Details Of Marilyn Monroe’s SECRET Plastic Surgery And Beauty Procedures

Details Of Marilyn Monroe’s SECRET Plastic Surgery And Beauty Procedures

I had a male friend growing up who absolutely adored Marilyn Monroe. She was his “perfect woman.”

The naive teenage girl that I was, who had a crush on said male, didn’t understand why he would like an old lady who was long dead.

What about Britney Spears? Gwen Stefani?

These were the women I thought I needed to look like to be considered beautiful.

Though these ladies are, in fact, gorgeous, they are not perfect.

No human is.

However, Marilyn Monroe seems to stand the test of time as far as iconic beauties go.

Can you think of a pop culture icon more synonymous with beauty than Marilyn Monroe?

I know I can’t.

And apparently, Alicia Keys felt the same way.

Recently, she took to Instagram and posted a picture of Marilyn Monroe with the caption “Real bodies=gorgeous”.

A post shared by Alicia Keys (@aliciakeys) on Apr 15, 2017 at 3:38pm PDT

And of course, as with everything on the internet, if you post something, there will be those with differing opinions.

Some praised Keys for her body positivity, while others took issue with the fact she was showcasing a larger body form, and then others commented about Marilyn Monroe’s plastic surgery, fake boobs and beauty treatments she underwent to achieve her iconic look.

We had no idea.

I will admit, I am no expert on Marilyn Monroe.

The extent of my knowledge is that her real name was Norma Jeane Baker and she had a lot of boyfriends.

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But Marilyn Monroe having plastic surgery?

I would have lost money if I was a betting woman.

How tall was Marilyn Monroe and how much did she weigh? At 5’6″ and 115 pounds, I would never consider her in need of any changes, but that might be my own body issues coming through.

So of course, I had to do a little digging.

In 2013, her x-rays and medical records were released and here’s what they indicated:

1. Marilyn Monroe’s Nose Job

MarieClaire (Norma Jeane Baker / Marilyn Monroe)

As you can see from the above photo, the before nose is wider while the after nose is petite. Many reports indicate she had surgery early in her career, in 1950, to refine the tip of her nose and her autopsy records showed a small fracture on her nose, which many speculated was either due to additional surgery or domestic abuse.

Nose jobs are quite the norm nowadays among celebrities, but back then? Not as common. And celebrities getting plastic surgery was not as widely discussed in the pre-internet era.

2. Hairline Electrolysis

MarieClaire (Norma Jeane Baker / Marilyn Monroe)

Marilyn Monroe was well-known for undergoing hairline electrolysis to get rid of her widow’s peak, changing the way her face looked.

According to WebMD, electrolysis is a method of removing individual hairs from the face or body. Today’s medical electrolysis devices destroy the growth center of the hair with chemical or heat energy. After a very fine probe is inserted into the hair follicle, the hair is removed with tweezers.

3. Cartilage Implant On Her Chin

Rumor has it, in about 1949, while struggling to find her place in Los Angeles as a model and actress, Marilyn Monroe overheard a casting director refer to her as a “chinless wonder.”

In 1950, She visited a Hollywood plastic surgeon who performed a chin augmentation, using an implant made of carved bovine cartilage. Since both the technology and materials used in the ’50s were primitive compared to today’s standards, the implant absorbed or dissolved by 1958, leading her to visit another doctor to repair what she called a “chin deformity”.

4. Marilyn Monroe’s Boob Job

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Much has been speculated about whether or not Marilyn Monroe had fake boobs. Although nothing is confirmed, it is said that Marilyn Monroe had an infection in her breasts which was likely caused by liquid silicone injections.

The reports say that she wanted her doctor to do something to fix her boobs, but he was unable to reverse the injections.

Marilyn Monroe expert Gene London says of the icon, “She always wore a bra to bed because she didn’t want her breasts to sag … Marilyn took to placing marbles in her bras, or she’d take three buttons … and sew the buttons together and place those inside her dress.”

The buttons and marbles made it look like her boobs had hard nipples.

5. Hormone cream

“She had the heaviest peach fuzz beard of any actress in Hollywood. They [studio chiefs] wanted to remove the facial hair, but Marilyn absolutely refused. She said that when the light hit the fuzz it caused her face to have a soft glow, so they didn’t have to photograph her through special lenses, lace, or Vaseline the way they did with so many stars.”

The hormone cream story has been debated, with other reports saying that she hated the peach fuzz, and wet shaved her face using a razor to remove it. This is also known to exfoliate the skin, giving it a youthful glow that Marilyn was also famous for.

6. False teeth

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It’s said that Marilyn Monroe originally had an overbite (that was fixed during her time at Columbia pictures) as well as false teeth, which were noted at the time of her death.

Sadly, Marilyn Monroe died at the young age of 36 from an overdose of barbituates in 1962.

Reports indicate that at the time of her death, she was unrecognizable.

If this teaches us anything, it’s that it doesn’t matter how much you work on your outside, it’s solely how you treat yourself on the inside that counts.

Love each other.

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