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Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
RuPaul's Drag Race's Michelle Visage, 56, declares herself 'flat and proud' as she finally embraces her natural figure in racy sheer gown following breast implant removal and years of feeling 'shame' for her small chest
Michelle Visage declared herself 'flat and proud' as she finally embraced her natural figure, six years after having her breast implants removed for health reasons. The RuPaul 's Drag Race judge, 56, stunned in a racy sheer gown in a snap shared to Instagram on Friday with only sequinned modesty patches covering her nipples. Michelle, who had the cosmetic procedure for bigger breasts when she was just 21, admitted she'd gone under the knife after years of feeling 'shame and ridicule' for her small chest. In the lengthy caption she penned: 'I wish I had the hindsight to have loved my body when I was a young girl… The truth is, and you may have heard my story before: I was made fun of by many boyfriends and friends in general for being flat chested'. 'Also reading through my father's nudie magazines and not seeing myself represented, I felt inferior and not lovable, attractive or feminine in any way without having big beasts or, for that matter, any real breasts at all'. Michelle continued: Having my explant for my health in 2019 was a body revolution for myself and my inner child who needed to be validated that she was beautiful from the start. Always has been always will be. The RuPaul 's Drag Race judge stunned in a racy sheer gown in a snap shared to Instagram on Friday with only sequinned modesty patches covering her nipples (Right in 2018) 'I never would've worn this dress back then for fear of shame and ridicule. You may think it's too much or too revealing or too gauche, but Today I celebrate this dress and the body in it that I've worked hard to achieve'. Before adding: 'Yes little Michelle, you are loved. Thanks for reading my vent!'. Former Strictly star Michelle previously revealed that she'd suffered hair loss and 'panic attacks' due to an illness she battled for years due to her breast implants. She was diagnosed with Hashimoto's disease, an autoimmune disease in which the thyroid gland is gradually destroyed and can cause symptoms including weight gain, depression and general pain. Michelle underwent a breast augmentation when she was 21 and became convinced that the surgery was the cause behind a number of unexplained symptoms she had. Speaking about her battle with the disease, Michelle said: 'My skin was crackly dry and my hair was falling out in clumps. I was also having hardcore panic attacks. 'My journey goes back to me getting breast implants at the age of 21. My body couldn't fight off the attacker because it was there 24 hours a day, seven days a week.' Michelle's concerns that her symptoms were due to her breast implants were not confirmed by her doctor so she carried out her own research. The RuPaul's Drag Race UK judge had her implants removed 30 years after getting them and said her 'thyroid nodule has gone down' since. She said: 'So I found a Facebook group where over 50,000 women who had the same symptoms from their breast implants and started a documentary on my journey with Breast Implant Illness, before getting them removed. Meanwhile speaking about her weight loss in 2023 she revealed it was about 'calming inflammation' and not being skinny. The Radio 2 presenter lost the weight in just a year following The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet and weightlifting after struggling with perimenopause. She previously explained that she hopes the weight loss will also help reverse her Hashimoto's disease - an autoimmune disease where the thyroid gland is destroyed. During an appearance on loose Women she said that she believedher breast implant journey was also a major factor in the shocking weight loss. She told the panel: 'I have an autoimmune disease. I hate putting our self-worth down to our bodies; we are so much more than that. Meanwhile speaking about her weight loss in 2023 she revealed it was about 'calming inflammation' and not being skinny (R in 2019) 'The journey was never about losing weight. It was about calming inflammation, and that is what came along with it. 'I believe my breast implant journey was a major factor.' According to 'The Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet is an elimination diet designed to help reduce inflammation or other symptoms caused by autoimmune disorders.' Sporting a red blouse, the former Strictly star completed her chic look with a full face of flawless make-up, including a shimmery smoky eyeshadow. WHAT IS HASHIMOTO'S DISEASE? Hashimoto's disease is a condition that causes sufferers' immune systems to attack their thyroid glands. The thyroid produces hormones that co-ordinate many of the body's functions. Hashimoto's can cause inflammation, which often leads to an underactive thyroid. It affects around 0.3-to-1.5 per 1,000 people every year. Early symptoms may include a swelling at the front of the neck. Hashimoto's generally gets worse slowly over the years to cause: Fatigue Increased sensitivity to cold Constipation Pale, flaky skin A puffy face Brittle nails Hair loss Unexplained weight gain Joint pain, stiffness and weakness Excessive or prolonged periods in women Depression Reduced memory Doctors do not know what causes Hashimoto's. Some believe it may be genetic or linked to infections. Anyone can suffer, however, people are more at risk if they are female, middle aged or have a family history of the condition.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
What is ‘compersion' and why are LGBTQ+ folks more likely to experience it? Sex experts explain
When Michelle Visage was asked for the secret to the success of her 28-year marriage, during a guest spot on Cush Jumbo's podcast, she shared a surprising and honest answer: Compersion. She's not alone. A fascinating trend in recent years is the rise in popularity of 'consensual non-monogamy.' According to the 2023 SIA Study, nearly a third (31%) of singles reported having been in a non-monogamous relationship. But what exactly is compersion? And what role does it play in an open and non-monogamous relationship? 'It's commonly referred to as 'the opposite of jealousy,' which is not entirely accurate as both can be felt simultaneously,' Ally Iseman, a queer non-monogamous Certified Relationship Coach and founder of Passport 2 Pleasure, tells PRIDE. 