I overheard a young woman having brunch with her girlfriends next to us on the patio of a St. Petersburg, Florida, restaurant. She was detailing the cosmetic procedures she planned to have on an upcoming trip to Mexico, where the cost would be significantly cheaper than in Florida.
Dr. Deniz Sarhaddi, a plastic surgeon with St. Louis Cosmetic Surgery, explained that the trends around cosmetic surgery are changing dramatically. Patients are getting facial rejuvenation surgeries earlier than ever before. Most of her facelift patients are in their 40s. Women start “preventative” Botox in their 20s, and the term “Sephora kids” refers to tween girls buying skincare designed for aging skin.
It used to be that magazines photoshopped celebrities’ faces to create an altered reality. Now, their very faces are an altered reality. Their duplicity feeds others’ insecurity. The irony is that the lies about their own surgeries and procedures also come from this same place of insecurity and fear of how fans will perceive them.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | RSS Feed | SoundStack | All Of Our Podcasts She laughs when she hears celebrities denying that they have had cosmetic procedures and surgeries. She can see evidence of all types of surgeries on their faces.