Kris Jenner’s facelift: So, we meet again.
Let me first acknowledge the eyerolls and criticism that this story may inspire and clearly state that I, too, think we are spending entirely too much time discussing this woman’s face. But over the past few days, it’s been impossible to ignore the renewed frenzy around Jenner’s current appearance and how she (and nearly every plastic surgeon on social) may or may not feel about it. And as a journalist covering the plastic surgery beat, well, here I am. So what’s behind the hullabaloo? A report from Radar, which reads: “A source close to Jenner told us, ‘Kris Jenner’s facelift is already slipping. She is not happy with the results and is desperate to get a revision—she feels it has not held the way she expected.’”
Is this true? Who knows? (Only Jenner and her surgeon, that’s who.) Still, plastic surgeons have been quick to post their various takes on Jenner’s alleged dissatisfaction. Some have criticized the SMAS facelift that Jenner supposedly received, suggesting the procedure doesn’t hold up as well as the deep plane facelift. Others have called these kinds of public jabs “a bad look” for the field, noting how they discourage transparency and erode patient trust.
Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Charles Galanis, MD, posted in his stories that he heard “from a very reliable source that this [Jenner rumor] is actually not true and the celebrity in question didn’t express this.” He went on to say, “The number of people I’ve seen gleefully hopping on social media platforms to knock down the surgeon or knock down the cost or knock down the technique, it doesn’t sit right with me. I just think as a collective, we can do more to prop each other up or educate the masses in a positive way, without having to step on someone else to do it.” I’m writing with this in mind. We should operate under the assumption that the Jenner news is hearsay and that any related chatter is utter speculation.