'It is generally used to describe 'experiencing joy or pleasure from one's partner experiencing joy or pleasure with someone else.'' While it does not solely apply to sexual relationships in that context, it 'refers to the vicarious joy and/or the positive attitudes and behaviors one experiences in response to their partner taking pleasure from another relationship,' Dr. Marie Thouin, a leading compersion expert and scholar, and the author of What is Compersion? Understanding Positive Empathy in Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships tells PRIDE. So if you or a partner is curious about exploring an open relationship — or if you already are, and are looking for a word to describe the feeling of joy you already experience simply by witnessing theirs, here's everything you've wanted to know about compersion. Where did the word 'compersion' originate? While the feeling of compersion is timeless, the word itself does have an origin. 'The term compersion was coined and defined in the 1970s by the Kerista community, a San Francisco-based polyamorous group that has since disbanded,' Dr Thouin explains. 'Although polyamorists were the first to coin this term in the English language, the concept had existed long before,' she continues Buddhists had long considered sympathetic joy (referred to as mudita in Sanskrit) to be one of the four qualities of the enlightened person — the other three being loving kindness (metta), compassion (karuna), and equanimity (upeksha).' What does compersion feel like? illustrissima/Shutterstock Like all emotions, there is no one way to feel it. Individuals experience compersion, well, individually. In doing research for their book, Dr. Thouin discovered there were two main categories for how it was experienced. The first, she explains, is 'embodied compersion,' which she says skews more closely to what people picture when they hear the word, says Dr. Thouin. It's 'the empathic, intoxicating joy we might feel when our partner is experiencing a pleasurable connection with someone else. It's an erotic and/or emotional turn on that is felt in the body,' she says, adding that it is often described as a warm and fuzzy, titillating or bubbly feeling. '[My] clients say it's euphoric. Like a rush,' Cheryl Maida, Director of Matchmaking at tells PRIDE. 'They feel genuinely happy watching their partner experience real pleasure. For a few, it's also a major turn-on. Some even described it as incredible foreplay. It's not about being disconnected, it's about being deeply connected and feeling secure.' The second type is 'attitudinal compersion,' which is more of a feeling of support and 'interpretation of our partner's happiness with another person as a positive event, and the supportive behaviors we show towards our partner's other relationship. It involves holding a supportive outlook towards our partner's other dates,' explains Dr. Thoouin. How does compersion differ from empathy? If you're thinking, 'Well, that just sounds a lot like empathy,' you're not wrong. Compersion and empathy are related, but there is a difference, Dr. Thouin says. 'Compersion is a form of empathy focused on positive events and feelings. In most of the psychological literature, empathy is researched from the lens of caring about — or "feeling into" — someone's painful experiences,' she explains. Whereas, 'compersion, on the other hand, is another way to describe 'positive empathy,' or 'vicarious joy.'' Can compersion be beneficial to your relationship? Compersion, it turns out, can be a powerful tool for deepening your bonds in all your relationships, not just romantic ones, because it increases trust and intimacy. 'Whether one is in a consensually non-monogamous relationship — a designation that includes polyamory, open relationships, swinging, relationship anarchy, and other — or not, compersion conveys to another person that we genuinely support them on their chosen path to wellbeing,' says Dr. Thouin. It's a way to genuinely and selflessly grow bonds of trust, Byrd, a queer sex educator with Sex Ed With Byrd, tells PRIDE. '[Because] it reframes your partner's joy as your joy too, rather than a threat or something to be jealous about. It can create more spaciousness for communication and mutual support.' Plus, it opens you up to unique ways to create meaningful memories and experiences, Sofie Roos, a bisexual licensed sexologist, relationship therapist, and author at relationship magazine Passionerad, tells PRIDE. 'It not only gets you beautiful moments of shared joy where both of you truly feel great for one of your experiences or achievements, but if your partner gets happy for your sake, it also builds trust and an openness,' she says, and that can only benefit your connection. 'If you feel that your partner wants the best, not only when you are with them, that will make your relationship so much stronger, but also more free, which will increase the chances of you having the best time together.' Do LGBTQ+ people feel compersion more than their straight counterparts? The answer is, seemingly, yes: queer folks are more likely to experience compersion. 'While anyone can experience it, my research showed that a LGBTQ+ identity did positively correlate with compersion,' Dr. Thouin shares. She posits that having already come out as LGBTQ+ made it easier for them to come out as non-monogamous, and they 'typically belonged to more sex-positive and inclusive communities that made compersion more likely to arise.' Byrd also cites that queer communities being more open and less rigid culturally can also lead to a greater frequency of experiencing compersion. 'There's often a cultural openness among LGBTQIA2S+ folks toward exploring love and connection outside rigid norms or societal scripts,' they explain. 'Many of us have had to question societal rules or make up our own, which might make us more willing to embrace compersion. But anyone, regardless of orientation, can feel it!' If compression doesn't come naturally, is it something that can be learned? For some, feelings of compersion arise naturally, while for others, not so much. The question is, though, can you learn to feel it? Is it something that can be fostered and grown? Byrd says, 'Absolutely,' and describes it like building a new muscle. 'Therapy, self-reflection, communication, and mindful reframing help cultivate those feelings over time.' They add the key is to learn how to reframe and redirect feelings of jealousy by refocusing on the joy your partner is feeling. Iseman agrees. 'Compersion itself is an emotional experience. Cultivating the ability to access and feel it more readily is a relationship skill that can be practiced, just like building up the ability to hold the discomfort of jealousy in order to learn from it rather than avoiding it,' she explains. 'If someone is curious to experience it, it can be developed through practice and exposure, but it is by no means required for a successful open relationship.' If it doesn't come naturally, Roos says to be patient with yourself and take your time. 'For many, compersion is an attitude and something you can learn to achieve, but it takes time, especially in a sexual context if you're used to viewing romantic and sexual relationships as monogamous,' she shares. 