Female celebrities are probably more scrutinized about their physical looks than their actual job. It’s the nature of the beast. This isn’t particularly shocking because individuals with non-celebrity status are scrutinized too, perhaps not to the same degree, but the expectations to be “on” are ridiculously high for women. With the growing technological era we live in, the fishbowl lends to perfection paranoia. Add status and money to the equation, images are magnified and compared relentlessly to shame, so I get it.
As much as I understand (minus money and status), I get why celebrities are compelled to “work” on themselves. My aim isn’t to ridicule any female celeb who wishes to enhance her looks per se, but to ask: what’s the goal?
“A lot of people are injecting their faces to counter the deflating effect of aging,” according to plastic surgeon Alex Karidis of The Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth.
Facial fat loss is common as natural collagen production starts to decline as we get older. An unforgiving diet and grueling exercise regime gives way to the signs of aging quickly which has started the “pillow face” trend.
I tend to side with Cher when she said: “If I want to put tits on my back, it’s nobody business but my own,” but being your business in the business is an oxymoron.
There are many female celebrities who have taken the plunge (gone overboard), while others look eyebrow-raised worthy (something’s off, but can’t put your finger on it). Either way, I’m in awe as to what the goal was for the initial visit. Are these female celebrities with over-pumped cheeks and extra-wide eyes asking for a dose of either?
And I wonder, who is the frame of reference when these women, not to namedrop, but Toni Braxton, Vivica A. Fox, Lindsay Lohan, or Lil’ Kim, go in for a spruce up? Is anyone taking a picture of Priscilla Presley in and begging for that look?
Which further begs the question: If results of what the face can look like after the same procedure is done, why get the exact procedure?
“The tell-tale sign of fillers is a disproportionate mouth area, similar to what you see with Donatella Versace…Patients focus on the cheek area and get carried away. Even celebrities who have access to the funds and contacts to hire the best names in the business will sometimes put pressure on surgeons to up the dose,” said Karidis.
So, this is twofold: celebrities falling prey to their own celeb status and celebs who are simply trying to keep their jobs.
Plastic surgeons are becoming akin to handlers—afraid of saying no for fear of losing a client. Celebs keep plastic surgeons’ businesses thriving. On the other hand, the revolving door for female celebrities who can be replaced with svelte 17-year-old has to be nerve-wrecking. So much so, that the reality of what is normal to them, even their face, is no more.
In the interim, the goal may be to look younger, but ultimately the bigger picture is for everyone to keep their job while female celebrities assume you won’t see them differently regardless how different they look.
Would you consider plastic surgery?
By Deidre White
