Celebrities get so much plastic surgery even if they look ok
The patients are more educated, they know that one should not focus too much on the small wrinkles that annoy, but see the face as a whole and play on the emotions: Look less tired. Look less sad.
SURGERY AND AESTHETIC MEDICINE: WHY ARE STARS TOO OFTEN MISSED?
Well done aesthetics, it must not be seen. But when the stars get the talk, it's not always good for my profession. Many of them resort to cosmetic medicine and cosmetic surgery, which in itself is not shocking. It has even become very commonplace. However, some stars abuse it, multiplying operations and treatments (breast implants, liposuction, Botox injection, lip injection with hyaluronic acid, multiple facelifts), in search of eternal youth. Why are some celebrities failing and sporting a frozen, transformed face that has lost its naturalness?
It's hard to be a star and watch yourself grow old, and it's hard to resist a star!
Imagine your face being your biggest asset in landing a role or a magazine cover premiere. Then imagine that you are constantly subjected to your face, photographed from all angles, good and bad, without having the option to throw the photo in the trash. Then imagine that you have a fairly extrovert character, which rather has a hard time accepting aging. And then imagine that money isn't a limit and the doctors you meet lose control when you walk through the door of their office, they are unable to resist you, to say to you “no, you. do not need it ”.
I know what I am talking about, and one consultation particularly struck me. I had only been settled in for a short time when I saw a big movie star arrive in my office. I was completely overwhelmed to see her there in front of me, and I felt unable to resist her. She was obsessed with a fold of bitterness in the corner of her mouth, which absolutely had to go away! She literally charmed me into agreeing to operate on her, but the indication wasn't great, and I had a hard time saying "no" to her. I explained to her why I thought it was not a good idea to erase that crease without analyzing her face as a whole, it might weigh her face down instead of retaining its finesse. She was a little angry that I resisted her, it shouldn't happen to her often, and I never saw her again. She had another surgeon operated on, and unfortunately, as expected, she broke the balance point, losing the naturalness of her face.
It is almost impossible to properly analyze yourself
This story illustrates a very important point, that it is almost impossible to analyze yourself properly. The image we have of ourselves in the morning in front of the mirror is only a very partial reflection of our reality. We do not see each other in animation, nor from all angles. And very often we focus on small details, not seeing "the big picture". Celebs are no exception to this rule and a lot of failed celeb treatments come from a doctor’s inability to advise them properly.
The bad results in esthetics are caused above all by a bad analysis
When the facial analysis is not thorough enough and the technical gesture is not precise enough, we end up with faces that lose their natural side. The forehead is too smooth, too shiny, too frozen, the eyebrows are too high, the cheekbones are too prominent, the chin is heavy, the lips are too full. They no longer respect the harmonious ratio of the golden ratio, where the upper lip is 1 and the lower lip is 1.618. And we don't have to be an expert in the golden ratio to know a face looks unnatural. It's instinctive, you know something is wrong. It’s terrible for the stars then, because the producers shun them, and it gives my profession very bad publicity! And I feel so sorry for these counter-examples. Again, in my experience, when a doctor meets a star, you really have to take the time to treat her as you would anybody else, that is, by taking pictures and analyzing that face. , which we know by heart, with a new eye.
Fortunately, good practices are used more and more
Fortunately, I see fewer and fewer aesthetic disasters. More and more doctors are using good surgical and aesthetic medicine practices. Thanks to the webinar, medical education is spreading much faster than ever before. For example, I can often lecture on MD Codes, a new language for the face invented by Mauricio de Maio, a plastic surgeon with remarkable teaching skills. It’s a sort of music theory of injections. A specific partition is established for each patient, and this improves analysis and planning. There is an analysis tool in MD codes that avoids cognitive biases, which are amplified when we see a familiar face. For example, I know that I have to put an extra effort of analysis when studying the face of my wife, whom I of course know by heart, or that of a star, whom I have seen 100 times at the screen or movie posters. Thanks to its analysis tools, we are much more precise, and this greatly reduces the risk of error during facial injections, as well as during surgery.
Changing mores and different needs
Today, the situation is changing rapidly, celebrities like most patients are moving towards medicine and cosmetic surgery in order to find an agreement between being and appearing, it is a process of well-being. , complementary to sport and nutrition, we take care of ourselves and we assume it better and better! But all of them want natural results, and they're right!
The fashions of organic, yoga, running have brought naturalness back into the limelight and that's a very good thing. Naturalness is also beauty "à la française", like Inès de la Fressange, Sophie Marceau, or Laetitia Casta, whose very beautiful faces have small asymmetries that add so much to their charm.
In consultation, patient demand changes. The patients are more educated, they know that one should not focus too much on the small wrinkles that annoy, but see the face as a whole and play on the emotions:
- Look less tired
- Look less sad
- Look less relaxed
- Look less severe
I suggest to my patients to refresh their faces, it is "They for the better", without ever transforming, without freezing, keeping their facial expressions which make their personality.
Products and techniques have also adapted to this new trend, with less aggressive gestures and techniques. In my practice, it is unthinkable to overcorrect a patient, even if she asks me to. As a doctor, I have to say "stop" when necessary, even if the patient is a celebrity. Unfortunately, some patients are no longer able to have a correct appreciation of their face. This is why I take pictures at each consultation, to accurately measure the progress achieved, and to be able to reassess my treatment plan. The MD Codes method for hyaluronic acid injections lends itself very well to this.
On social networks like Instagram, we see a lot of foreign stars completely failed, by our criteria of French, with gigantic cheekbones, huge buttocks and disproportionate lips, and one can wonder why they are strutting in photos. On closer inspection, they usually come from South America or the Middle East, where natural results are not a priority. On the contrary, it is even a social marker.
So there are real cultural differences between countries and with us, in France, naturalness comes first, whether you are a star or not.
Fortunately some stars have very natural faces!