'It can take time to master also when it comes to other types of situations than just sexual and romantic ones, because so many are used to feeling happiness related to their own success, because we don't really learn to feel happy for others in today's world.' Does the LGBTQ+ community have a unique relationship to compersion? Shawn Goldberg/Shutterstock While all the experts agree that anyone, regardless of sexual identity or gender, can experience compersion, LGBTQ+ people do have a unique relationship to the feeling. That's because our lived experiences are frequently less traditional and more integrated into our chosen communities. 'We challenge the traditional binary and norms,' Anthony Canapi, MA, Gay Matchmaker & LGBTQ+ Dating Expert tells PRIDE. 'Queer folks often grow up without seeing themselves in dominant love stories. So, we write our own, and guess what others do, and it can connect with our own, and for some, compersion follows suit, regardless of whether it is platonic or romantic.' Canapi continues, 'Due to our marginalizations and intersectionality, we hold as LGBTQ2IA people, we see things through a different cultural lens, with care and emotional freedom.' 'Many LGBTQ+ folks build chosen families and community bonds where joy is collective,' adds Byrd. 'There's often a spirit of rooting for each other's happiness, especially in contexts where our relationships have faced external stigma. That solidarity can overlap beautifully with compersion.' Expert cited: Ally Iseman, a queer non-monogamous Certified Relationship Coach and founder of Passport 2 Pleasure Dr. Marie Thouin, a leading compersion expert and scholar, creator of and the author of What is Compersion? Understanding Positive Empathy in Consensually Non-Monogamous Relationships Byrd, a queer sex educator with Sex Ed With Byrd Sofie Roos, a bisexual licensed sexologist, relationship therapist, and author at relationship magazine Passionerad Anthony Canapi, MA, Gay Matchmaker & LGBTQ+ Dating Expert This article originally appeared on Pride: What is 'compersion' and why are LGBTQ+ folks more likely to experience it? Sex experts explain Solve the daily Crossword
Perth Now
10-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Michelle Visage opens up on 'very scary' plastic surgery decisions
Michelle Visage thinks plastic surgery can be a "very scary thing" to consider. The 56-year-old star had her own breast implants removed in 2019 and, as the host of Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind, she is now dealing with celebrity influencers who regret their own decisions to go under the knife. She told E! News: "I think there's people in this show, in this house, that were considering this, and it's a very scary thing. And Dr Dubrow can tell you how he's gonna do it, but he didn't actually have breast implants removed, and I have walked that walk. "It is a perfect fit because I have been there and I love all these people in the house, and it just felt like the right thing for me." The RuPaul's Drag Race judge is completely on board with the "trend" of opening up about plastic surgery regrets, and is hopeful that her efforts will stop the younger generations from being so quick to alter their appearance. She said: "I love that that trend is happening now because plastic surgery regret is a real, actual thing. And the more that we talk about it, the more that the next generation can see 'Oh, maybe I'm gonna hold off and wait...' because I'm telling you - what you get at 21 or 22 is totally different at 46 or 56." However, Michelle noted that some participants in the reality show have to weigh up a reversal of their plastic surgery even though they "make a living" from how they look. She added: "I think all of them knew what they have done but a lot of them had concerns of 'If I change this...' For example, Larissa and Sophia make their money with it. So they were afraid if they go smaller then they might not make as much money as they do for a living. Hollywood is no joke, man!"
Buzz Feed
02-07-2025
- Health
- Buzz Feed
Celebrities Who Reversed Their Cosmetic Surgery
With the increasing popularity of cosmetic surgery, more and more people have been openly discussing their decision to go under the knife — and sharing their regrets. Here are 34 celebs who reversed their cosmetic procedures: On the S.H.E. MD podcast, SZA said that, when she got breast implants, she didn't fully understand the risk that her family history of breast cancer put her under. She said, "When I got my boobs done, my doctor took out some of my fibrosis, but.. there was so much fibrosis [connective tissue that's scarred and thickened], it was crazy. And he took it out. And so, when I went back, a lot of the concerns were gone. I like seeing somebody spiritual about it, specifically the breast cancer situation and the marker before I had the results of the biopsy and all that, I had talked to somebody, because I was like, 'I got to figure out what's going on in the higher realms…" Due to her increased risk of breast cancer, she was supposed to see her OB/GYN before getting the implants, but she "snuck and got it anyways." She said, "I have markers in my breast, like metal markers in my breast for these fibrosis, for these lumps or whatever, I'm not supposed to be getting breast implants... So basically, I put them in. They ended up hurting me. I got way too much scar tissue because my breasts are too dense, and I'm not supposed to have breast implants. And so I ended up getting extra fibrosis, like, with tissue, whatever, and I didn't feel good, and it was painful. So, I took them out, and now, they're just my boobs." Michelle Visage decided to remove her breast implants after experiencing "flare-ups," which included symptoms like bloating and weight gain. However, it took a lot of doctor's visits and testing for her to receive a diagnosis. On Red Table Talk, she said, "I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, which is an autoimmune condition that attacks the thyroid. It happened pretty soon after my first set of implants. And so my journey started there..." "I would go to my doctors, and I'd say, 'If this is an autoimmune issue, and my body's attacking an invader, and just happens to be attacking my thyroid, the only invader are these two blobs of silicon in my body. So why wouldn't I take them out?' I even had one doctor say, 'Just don't take 'em out yet, because we wanna make sure it's not something else.' What else could it be? I've done every test! You can't imagine what I have done... After 20-plus years of chasing my health constantly, continuously, things getting worse, and I couldn't understand why. That was my last step. And to be honest, I was over them anyway... My breasts were always part of the fun, the caricatureness. And I have a wonderful therapist. And I was so ready and honest; I don't regret a thing," she said. Michelle chronicled her explant surgery in the documentary Explant. In the film, she shared a toxicology report that revealed she still had traces of silicone in her system. Her experience led her to become outspoken about breast implant illness, which isn't officially recognized by