Something shifted in Hollywood this summer. When renowned plastic surgeon Terry Dubrow observed a steady stream of confessional Instagram and TikTok posts unfold, he wondered: Is the long-standing taboo toward celebrity plastic surgery finally fading? And why are they all getting so honest now?
Dr. Dubrow, a board-certified plastic surgeon and reality TV show star, is more knowledgeable than most about the inner workings of the entertainment industry’s effects on the medical world (and vice versa). Best known for his role on E!’s longtime hit series Botched, and his marriage to Real Housewives of Orange County star Heather Dubrow, the famed doctor is embarking on a different kind of endeavor with his new show, Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind, which digs into the regrets some patients experience decades after going under the knife. “Maybe they didn’t regret it at the time, but they certainly do now that they’re 10, 15 years older,” he tells The Daily Beast. “They go, ‘Whoa, I can’t believe I made such a big decision for my [older] self at age 21.’”
Regarding the celebrity world’s sudden spike in frankness, the doctor feels somewhat conflicted. “[There’s] this huge wave of, ‘It’s perfectly OK to have plastic surgery, it’s fabulous,’” he says. “But it’s a double-edged sword, because plastic surgery is still surgery. It still has the same risks and complications.”
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