More than two years ago, Madonna had some really horrible, ill-advised plastic surgery on her face. Some suggested that she had some kind of chicken-cutlet cheek implants put into her face. Some suggested that she had undergone a procedure known as a “ribbon lift”. Back in 2009, a British plastic surgeon explained the “ribbon lift” procedure, which sounded really gross. It involves “a dissolvable ribbon implant to lift neck tissues through a short incision around the earlobe. It takes around two months for the ribbon to be absorbed and the results last around three years.” Also: the plastic surgeon says that a small tube is “tunnelled under the skin and has lots of tiny hooks that attach to the muscle and tissue. We then pull it upwards to lift the whole area. It doesn’t appear as if the ribbon has dissolved properly [in Madonna’s case].”
The whole idea that this is something temporary, or that it could “go down” or “adjust” is very interesting to me, especially as I see these new photos of Madonna, out and about in London on Saturday night for her 52nd birthday. Her face looks… better, right? Like it’s slowly deflating. Like she didn’t jack it up with chicken cutlets. Sure, she still looks worked on, but I have a new hope that the cheek stuff is either settling in and calming down, or that Madonna had part of it reversed, or something like that. Or is this simply a good angle and some good lighting? British reports had Madonna spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on additional surgery for her birthday, so could this be it?
Here’s Madge in July 2008:
Yeah. Something is definitely better, in my opinion. And it’s not just the lighting and makeup. Anyway, happy birthday, Madge!
Speaking of plastic surgery, what the f-ck is going on with Jenny McCarthy? This is Jenny last night in Las Vegas… YIKES.
Madonna on August 14, 2010. Madge on July 27, 2008. Jenny on August 14, 2010. Credit: WENN.
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