doctors because of a lack of research. She told Insider, "There are plenty of surgeons, both male and female, that say that [breast implant illness] doesn't exist and that we're just hysterical. We need to go home, get laid, smoke some weed, have a glass of champagne, and take a Prozac or Xanax... This [doc] has nothing to do with what I look like. This has all to do with what I feel like, and to let women know that they are not crazy." In 2023, Sami Sheen, the daughter of Denise Richards and Charlie Sheen, documented the process of getting breast implants on Snapchat. However, two years later, she shared her decision to have them removed. On her Instagram story, she wrote, "i've been experiencing health issues for nearly 2 years now with the weirdest symptoms and finally discovered that i have breast implant illness. idk how i haven't figured this out sooner but i'm so happy i finally have an answer. i'm hoping to get them removed asap so i can start feeling better. pls lmk if you know of any good explant surgeons near LA ⬇️" In a follow-up post, she added, "BII often mimics certain autoimmune diseases, but I'm certain it's my implants because these symptoms started almost immediately after getting them done. And now I experience nearly all of these symptoms every single day. It's exhausting." Specifically, she said she experienced the following symptoms: "chronic fatigue, sensitivity to temperature, allergic to almost everything, hair loss, acne, headaches, memory loss, brain fog, vertigo, joint pain, muscle pain, skin rashes, severe anxiety (always been an anxious person but nothing like this), dry eyes, [and] mood swings." Sharing an older picture of herself, she added, "it's definitely gonna be hard going back to this size. not only physically, but mentally. i don't want to at all but i know i'll feel so much better once they are out. so i guess it's worth it. i posted about this on my tiktok but figured i would talk about it on here incase anyone else is experiencing the same is your sign to always put your health first!!! (also i can't believe this is all my real hair, another thing that these implants took from me)." When Cardi B was 22, she got illegal biopolymer butt injections, but at 30, she had 95 percent of them surgically removed and warned her fans to never get the procedure done. In an Instagram Live, she said, "All I'm going to say is that if you're young, if you're 19, 20, 21, and sometimes you're too skinny, and you be like, 'OMG, I don't have enough fat to put in my ass,' so you result to ass shots, don't!" Here's a more recent photo of Cardi. Tiny Harris had her butt implants removed. In a 2025 Instagram comment, she reportedly said, "And for the record u can see my full a– from the bck & it's small as ever. Definitely not the same a– since 2022 everybody think they know so much tho. It looks this way cause I had it removed." Here's a more recent picture of her. In 2015, Zonnique, Tiny Harris's daughter, got her eye color surgically changed in Tunisia because it's illegal in the US. She told Mosaique FM, "After surgery, I couldn't see my eyes, but this morning, I got to, and I really loved them, and I thought they looked pretty." However, on a 2018 episode of T.I. & Tiny: Family & Friends Hustle, Zonnique revealed that she'd been experiencing eye pressure. She said, "It's been a week since I got my surgery, and I took the eye implants out so that I wouldn't have any permanent damage. When I first found out how serious the situation was, I was so emotional. It's really not something that I wanna go through again." Later, when an Instagram commenter asked her about the surgery, she reportedly said, "I've never liked to recommend anyone to do it. I can say that the experience wasn't the best in the long term but everyone is different." In a 2020 Instagram post, Ashley Tisdale said, "Years ago I underwent breast enhancement surgery. Prior to the surgery, I constantly felt my body was less than, and thought this change would make me feel more whole and more secure about myself. And for a short period of time…it did. But little by little I began struggling with minor health issues that just were not adding up—food sensitivities as well as gut I thought could be caused by my implants. So, last winter I decided to undergo implant removal. This journey has been one of growth, self discovery, self acceptance and most importantly self-love." Here's Ashley more recently: On a 2011 episode of Good Morning America, Tori Spelling said, "I got my boobs done in my early 20s, and if I had known it would or could possibly impact production of milk, I would never had had them done." She also later learned that her implants were "expired and recalled," but she put off a removal for years. However, her daughter, Stella, encouraged her to go through with it because she was worried about her. On Jeff Lewis Live, Tori said, "I got them when I was really young. And I didn't know that at a certain point they would have an expiration. I didn't know that you would have to do it really hit home for me when my daughter came to me, and she's like, 'Mom, I'm concerned. You have put this off. You told me for years now that you need to get your boobs redone.'" According to John Hopkins Medicine, getting breast implants doesn't prevent you from breastfeeding, but "there is no guarantee that the mother will have a full supply of milk." Additionally, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, breast implants aren't a "lifetime device," and many recipients remove them after 10-20 years. Victoria Beckham removed her breast implants. In 2014, she told Allure, "I don't have them anymore. I think I may have purchased them." In the book The House of Beckham, biographer Tom Bower alleged she had them removed on Anna Wintour's advice, writing, "Victoria had only just entered the fashion business. She had met Marc Jacobs, an adored New York designer. At his fashion show she had modelled three of his outfits in three hour. Fashion queen Anna Wintour approved of size 6 Victoria. Her self-mockery won Wintour's approval, but subject to her accepting some firm advice. Boob jobs and hotpants were definitely Essex and not East Side. To rebrand her image, her breast implants needed to be fixed." On The Zeze Millz Show, DreamDoll shared her plan to undo her BBL, which she feels has gone "out of fashion," by getting a "butt reduction." She said, "I went and got surgery, and I want to transition back to my natural body... I feel like natural bodies and more slim, slim thick, I feel like that's what's in right now." Here's a more recent picture of her. Chrissy Teigen told Glamour that she got breast implants for her modeling career. She said, "I did my boobs when I was about 20 years old. It was more for a swimsuit thing. I thought, if I'm going to be posing, laid on my back, I want them to be perky! But then you have babies, and they fill up with milk and deflate, and now I am screwed... Honestly, I kept them the same cup size. I