Lara Flynn Boyle - What Happened to Her?

Wow. What has happened to actress Lara Flynn Boyle's face? Her face is so puffy it is almost unrecognizable.

I feel really bad for her. I can only think of one medical reason why her face would be this puffy: steroids. If she is not on steroids for some particular reason (rheumatoid arthritis or other auto-immune disease) then it is very likely her plastic surgeon has been a bit over-zealous with fat grafting, Sculptra, or even liquid silicone injections, like what Priscilla Presley has had. For the record, I perform fat grafting and Sculptra injections quite often, and have never seen a result like hers from these relatively safe and conservative treatments. With her history of plumped-up lips, I would bet on some plastic surgery as being the cause of her unusual appearance, however. Her puffy face is not due to weight gain, as she looks as small as ever.

She may very well have BDD, or body dysmorphic disorder. This is a psychiatric condition where a person looks in the mirror and sees something that everyone else doesn't see. It can lead some people to undergo excessive amounts of plastic surgery in a misguided attempt to correct deformities that aren't there in the first place.

For her sake, I hope she gets some professional help, and not of the plastic surgery kind.

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Did 14 Year Old Ali Lohan Get Her Lips Plumped?

Did Lindsay Lohan's 14 year old sister Ali Lohan have her lips augmented? Looks like it. This is a bit disturbing in two ways:
First, what plastic surgeon would inject lip filler into a fourteen year old girl?
Second, what mom would consent to have her fourteen year old daughter have a lip augmentation procedure?

While the risks of lip augmentation with a common filler like Restylane or Juvederm are minimal, this is a very unusual procedure to perform in a minor. I do not think it is right to perform ANY cosmetic surgery on minors, unless it is to fix a real deformity. This is not a good thing to teach our young teens. Normal sized lips are not a deformity.

The Lohan family has got some issues.

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Jessica Lange, Dr. Rob Oliver, and Callgirl Ashley Dupre (There's a diverse mix of people!)

A couple quick links for you to check out in your spare time:

1. Has Jessica Lange had plastic surgery? Read what her publicist said to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, as well as my thoughts. Click here.

2. Dr. Rob Oliver provides an insightful commentary on the recent death of a teenager during a plastic surgery procedure. Click here.

3. Did call girl Ashley Dupre (Youmans) get a rhinoplasty? Click here for Awful Plastic Surgery, click here for Make Me Heal.com. I've also read that she has gotten breast implants.

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Teenager Dies During Breast Surgery

An 18 year old recently died during a breast surgery in West Boca Raton, FL. Apparently, 18 year old Stephanie Kuleba was undergoing a procedure to correct her breast asymmetry when she went into malignant hyperthermia and died shortly thereafter.

This is a very unusual situation. Malignant hyperthermia is not a common condition, and the vast majority of plastic surgery performed on healthy people is not associated with a complication, much less a death. This tragedy does highlight the fact that plastic surgery is SURGERY, and must be taken very seriously.

I've been interviewed about this subject and others (Priscilla Presley) on the O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel tonight at 11pm EDT. Check it out if you get a chance!

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Did "Dr. Jiffy Lube" Treat Priscilla Presley?

There is an interesting story from TMZ.com which speculates that a man posing as a cosmetic surgeon injected Priscilla Presley with industrial, low-grade silicone used in auto parts...possibly at Lionel Richie's home! According to the story:


Priscilla... went to Dr. Daniel Serrano around 2003. Serrano was a good-looking doc from Argentina who... started giving them what he claimed were miracle injections that worked better than Botox. In fact, Serrano was injecting industrial, low-grade silicone similar to what's used to lubricate auto parts... Several women, including Shawn King, Larry's wife, and Diane Richie, Lionel's wife at the time, held injection parties in their homes, with Serrano needling them with the non-FDA approved drug that he had smuggled in to the U.S.


Silicone is not approved by the FDA for cosmetic injection into the face, although it has been used for that purpose in the past. This can create granulomas (a massive inflammatory response), infections, permanent deformity, and rejection with open sores and scarring. Because of these problems, I am not a fan of long-lasting or permanent fillers, but prefer injectables such as Restylane, Perlane, or Juvederm, which typically disappears within 6-12 months.


For the rest of the Priscilla Presley story on TMZ.com, click here.

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Maxim's List of Scariest Celebrity Faces

I happened upon (via a link from Cityrag.com) a list that Maxim.com has compiled of the Top 11 Scariest Celebrity Faces. Click here to start browsing it.

Most of these faces appear to have been altered by overdone plastic surgery, although there are a few which do not appear to be the result of plastic surgery gone wrong.

