Lip Injections Ruin Model's Life as She Becomes Internet Joke
Princess 19 on 13 Jun 2011 at 3:00pm
What happens when you and your doctor can't say "no?" You could end up horribly embarrassed by your face.
We've all heard of Lisa Rinna's battle with her years of lip injection use. The actress finally reversed the effects via surgery last year (see below, right). Recently, one California model discussed how her overzealous use of collagen on her lips ruined her life.
As reported by the Daily Mail, aspiring model Priscilla Caputo started using collagen lip injections to improve her looks and help her modeling career. She never noticed the blatant changes to her appearance. She always just thought she needed more and more improvement.
"It's like when some fat people look in the mirror and they don't see a fat person. I'd look in the mirror and see somebody who needed a little more help, " said Priscilla.
As the story continues, she actually blames her plastic surgeon boyfriend for not stopping her from the continued use of the injections.
"He never said, "Stop, it's too much,"' she said. "So I just kept going."
It wasn't until Ms. Caputo, 30, posted pictures online that her obvious "before" and "after" ballooning results made her an internet joke almost overnight. She became depressed and suicidal after realizing that her injection addiction completely altered her appearance negatively. The modeling offers stopped. She eventually went into therapy.
According to some RealSelf doctors, Priscilla's addiction is not uncommon.
"There are specific psychological disturbances that cause people to seek cosmetic surgery, " says LA oculoplasitc surgeon Dr. Kenneth D. Steinsapir. "The best recognized is a condition known as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD). It is characterized by a preoccupation with minor or imagined flaws in appearance that causes severe distress." He goes on to add, "These individuals often have multiple surgeries to address the problem with little satisfaction."
After all that she went through, would Priscilla do it again? Her answer is no.
"I can't look at these pictures of myself without crying, but I'm willing for people to see them if it helps just one girl avoid the path that I took," she says.
"Take it from me - you'll be much happier if you stay with what nature gave you."
Priscilla has since stopped any lip procedures and is slowly regaining her original lip proportion.
Lesson to be learned: know when to stop.
Do you think her surgeon is just as reponsible for her overdone look?
Photo credits: thefrisky.com, Daily Mail
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When whites try and copy that which is not natural then all hell breaks out! Be happy with your selves; we are.
So, now we see white women getting butt implants, lip injections, cat eyes, and a tan, and white people conveniently do not say they are trying to be black. Many of us have it figured out.
That is absolutely not true at all. I've seen and befriended some fine white women with sizable buttocks and big, pouty lips aplenty. Some asians, too, but fewer.
And neither whites nor blacks aren't "the ones that are race obsessed" - racists are. And I've seen racists come from all walks of life, skin color, sexual orientation, etc.
A good doctor should definitely be able to say, "No." The fact that her doctor was also her boyfriend didn't help. Maybe some doctors can treat friends and family, but this one obviously can't.
Ms. Caputo commented via Twitter:
@RealSelf: "Do you see yourself unrealistically? What can happen when our reflection is warped [link]'
@ClubRusso: "true true true! Take a look at yourself and inspect ur insides. Stop fashioning ur selfs after world that's slowly dying."
Interesting! She has been pretty open about her lip ordeal though -- has openly talked about her self-image issues and plumping them up too big, and then trying to reverse it.