just filled them out, so they are rounder and firmer. I had a quarter 'teardrop' cup in the bottom and filled out the breast line. But I want them out now. If I could do one thing, it would be to have a lift. I think you're supposed to replace [implants] every ten years. But when you have kids, you think about [the risks] of surgery, and I think, 'This is not the way I want to die, in boob surgery.'" Then, in a 2020 Instagram post, she shared, "So I posted myself getting a covid test on the twitter, as I'm getting surgery soon. A lot of people are understandably curious (and nosey!) so I'll just say it here: I'm getting my boobs out! They've been great to me for many years but I'm just over it. I'd like to be able to zip a dress in my size, lay on my belly with pure comfort! No biggie! So don't worry about me! All good. I'll still have boobs, they'll just be pure fat. Which is all a tit is in the first place. A dumb, miraculous bag of fat." After surgery, Chrissy shared footage of her scars on her Instagram. She said, "A few of my friends keep having to tell people that I really got my implants out because no one believes it. These are the scars." She also posted a photo from the surgery on her story. In 2009, Heidi Montag infamously underwent ten cosmetic procedures in a single day. Four years later, she removed her breast implants. She told People, "They were so heavy they were falling through the skin. It was just too heavy for my body, and I was in pain and uncomfortable all the time. I thought, 'What do I need this big of breasts for?'" Here's Heidi more recently. In 2022, Stassie Karanikolaou told Call Her Daddy, "The only implants that I have are in my titties. I'm not saying that I haven't done other things and I haven't moved some things around... Over the past couple of years, I've tried to make everything smaller because I like the natural look. I was just really fucking young and stupid and maybe I don't like to talk about it because I don't like the decision I made when I was fucking 18." However, three years later, on her podcast Better Half with Stas + Alexis, she said, "I answered this kind of on Call Her Daddy when I was on it a few years ago, but I was, I think, too scared to physically say it out of my mouth... I think it's not a secret, or something that I can physically hide at this point, that yes, I have a BBL." She also said, "Obviously I made this decision super young. And it's something that I obviously regret, and that's why it's been so hard for me to talk about for so long because it is something that I regret and something that I've been actively trying to, you know, fix for so long. I literally have another surgery in a few weeks to try and reduce the size of it even more. This decision I made when I was super young has now been affecting me. I did not realize at all what I was signing myself up for, and I wish that little me didn't feel the way I felt. The pressure of the world that we live in, the trend at the time. Do not surgically alter your body for a trend at a time. Just know it's only going to be relevant for a little bit. Do things for yourself. There should be a law that you can't get surgery until you're 25." Following the birth of her son in 2015, Ayesha Curry experienced postpartum depression that "came in the form of [her] being depressed about [her] body," so she decided to get breast implants. She told Working Mother magazine, "The intention was just to have them lifted, but I came out with these bigger boobs I didn't want. I got the most botched boob job on the face of the planet." She later had the implants removed. On a 2021 episode of Ellen, the host instructed her to "bring me something that you never want to see again" as part of a game. Holding up her removed implants, Ayesha said, "OK, so these are my old implants, and I've been waiting for the perfect moment to have, like, a going away party for them because they weren't good to me, they didn't work for me. They worked for some people, but they've got to go, and I don't want to ever see them again." Here's Ayesha more recently. In a 2019 Instagram post, Yolanda Hadid said, "Fifty Five and smiling from the inside out.... Finally back to the original 1964. Living in a body free of breast implants, fillers, botox, exstensions and all the bullshit I thought I needed in order to keep up with what society conditioned me to believe what a sexy woman should look like until the toxicity of it all almost killed me.......... Your health is your wealth so please make educated decisions, research the partial information you're given by our broken system before putting anything foreign in your body." "It took me many years of undoing some bad choices I made for myself before I finally found the freedom to sustainable internal beauty and acceptance of what is the best version of myself by nobody's standards but my on us to learn to love our selves and celebrate our unique, one of a kind beauty at all ages as we move through this journey called 'life'. Beauty has no meaning without your health..................." she wrote At 19, Angela White (aka Blac Chyna) got illegal silicone butt injections from someone who wasn't a real doctor. At 35, she got them removed. In an Instagram video, she said, "I just want all the ladies out there to know: Do not get silicone shots. You can get sick, you can die, have complications, and all this other crazy stuff. Normally, my procedure would've taken four hours tops. My procedure took over 8.5 hours, y'all. Whatever that silicone mass — whatever that was that was in my buttocks — it kept clogging the machine, and breaking it." She also had her facial fillers dissolved. Here's a recent picture of her. In a 2016 Facebook post, Crystal Hefner said that her breast implants "slowly poisoned" her. She said, "Intolerance to foods and beverages, unexplained back pain, constant neck and shoulder pain, cognitive dysfunction (brain fog, memory loss), stunted hair growth, incapacitating fatigue, burning bladder pain, low immunity, recurring infections and problems with my thyroid and adrenals. The mildest of those symptoms started a few years back. The aches, the bladder pain, brain fog, fatigue. I ignored it, labeling myself a hypochondriac, despite truly worrying that there was something wrong with me. I joked about losing my memory to age, and about getting 'lazy'. I began to cancel appointments and shoots because everything exhausted me. Before everything went downhill I was at the gym five days a week, and always shooting and working. She continued, "I had to miss my Summer DJ residency at my favorite Vegas spot, the Rehab pool at The Hard Rock Hotel. The fatigue was so severe that I could barely leave the house or drive. I was afraid to get up there in front of a crowd and go blank with brain fog." She said that, after learning about and researching breast implant illness, she decided to get explant surgery. In 1996, former Playboy model Karen McDougal got breast implants. However, in 