I understand that Gary Busey was in a terrible motorcycle accident some time ago, which caused significant brain damage and possibly also facial bone fractures. The head injury could explain his extra-friendly behavior to Jennifer Garner on the red carpet of the Oscars, and an orbit fracture can explain the asymmetry in his eyes. He may have a condition of his left eye called orbital dystopia, which occurs when the floor of the eye socket is fractured, causing the eyeball to migrate downward. It is frequently combined with enopthalmos, where the eyeball becomes sunken in due to similar factors. It can be improved via facial recontruction surgery, often using bone from his skull or a titanium plate to remake the floor of his eye socket. So that may explain Gary Busey being on this list.

As for Willem Dafoe, I don't think he's had plastic surgery. He just looks creepy.

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Priscilla Presley - Plastic Surgery

Priscilla Presley has gotten quite a bit of attention lately due to her moves on Dancing with the Stars and her plastic surgery. Awful Plastic Surgery has a post which shows a chronological progression to her aging. Click here for a post from this blog two years ago which gave my opinions on her. She used to look so good...

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Dr. Youn on the Fox News Channel tomorrow at 9:45 am

For anyone interested, I am going to be interviewed on America's Newsroom on the Fox News Channel at 9:45am tomorrow morning (Friday March 21st). I'll be discussing the "Boob Jab" (see post below).

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Boob Jab or Bust?

The Boob Jab is a new procedure which is gaining popularity outside the United States. Apparently it is a nonsurgical method of breast augmentation, where a hyaluronic acid injectable filler called Macrolane is injected via a 20 cm needle into the breast to augment it. The procedure costs $4000-7000 and lasts approximately 12-18 months.

What do I think of this? There are some very important questions to consider with it:
1. To my knowledge, hyaluronic acid is not FDA approved for injection into the breasts.
2. In the US, the major hyaluronic acid fillers are extremely expensive. They typically cost the surgeon upwards of $250 per 1 cc syringe. When one considers that the smallest breast implants are typically about 200cc, this can really add up in cost.
3. When massive amounts of a foreign substance are injected into the body, the body can react by creating a shell of inflammatory tissue around it, called a granuloma. This can even get infected in certain instances and create large wounds as the substance is expelled from the body.
4. With 1 in 9 women getting breast cancer in the United States, it is important to make sure that this treatment doesn't interfere with cancer-detecting mammograms.
5. Hyaluronic acid products have been proven to last 6-12 months in the face. How is it that it lasts up to 18 months in a breast?
6. Who wants to spend $4000-7000 each 18 months for a single added cup size?

With the amount of fake plastic surgeons in this country, I would not be surprised if some of them tried to use this procedure to promote themselves as being new and innovative. The whole thing sounds like a crock to me.

Story credit: marieclaire.co.uk, dailymail.co.uk

Click here for a clip from my appearance on Fox News discussing this procedure.

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Ashlee Simpson Comments on Her Rhinoplasty

Ashlee Simpson has recently commented to
US Magazine on her previous rhinoplasty. She stated:

"(Plastic surgery) is something that everybody should think about for a really long time. Once you know it's something you really feel comfortable with, then to each their own.
I was never really unhappy with how I looked, (and) I don't think I am more beautiful than I was (before). I just see the same old goofy girl I see every day."

I agree with her first statement, however I do believe her rhinoplasty helped bring out the more attractive features of her face, including her eyes, cheeks, and lips. This is a sign of a good rhinoplasty. It's nice that she sees herself as the same person. Good plastic surgery should not make a person look TOO different, only like a better version of themselves.

Now if only she could sing...

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Crazy Self-Liposuctioning Surgeon in Japan

The surgeon in this video is nuts. I can barely stick a contact lens into my eye, much less liposuction myself. Check it out at your own risk.
Thanks to cosmeticsurgerytruth.blogspot.com for the link.

George Clooney Has Plastic Surgery...Down There??

Ever the jokester, George Clooney has stated he's has some plastic surgery work done...in a very private place:

The Ocean's Eleven star denied reports he had surgery to remove lines from his face, but jokingly teased journalists at Esquire magazine with a story about another type of procedure.
He says, "I did get my balls done though, I got them unwrinkled. It's the new thing in Hollywood - ball ironing."

Okayyy... I actually met George Clooney, albeit briefly, while in L.A. at the Hamburger Hamlet on Sunset and Doheny (the location of my previous office). He was a very friendly guy. I wouldn't think of him as the 'ball ironing' type.

