Meg Ryan’s Plastic Surgery
Meg Ryan was America’s sweetheart When Harry Met Sally. But when the cute blonde star entered her forties, she made a big mistake and had unnecessary cosmetic surgery to enhance her lips and is now nearly unrecognizable in her starring role in the recent remake of the 1939 classic The Women.
In approximately 2005, now 46-year old Meg began to dabble in plastic surgery, most noticeably on her lips. Meg’s larger than life lips, which many have compared to being reminiscent of Batman’s arch nemesis, The Joker, are the main focus of many fans. The stretched out appearance of her mouth indicates that her lips are likely the result of a permanent filler rather than a temporary filler, like Juvederm, which would give them a more natural appearance.
On his blog, Dr. Anthony Youn speculates, “She appears to have had lip implants placed, most evident in her upper lip. Back in the late 90’s many plastic surgeons used Gore Tex implants to “permanently” enlarge the lips. I put “permanently” in parentheses because most patients had them eventually taken out. The problem I see with Gore Tex implants (and most lip implants in general) is that they are too firm to look like normal lip tissue. This can cause the upper lip to look unnaturally stiff. In addition, it can also make the mouth look wider because the implant doesn’t allow the lip to pucker normally. This result can be exaggerated with injectables like Restylane and Collagen, which surgeons use to enhance the borders of the lips. Her lips do appear better now, possibly a result of removal of some or all of the implant, or maybe just due to laying off the additional lip injections. I like her the best before she appears to have had anything done.”
Meg may have had the implants removed and now uses collagen or Restylane, as her lips do look less large than previously, although they are still not at all natural appearing.
In addition to having her lips done, there has also been speculation that Meg has had cheek implants, as her face looks fuller than before. While her cheeks are certainly fuller than they were in her youth, Make Me Heal thinks that they are the results of fat grafting, as in a volumetric facelift, like Madonna’s. (See Make Me Heal’s story on Madonna’s facelift), which was likely combined with some other tightening procedures, like a forehead lift or necklift, as Meg has no sagging skin.
Dr. Babak Azizzadeh combines multilevel fat grafting with facelifts, eyelid rejuvenation, and brow lifts (forehead lifts) to achieve three dimensional facial rejuvenation that avoids the plastic pulled look of old-school facelifts entirely.
“In my current approach, I proceed with harvesting of the fat from the abdomen, flank inner or outer thigh region,“ said Dr. Azizzadeh in an article written by him in the Make Me Heal Magazine (read the full interview on Dr. Azizzadeh’s Facelift With Volume Restoration).
Dr. Babak Azizzadeh combines multilevel fat grafting with facelifts, eyelid rejuvenation, and brow lifts (forehead lifts) to achieve three dimensional facial rejuvenation that avoids the plastic pulled look of old-school facelifts entirely.
“In my current approach, I proceed with harvesting of the fat from the abdomen, flank inner or outer thigh region,“ said Dr. Azizzadeh in an article written by him in the Make Me Heal Magazine (read the full interview on Dr. Azizzadeh’s Facelift With Volume Restoration). http://www.makemeheal.com/news/facelift/489
“The fat is then processed gently to avoid rupture of the fat cells. We try to maintain some of the serum that comes out as there has been research showing that there are stem cells present in the serum. We next proceed with endoscopic brow lift, conservative blepharoplasty (eyelift) and/ or short scar facelift procedures depending on the patient’s need to address the excess laxity and create structural support for the face. At the conclusion of the procedures, fat grafting is utilized to volumize the face in a three-dimensional format in the brow area, in the teartrough, cheek and the region around the mouth.“
Meg may also get Botox injections, as her forehead doesn’t have any creases. The only signs that Meg is middle aged are around her eyes, where she has some creping and wrinkling.
Meg has reportedly said that she will be ready to retire when Hollywood stops asking for her, “”I think when Hollywood is done with me, I will probably be done with it. I’m not interested in playing those stock characters any more and I don’t feel sad that I don’t get those kind of offers.”
However, Make Me Heal suspects that the dearth of Meg Ryan roles comes more from her awkward appearance than anything else.
Although Make Me Heal applauds Meg’s efforts to remain eternally young, as she’s already managed to become nearly unrecognizable, it seems her quest for eternal youth has been as unsuccessful as her recent films.
Read the complete celebrity plastic surgery profile of Meg Ryan on Plasticopedia, the web’s largest celebrity plastic surgery encyclopedia.
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