2003, she began developing allergies, adrenal and thyroid issues, and frequent bouts of sickness. In 2017, she told People, "[Last January] I started having vision disturbances, blacking out, dizzy spells. Then July came, and it just became so bad that I was passing out, and I was afraid to leave the house. In October 2016, I was on bed rest. I couldn't drive, I was having panic attacks, I couldn't see. I had hearing sensitivity, I couldn't stand noise, I couldn't tolerate light, I had joint pain, brain fog — the list goes on and on." After her friend's wife told her about breast implant illness, she decided to research it herself. Eventually, she decided to get her implants removed. She said, "I noticed right away that I had no more blurry vision, I wasn't blacking out or passing out, I didn't have the severe migraines, my joint pain was gone, my sound sensitivity was better. It took me 20 years to get 'poisoned,' so it's not going to be an overnight process." In 2024, she told The Skinny Confidential podcast that, during the surgery, pieces of the implants had to be scraped from her ribs. She said, "She's in there scraping the shell off of my ribs. Implants are gross. There's so many chemicals in them that are not natural at all. Like, if it doesn't come from the earth... Why are we putting it in our body? ...When I came out of surgery, my lungs felt twice the size. Like, whoa, I can breathe. My pain in my neck instantly went away. I'm like, this is the first time I've had surgery where, you know, you wake up better... I was happy." She also said that she "never had a say" on what size implants she got. Former Playboy model Kimberly Holland got her first breast implants in 2004, then eight years later, she got replacement silicone "gummy bear" implants. She told People, "I remember even that day and that whole week when I got back from surgery, I felt like my body was on fire. It was the most pain I had ever been in in my life. It was strange because the first time I had surgery, I didn't have any pain or problems." A month out, she got a rash all over her back, and she later developed chronic dental infections and Raynaud's disease. Her research led her to breast implant illness, as well as the discovery that some newer implants made by her manufacturer had been recalled. So, in 2017, she had her implants removed. She said, "I just wanted them out. I didn't want to waste any more of my time or my health. There was no point in waiting. I have a son who's a toddler — I need to be around and be healthy... I felt compelled to come forward because I think other women need to hear about this. I think it's wrong that the cosmetic surgery industry is just blowing this off." Teen Mom star Farrah Abraham was 21 when she underwent her first cosmetic procedures — a chin implant and a rhinoplasty. However, she regretted the chin implant and had it removed within a year. At 31, she told Life & Style, "I could have done without getting a chin implant that I had to take out, that's for sure. It's definitely, like, dimpled up my chin. But you know, there's things that happen, and I can't control everything." She also revealed that she decided to stop getting cosmetic work done altogether after she began living by a 12-step program and gained confidence. She said, "Does it look like I need plastic surgery procedures? No. I'm feeling pretty happy. I've actually felt more freer. And I think that equals like less lines. I just feel so much happier and healthier. It's a whole balance." In 2023, The Bachelorette Season 16 star Clare Crawley told ABC News that, after getting breast implants, she got rashes across her body. For the next eight years, she continued to experience more health issues that her doctors couldn't diagnose. She said, "I was diagnosed with everything probably except breast implant illness because that wasn't a thing then," she said. "And I actually asked my doctors pretty far into it, 'Could [my implants] be causing this? This is the only thing that is the constant in my body.'" So, in 2021, she decided to get explant surgery Here's Clare more recently. YouTuber SimplyNessa15 got a breast augmentation when she was 22. Seven months later, she began experiencing complications, so she decided to get an explant. In a 2020 YouTube video, she said, "It is not worth it. It is not worth the risk. I spent almost $10,000 getting my breasts done, and...I didn't think that literally less than a year later, I was gonna have to spend the exact same amount, if not fix it all because it's literally killing me now." Here's Nessa more recently. At 19, YouTuber Natalie Alzate (aka Natalies Outlet) got breast implants to "fix" the breast deformity she was born with. However, five years later, she "recognized what a disservice [she] had done to [her] body," as she began to experience an autoimmune disease, slurred speech, memory issues, and panic attacks. While researching her symptoms, she realized that her implants were likely the cause and decided to have them removed. In a 2019 YouTube video, she said, "I went into surgery that day crying of fear and guilt, knowing what I had came in so happily to once get done was now my biggest nightmare." However, after the removal surgery was over, she "felt like Natalie again." Here's Natalie more recently. Genevieve Padalecki told the Bathroom Chronicles podcast that she had her breast implants removed a year and a half after getting them. She said, "I noticed that when I would get on the treadmill or I'd go outside and I would jog, I couldn't do it for more than two or three miles before my body would just be like, 'No, we're done.' That was super weird to me. But I was also like, well, 'Maybe I'm tired today. I have three kids; my husband works like crazy hours.' I'm not even thinking it correlates... I didn't feel sick, but my body was just starting to feel really inflamed, and it just didn't feel right." Getting diagnosed with inflamed lymph nodes spurred her decision to get explant surgery. Afterwards, she had no more brain fog and "zero joint pain." She said, "I feel very different. I feel like I'm in my body. My body is not inflamed. I feel normal. I feel like I can move the way I used to be able to move. So for me, it was the right decision." Bethenny Frankel went to a Florida-based comsetic surgeon in 2005 because she was self-conscious about her boobs being "saggy." She told Life & Style, "He told me there would be big lollipop scars if I got a lift. Being single at the time, I wasn't comfortable with that idea. He told me he could instead put in a small implant that would give me a lift — not as much as a real lift would, but at least a little bit of a lift. So I did it... They were still saggy — only now they were bigger! They were saggy and gigantic. I was so uncomfortable. I don't think your breasts should be the first thing people notice when you enter a room." She wanted to get the implants removed, but she couldn't afford another surgery until she