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Radiesse Lift Restores "Apples of the Cheeks"

Over the past several weeks I have seen a significant increase in patients requesting "cheek lifts" or "Radiesse lifts." This non-surgical, mid-facelift really helps smooth out folds around the nose as well as recreate the "apples of the cheeks" that so many patients loose in their 30's and 40's.The Radiesse lift is virtually painless. I perform a nerve block to the cheeks and apply topical to

The worst star trout pouts ever... In the Sun

I was recently interviewed by The Sun, a U.K. Paper, on overplumped celebrity lips. They have a quiz to see if you can determine which overplumped lips belong to which celeb. For the article...click here.

Thanks to Toni Jones for including me in the piece.

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Gimme Jolie Lips and a Beyonce Booty!

I was recently interviewed by Orato.com on celebrity plastic surgery, how to choose a plastic surgeon, and this very blog. The interview, entitled Gimme Jolie Lips and a Beyonce Booty! was turned into a 1st person piece. Check it out here if you are interested.

Doesn't Beyonce look great?

Thanks to Robyn Stubbs and Orato.com for their kind interest.

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Lara Flynn Boyle

Lara Flynn Boyle is making an appearance on Law and Order (my wife's favorite show, which I can't stand!). Her lips look large (they have for years) but her face appears a bit more filled out. Take a peek at the NBC trailer here.
It's possible she may have had fat grafting or Sculptra injections to volumize her face, but she may also have gained a few pounds. She was dreadfully thin when she dated Jack Nicholson.

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Kelly Rowland - Breast Implants

Destiny's Child singer Kelly Rowland has admitted to having a breast augmentation, boosting her bust from an A cup to a very tasteful B cup:

"I was sick of not fitting into my tops," she revealed in an interview. "There was this one really hot House of Dereon top — I just wanted to fill that out!"

She looks great. The breasts fit her tiny frame well. Breast augmentation is the most common surgery that I do, with the most popular size jump from an A to a C. Next most common is B --> C, followed by A --> B, then B/C --> D.

I wonder if the glamorous Beyonce will come out of the plastic surgery closet next?

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Update on The Lifestyl- Lift

Some new articles focusing on the Lifestyl- Lift present further information for any of you considering these procedures:

1. Lifestyl- Lift Website Sues Vendor for Negative Reviews (From PSP E Report) :
Santa Clara University School of Law professor Eric Goldman, who has advised RealSelf on the case, posts about the issue on his personal blog:
"No matter how many times I see it -- and in the Internet era, I see it all too frequently -- I always shake my head in disappointment and frustration when a company uses trademark law to lash out against unflattering consumer reviews. To these companies, trademark law is a cure-all tonic for their marketplace travails, and trademark doctrine is so plastic and amorphous that defendants have some difficulty mounting a proper defense. As a result, all too frequently, the threat of a trademark lawsuit causes the intermediary to capitulate and excise valuable content from the Internet."


I do not perform the Lifestyl- Lift. I disagree with how this procedure is often advertised. If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

Note: I am spelling it Lifestyl- Lift on purpose...

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Cosmetic Surgery Trend: A Surge in Labioplasty

Spring must be in the air as the requests for labia minora reduction or labioplasty has increased substantially here in my practice. Most patients requesting this procedure report feeling uneasy in a bathing suit because of bulkiness in the vaginal area. Since the Allure magazine interview in the July issue, we have received a huge surge of interest and countless calls inquiring about this "

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Mariah Carey Comments on my Plastic Surgery Speculation

On a recent interview on E! Radio, Mariah Carey commented on my recent speculation that she's had plastic surgery:

"One of the rumors I just heard about was that I spent $150,000 in plastic surgery. What in the ham sandwich do they think I did? It's very annoying."

Oops. I think I annoyed her.
The much-disputed $150,000 figure was asked of me by the magazine, and my thought was that it is possible she could have spent this much to look so good. Not all of it would be attributed to plastic surgery, but also to skin care products, gym memberships and/or equipment, personal training, facials, chemical peels, body skin treatments, and even specialty foods and vitamins. When these things are taken into account, $150,000 for an A-list star like her is not outside the realm of possibility.

I am actually a fan of hers. In fact, the first CD I ever bought was her Vision of Love album when I was a freshman in college. I think she is a major talent and have enjoyed her music over the years, so I hope my comments haven't caused her any hurt. I do think she looks fantastic.

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Plastic Surgery at the Oscars on Make Me Heal.com

Make Me Heal.com has several articles on plastic surgery at the Oscars this year. I watched most of the telecast and did not see a lot of obvious new work. Nicole Kidman looked the best I've seen her in a while, possibly due to the lack of Botox in her forehead. For more speculation, visit Make Me Heal.com news.

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Yes, it's a baby's bum...

Some of you guessed the photo right. It's the butt of some poor child whose mom had a bit too much free time! (No, not my child.)

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