VH1 Special: Celebrity Plastic Surgery

Check out Dr. Jennifer Walden as she weighs in on Celebrity Plastic Surgery on this VH1 special!

Material Girl

Last night I had the pleasure of attending the filming of episode 4 for NBC’s new show The Marriage Ref. The show was absolutely hilarious! I highly recommend setting your DVRs to record Thursday nights after the Olympics. Last night’s episode was hosted by Tom Papa and his celebrity “experts” were Ricky Gervais, Larry David and Madonna.

Madonna has been all over the gossip websites with speculation that she had undergone a procedure known as the "Ribbon Lift". The "Ribbon Lift" is the marketing name for a trendy little neck lift that usually takes about 30 minutes to perform. The process uses a dissolvable "ribbon"-like suspension implant to lift neck tissues through a small incision around the earlobe. After about 2 months the ribbon is absorbed by the body and results are reported to last for about 3 years, although the jury is still out on that since we don't have the long term follow-up on the relatively new procedure.

Madonna is known to respond to any inquires about plastic surgery with her standard statement that she is “certainly not against plastic surgery; however, [she is] absolutely against having to discuss it." Her face looks as if she has had a successful lifting procedure and as if she may have undergone skin and injectable treatments. Regardless of what work she has had done, Madonna was looking as beautiful as ever, and I think the viewing audience will be pleasantly surprised to hear her witty contributions to the show.

Is The Material Girl Made of--Material?

Everyone can agree that Madonna takes incredibly good care of her body. We've watched Madonna evolve throughout the years from pop-tart to pop-icon. We've watched as she has mastered yoga, studied kabbalah, and now that she has recently hit the big five-o-- gotten a facelift? There is no question Madonna is looking surprisingly fresh these days, but has Madonna gone under the knife?

Madonna most likely underwent Botox injections, which paralyze the muscles that make wrinkles more pronounced, to remedy the creases throughout her forehead and glabella (space between the eyebrows).

While a fifty-year-old woman is expected to have jowls or an ill-defined jawline, Madonna seems to be one lucky lady. She most likely had the dermal filler Restylane, Juvederm, or Radiesse injected into the nasolabial folds in order to reduce the appearance of laugh-lines. She may have undergone a Thermage treatment to smoothen and tighten her jaw line. Thermage is a minimally invasive procedure which, the Thermage website boasts, "tightens existing collagen and stimulates new collagen growth for skin that looks and feels noticeably smoother and tighter." The jury is still out in the medical world on whether that's true or not, though. Check out the link about her in Makemeheal.com!

Perhaps Madonna went the surgical route and had a mini facelift, or "weekender" and a blepharoplasty (or eyelid lift). A mini facelift is less invasive than a traditional one as less lengthy scars and/or endoscopic techniques are used to reposition particular tissues such as those around the jaw and neck. The recovery time is often shorter and Madonna could be well just in time for downward-facing dog, Monday morning. Though I cannot say for certain what Madonna has done, she certainly looks like a million bucks. Good luck with your Sticky and Sweet tour, Madonna-- you're fans will always adore you!