was cast on The Real Housewives of New York City in 2008. She said, "The minute I had the money, I was like, 'Let's do it.'" Several years after getting illegal silicone butt injections, K. Michelle had to get four surgeries and two blood transfusions to remove them. She told People, "[The injector] wasn't a doctor — it was black market, it was these 'hydrogel' injections — that's what they were being called. When I found out my favorite rapper did it, that's when I decided, 'I'm getting it done.'" Five years later, she started experiencing pain in her legs and back, migraines, fatigue, and other unexplainable symptoms. Eventually, her doctors found out that the silicone was spreading down her legs, so one suggested she get liposuction. She said, "He thought that you could go and suck it out, but it spread it. It's definitely a new procedure, so he didn't know... I went on tour about a week and a half later … but after a few performances, I was rushed to the emergency room." Removing the affected tissue required three additional surgeries. She said, "I had these lumps, and I was very disfigured." She planned to get reconstructive surgery. Mena Suvari told People that she secretly got breast implants a few years after American Beauty. She said, "In some ways, it was a distraction. Something I could fill my time with — so that I didn't think about everything else. I was always looking for the answer. I was constantly just looking for this thing that then would get me there. If I just get this, then I'm there. If I do that, then I'm there. So I get surgery. I'm proportioned. Life's good. Everything will be better. Oh, yeah." However, working through her trauma from past emotional and sexual abuse contributed to her decision to get explant surgery. She said, "I would catch myself so many times realizing, 'I have these bags in my chest.' And I didn't have that connection as to why I truly did it. There was a lack of appreciation on my part. So I just sort of felt like, 'Who am I and what am I doing?' ...One of the actresses I worked with at the time shared her experience with her implants and how she almost died. And I was shocked and I was terrified. And I thought, 'Oh my God, like, can this happen to me? I don't even know what kind of implant I have.'" Mena ultimately got them removed when she and her husband decided to have a baby. She said, "I decided to go back into my doctor to at least find out if I was okay if I wanted to have a baby, if I could breastfeed. I sat with Mike, and we talked about it. I was terrified. I thought I would die on the table. I mean, I prepared myself for that." However, her surgery went well, and she gave birth to her son in 2021. Kayla Lochte got explant surgery in 2021. On Instagram, she shared, "BII aka Breast Implant Illness and the array of symptoms that have come with it for me : Fatigue, brain fog, memory loss, difficulty concentrating, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, joint pain, dizziness, reoccurring illnesses, abrupt food allergies, insomnia, bladder issues, swollen lymph nodes, common feeling of a hangover without having alcohol, inflammation, night sweats, vivid dreams, trouble breathing, feeling weak, low libido, bruising easily, vision issues, intolerance to cold, ringing in ears or pressure, and worsened PMS." She continued, "I have seen multiple doctors, array of blood tests, allergist, ent, dentist, acupuncture, ultrasounds, mammogram, chiro, supplements, therapist and medication which all led me closer and closer to considering an explant of my implants. I do not tell you these things to scare you but to just to make you aware and listen to your body! Implants are filled with a horrendous amount of VERY toxic chemicals and they sit on top of very important organs in our bodies. Our bodies are wonderfully intelligent and dislike foreign, highly toxic objects within them." She wrote, "2020 was a scary year for my health and mental wellness which I pray to never relive again. I tend to be open about my struggles which I kept a smile on as much as I could but I felt a lot of shame and embarrassment to have so much to be thankful for - yet I was drowning. I was afraid of myself, my thoughts and didn't know how I could continue to live feeling the way that I was. BUT I PROMISE YOU There is hope - do not give up. There are valleys and there are mountaintops and I am currently on the climb.🤍" On The Real, Adrienne Bailon-Houghton said, "I did the first Cheetah Girls movie, and I was 18 years old when I did the first one. And I had boobs, but I didn't think they were big enough. So I was like, 'Oh, I did this little Cheetah Girl movie. This probably ain't gonna do nothing. Let me go up the ante and get my sexy on.' I had just turned 18, so, you know, when you turn 18 — and I had been in, like, a little girl group for such a long time — you wanna feel sexy and womanly. And I was like, 'Maybe I'll get bigger boobs.' So I did. At 19 years old, I went and got breast implants, and I went from one insecurity to another insecurity...I asked for a B. I came out with a DD, okay?" She said she was uncomfortable with the size of her implants because she's only 4'11. She continued, "And here's the catch — we went to go do a second Cheetah Girls movie, and Disney was like, 'We left her a Cheetah Girl. She came back a porn star! What is going on here?' ... They were like, 'The cleavage situation she has going on here is out of control.' ... I got my breast implants taken out because I looked crazy. The insecurity was, like, 'okay, I don't have big breasts' to 'Now everyone is looking at my breasts,' and I was more embarrassed that people knew I was so insecure that I went and got breast implants." She also said that she'd had a breast lift since then. In 2011, Heather Morris told Fitness magazine that she removed her breast implants shortly after getting them. She said, "Implants were something I thought I wanted when I was younger, and now I don't. It was hard being active with them, because my chest was always sore. It hurt a lot, and I didn't like always being in pain, so they had to go!" Here's Heather more recently. Melissa Gilbert had explant surgery in 2015. She told People, "[It was] one of the smartest things I've ever done." A year later, she ceased getting fillers and Botox, too. She said, "I'm done with enhancements. I look great for my age, and I feel great, and I'm happy. I'm not saying I don't have moments when I look in the mirror and go, 'I'm a Shar Pei!' I do have a Shar Pei puppy forehead on occasion, but it's mine." Here's Melissa more recently. The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Tamra Judge got her breast implants removed in 2021 because of "autoimmune issues." On her Instagram story, she said, "I can't wait! Tired of being tired and inflamed." She also said that she "probably wouldn't rush to have them removed" if she wasn't experiencing health issues," adding, "However, I am so over having large breast[s] that