Celebrity Plastic Surgery: Real or Fake?
Before you run to a plastic surgery center after reading the latest issue of GQ, Men’s Health, Cosmo or Vogue, realize some basic truths about celebrity plastic surgery: • Celebrities have millions of dollars and thousands of perks when they opt for cosmetic surgery–they can recover thanks to five-star spa care. • Celebrity plastic surgery can go horribly wrong, and not just for Michael Jackson. Every other week, there are stories in the NATIONAL ENQUIRER, PEOPLE and on E! about celebrity plastic surgery disasters. • Sometimes those looks are courtesy of photo retouching or photo manipulation. Very often the body on the cover of VANITY FAIR doesn’t match the celebrity face. • Celebrities don’t look like stars all the time–again, witness the ENQUIRER with its pictures of celebrities sans makeup. Hollywood sells the dream, and if you have a dream of owning Angelina Jolie’s lips or Schwarzenegger’s bod, remember that even the former Mr. Universe has reportedly been pumped up with cosmet