Are we better about sharing when we’ve had a cosmetic treatment or surgery these days? It sure seems like it. “I’m not sure I know why people are more open today,” shares Stanford, CA facial plastic surgeon Sam P. Most, MD, who specializes in rhinoplasties. “Perhaps social media has made it harder for them to hide it anyway, so they figure they may as well be honest.”
One reason people may feel more comfortable talking about their surgeries, or nose jobs in particular, is due to the natural-looking results that keep them looking very much like themselves. “A good rhinoplasty results in a nose that looks like it belongs on that person’s face. It isn’t just one shape that’s ideal,” says San Francisco, CA facial plastic surgeon David W. Kim, MD. Dr. Kim only performs nose jobs at his practice, and he says in the past, beauty standards emphasized narrow, sloped, small noses in women. “These features also came with a cost—obvious signs of surgery such as harsh highlights and shadows, pinched tips, and over exposed nostrils. Over the past couple of decades, there has been a steady movement towards more natural results,” he adds.
If celebrity behavior is an indicator of how far we’ve come with transparency, stars no longer have to spend time off camera to avoid coming clean about a surgical tweak. More and more we’re seeing A-listers open up about having a little help, whether it’s for cosmetic or more “functional” medical reasons. Here, 10 celebrities who’ve gone public with their rhinoplasty surgery, which according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, happens to be the most common facial plastic surgery procedure around.
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