seem to get bigger with age." In a post-surgery story post, she shared, ""Implants & capsules removed. Feeling tired & a little sore as expected. I'm pretty sure Not working out will be the hardest part for me... I know it sounds crazy but I woke up today with rosy cheeks , No sinus congestion and happy thoughts. I'm hoping I will continue to see health improvements as the weeks go on 😊." It was actually her second explant surgery. She got her first breast implants after the birth of her first child, got them redone after the birth of her second, later had a reduction, then got them removed in 2012. However, she got new implants shortly after. She told People, "It is what it is. It's a personal choice and for me. I don't do it for the public or my husband. It's something you do to make yourself feel better." In an early 2025 Instagram post, The Real Housewives of Orange County cast member Camille Grammer shared, "New Year, new look. I was over the look of my implants and wanted the natural look. I feel much better without them." Here's a picture of Camille from a year prior. And finally, in an essay for Refinery 29, Stephanie March wrote, "Much to the bewilderment of my friends, my family, and my soon-to-be-ex-husband, in August of 2014, I got a breast augmentation. One of my best friends, who happens to be a doctor, picked me up from the surgery. 'What's the point of having a gay doctor bestie if he can't help you with your boob job?' he asked. I went home, took some Percocet, reclined upright, and waited for the perfection to set in. And it did. In five weeks, I looked darn good. Skinny from my misery. Nice breasts from my wallet. My life may have been falling apart, but this? This was pretty good. That is, until one morning in early October when I sat up in bed and felt a sickening wet mucus sliding down my chest." She continued, "It was everywhere, soaking my shirt and the sheets. My right implant was infected, and the seams of the scar on my right breast had burst. I raced to my surgeon's office. He shot me full of anesthesia, deftly removed the entire implant, cleaned and packed the wound, and immediately sent me to an infectious disease doctor. I had a hole in my breast for six weeks while I blasted my body with antibiotics. I had the implant put back in. I had another infection and rupture on Christmas Eve. I had it taken out again. I had more cultures and tests and conversations with doctors than I care to recall. All of them came to the same conclusion: My surgeon was, and is, a superlative doctor and a conscientious practitioner. His work and operating theater are immaculate. The problem wasn't something anyone could have prevented or predicted — it was that I am allergic to implants. Plain and simple. My body did. Not. Want. Them." "I kept trying to 'fix' my body, and it kept telling me to leave it alone. I've since learned that breast implant complications and adverse outcomes, like the one I experienced, occur in at least 1% of breast implant patients, according to the FDA. In April, after so much back and forth and so many pieces of gauze and soft bras and waiting to operate until the infections cleared up and not being able to use my arms properly, my surgeon looked at me and gently said, 'I want you to have what you want. I want you to be happy. But the universe is talking to you. I think you should listen,'" she said. "By this point, my marriage had completely tanked, it was all over the tabloids, and my mother had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and moved in with me for her treatment. It was time to move on and deal with my life. I said, 'Enough of this. I have other things to worry about. Take them out. I'm done with this project.' The day of the final surgery arrived, and before I went under, I spent a few moments catching up with my surgeon. I told him I was getting a divorce and nervously joked, 'New people are going to see these for the first time in years. You have to make them look good.' He smiled very kindly and said, 'Don't worry. You never needed me for that,'" she wrote.
The Sun
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
All Saints' Mel Blatt struggles with TWO £5k riddles on Celebrity Catchphrase – but could you have got them right?
ALL Saints singer Mel Blatt was left struggling with TWO riddles back-to-back on Celebrity Catchphrase. The performer had managed to make it all the way to the final round on the ITV programme, hosted by Stephen Mulhern. 5 5 Having advanced past her fellow celebs, Michelle Visage and Seann Walsh, Mel was ready to take on the final super Catchphrase board. But things got rather difficult for Mel as she was left stumped on two £5,000 riddles back-to-back. Having banked £2,500 on one riddle, Mel tried to play for double the money but was forced to pass on two questions. As Stephen presented the first video catchphrase to her, Mel was left looking perplexed. In the video, an office-like tower building could be seen perched on someone's shoulders in place of what would be their head. As the graphic flashed up, Mel could be heard speculating to herself: "Head, building, head in the clouds, building... "Building head, build... Pass!" As part of the quick-fire round, Mel was swiftly moved onto the next graphic but she was left struggling with that one too. It showcased an office scenario in which three people could be seen. Two of the men were wearing suits and featured "Mon" and "Wed" above their heads to represent the days of the week. The third man could be seen in more casual clothing but had "Fri" written above his head. Clearly confused, Mel stuttered: "Days of the week, Fri, Fri-yay, Friday, Friday... no, pass!" Mel was then forced to take a third £5k riddle but managed to correctly identify it as The King and I in seconds. But would you have been able to work out the ones that caught Mel out. As the round drew to a close, Stephen went back to the ones she passed on to confirm the answers. The first riddle, depicting an office building on someone's shoulders, was revealed to be "head office". Whilst Mel kicked herself for not getting that one correct, she admitted she would never have known the other riddle she passed on which turned out to be "dress down Friday". In the end, it meant that Mel was walking away with £5,000 for her chosen charity plus the £4,400 she collected in the earlier rounds thus meaning a total of £9,400 for her charity. 5 5 Away from TV, it was recently revealed that Mel had found a new career flipping burgers. The Pure Shores songstress admitted "it's nice to do something for me" as she opened up on her new job in a pub kitchen, whipping up her brand Full Fillings' tasty treats. The menu has previously included a slow cooked beef patty or jerk chicken option, served up with chunky chips and gravy. A macaroni cheese burger is also a mouth watering option for veggies. Earlier this year, Mel took to her Instagram page to launch her new venture at the pub - as well as her new business brand.
