plastic surgery of the body, the dead giveaway to either quick or untrained plastic surgery is when a breast augmentation patient turns up with breasts that look like two grape fruit halves or bowls stuck to her chest – along with a wide space between the breasts that in no way can be called “cleavage.”
Dr. Face: Cosmetic plastic surgeons of both the body and the face want a surgical rejuvenation to look natural. After healing, the person should look rested and refreshed – not someone who draws attention to him-or-herself due to huge fattened lips, surprised looking eye lifts, facial skin as tight as an overinflated balloon or the breasts you mention.
Dr. Body: Sure, the key to good cosmetic plastic surgery is that the patient looks very, very good but still, other people can’t quite put their fingers on what the change is. People usually guess at a new workout program, a vacation, losing weight or a new romance.
Dr. Face: Yet when he was alive, Michael Jackson turned up at the offices of many Beverly Hills plastic surgeons asking for yet more rhinoplasty, long after his nose was already overdone. I’ve known of many famous people who turn on all the charm to pressure a younger surgeon into yet another surgery – one which will do the celebrity no good or one the person should not have for reasons of health.
Dr. Body: So there are many times when the dedicated but thoughtful surgeon must say no. In my practice, I routinely say “no” to anybody with diabetes, celebrities included. Most cosmetic plastic surgeries of the body involve long scars which stand a good chance of separating before healing if the person has diabetes. Or a terrible infection may set in.
Dr. Face: I’ve also noticed that many celebrities are very given to embracing the latest fad procedure or practitioner. Priscilla Presley (the first wife of singer Elvis Presley) was shown on the television program, Dancing With The Stars about a year ago; viewers could easily see her immense, out-of-proportion lip augmentation. A bogus doctor had gained his way into celebrity, A-list circles and was essentially injecting them with low grade industrial silicone – at a premium price. The “physician” in that case turned out not to be a doctor at all, was later convicted on several charges and deported.
The largest red warning flag of all?
The so-called “doctor” was operating from his home! Legitimate cosmetic plastic surgeons work from well-staffed, well-equipped offices.
Dr. Body: Actually, many, many Hollywood celebrities have plastic surgery and have it in secret. In a later blog post, we’ll tell you how they do it. But, understandably, celebrities appearances often depend on whether they work or not. So they should be the ones to do the most homework and find the most skilled plastic surgeons possible.
We’ll also tell you how to do that in a post later on!
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