Do cosmetic surgery patients really come in asking to look like movie stars?

My clients come from a wide range of backgrounds but share one thing in common... they all want to look and feel better but don't want to look like someone else. While some will point to various attributes of movie stars and say that they like someone's nose, someone's breasts, or someone's legs, they don't... more

No. Generally if a famous person is brought up by example, it is of an extreme result that people find unattractive (e.g. Michael Jackson's overdone nose, Joan River's overdone face, or Pamela Anderson's obviously "fake" breasts).

Many rhinoplasty (nose job) patients ask whether or not surgery can give them a nose like a particular celebrity or movie star. In some cases, it is possible to give patients the features of a particular person's nose - such as a defined bridge or sculpted tip. However, it is important to realize that... more

We recently read a Reuters report that said that Beverly Hills plastic surgery patients want the eyes of Katie Holmes, the lips of Angelina Jolie and Jessica Biel’s body. While the article goes on to say that patients do not ask for plastic surgery “to look exactly like a specific star,” it... more

In reading the answers of my colleagues, it has become clear that our practices and experiences with patients are certainly different.  Yesterday, I was given an opportunity to answer this very question in an interview filmed for a documentary film regarding celebrity obsession. Although this is not the... more

Patients do ask on occassion for an aesthetic enhancement that will result in a facial  or body feature similar to that of a feature of a celebrity,. More frequently patients want to be sure that the result of their surgery doesn't look "done" . Sometimes a patient may mention a... more

Perhaps in Beverly Hills, patients ask to look like movie stars but not out in the "real world" of plastic surgery. First of all, it would not be possible to grant such a request. Secondly, a properly motivated cosmetic surgery patient should want a result that looks natural, not operated upon, and is one... more

Patients do very occasionally come into our Beverly Hills office and ask to look like a certain celebrity. Plastic surgeons will typically explain that aspects of the patient's appearance can be improved but it is not realistic to make a patient look like somebody else. Celebrities are often very beautiful... more

In our practice, we have developed expertise in several facial and body techniques and find that people from our area tend to discuss the improvements they want in general terms. However, we have a regular stream of patients that fly or drive up from Los Angeles that typically ask for a derriere that looks... more

Patients typically come in referring to specific body parts. But it is often to say what they DON'T LIKE. For example: I want (or don't want) Angelina's lips I want (or don't want) Pamela Anderson's breasts I don't want Priscilla Presley's facial injections I don't want to be pulled as tight as Joan Rivers etc.