{"id":24035,"date":"2023-01-23T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T23:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/?p=24035"},"modified":"2024-02-16T09:46:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T17:46:32","slug":"this-month-in-aesthetics-january-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https://www.realself.com\/news\/this-month-in-aesthetics-january-2023","title":{"rendered":"This Month in Aesthetics: Cardi B Spills Kim K. Plastic Surgery Gossip, Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian Responds to Ozempic Accusations, and More"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every month, we strive to bring you a balanced mix of breaking news (for instance, the procedure that beat out breast augmentation to become the most popular plastic surgery in the world<\/a>) and advice you can always use, like how painful a brow lift actually is<\/a>. Invariably though, there’s an intriguing headline or viral post that doesn’t make its own stand-alone story yet is still worthy of a share.<\/p>

Which brings us here, to the latest installment of This Month in Aesthetics<\/a>, an ICYMI recap of industry-molding moments that we’d be remiss not to acknowledge—from a talk show host’s breast reduction to recent Real Housewives’ selfies that have people talking.<\/p>

Celebrities address Ozempic weight-loss speculation <\/h2>

As talk of Ozempic<\/a> grows increasingly louder across social media (and irl social circles), it seems celebrities who have experienced recent weight loss are feeling the pressure to address how exactly they did it. Many have speculated that Kim and Khloé Kardashian’s thinner frames are the result of using the type 2 diabetes injection<\/a>, but after an Instagram user commented that it was “disturbing” that the reality star uses the medicine to get “skinny,” Khloé responded<\/a>, “Let’s not discredit my years of working out. I get up 5 days a week at 6 am to train. Please stop with your assumptions. I guess new year still means mean people.” <\/p>

And alongside an Instagram post<\/a> showing off her fit body, The<\/em> Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/em> star Kyle Richards responded to various comments accusing her of using Ozempic<\/a> by saying, “I am NOT taking Ozempic. Never have” and “I have never tried Ozempic and this is not from plastic surgery. I did have a breast reduction<\/a> in May. I’m honest about what I do.”<\/p>

Still, the responses haven’t stopped social media users from hypothesizing<\/a> that stars are technically able to deny using Ozempic specifically, because they’re on other forms of semaglutide, such as Mounjaro or Wegovy. 

One star who is<\/em> copping to using the drug<\/a>? Chelsea Handler—although she says<\/a> she didn’t even know she was on it. The comedian told Alex Cooper on the Call Her Daddy podcast that her doctor gave it to her and said, “If you ever want to drop five pounds, this is good.” Handler injected herself, then, a few days later, went to lunch with a friend who asked her why she wasn’t eating and if she was on Ozempic. Handler responded that she was on semaglutide, not knowing the two were the same. Once she realized she was taking a diabetic drug, she stopped taking it, saying it was “irresponsible” to do so. <\/p>

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Sunny Hostin opens up about her plastic surgery<\/h2>

In a People <\/em>exclusive<\/a>, The View<\/em>’s Sunny Hostin discussed the breast reduction<\/a>, breast lift<\/a>, and neck and chin liposuction<\/a> she underwent last summer, saying the choice was a “health decision and<\/em> a self-care decision.” After she was unable to fit into her gown for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last April, Hostin booked the procedures with New York City board-certified plastic surgeons Dr. Ryan Neinstein<\/a> and Dr. Anna Steve<\/a>. Though the recovery was “not glamorous,” she tells People,<\/em> she now feels like “a better version of myself.”<\/p>

“I thought I would feel shame, like, ‘Oh my God, I’m doing plastic surgery like all these crazy celebrities.’ But I don’t feel shame at all,” says Hostin. “And I hope sharing my story will help more people. If they’re feeling so body-conscious, the way I was—they can do what they need to do to feel better.”<\/p>

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