2022 wasn’t necessarily a headline year for feel-good stories, but on the lighter side of the news cycle, there was no shortage of celebrity plastic surgery talk that piqued our interest (and, quite frankly, offered a welcome reprieve from everything else happening in the world). Some stars finally admitted to having previously speculated-about procedures, while others played it more coy. From liposuction to rhinoplasty to butt injections, here are the biggest celebrity plastic surgery moments of the year.<\/p>
Efron previoiusly made our 2021 celebrity plastic surgery list<\/a>, when he was photographed with a dramatically fuller face and altered jawline. Fans assumed it was a result of dental work—or plastic surgery—gone wrong. But in an October interview with Men’s Health<\/em><\/a>, Efron explained that a 2013 accident left him with a jaw that had to be wired shut, and his masseter muscles<\/a> “got really, really big” as a result. He’d used physical therapy to mediate the effect but was taking a break from it when that infamous 2021 photo was taken, hence his altered appearance.<\/p> Evangelista first revealed<\/a> that she’d experienced paradoxical adipose hyperplasia<\/a>, after multiple rounds of CoolSculpting<\/a>, back in September 2021. In February 2022, she opened up further<\/a>, sharing details about how the complications traumatized her, physically and emotionally, and showing photos of what her body looks like now. “I don’t look in the mirror. It doesn’t look like me,” she said in an exclusive interview with People<\/em> magazine<\/a>.<\/p>Linda Evangelista bravely revealed her CoolSculpting complications<\/h2>