Plastic Surgery
Celebrity Plastic Surgery
25 Celebrities Before & After Plastic Surgery (no date). Available at: http://www.dailycognition.com/index.php/2009/11/22/25-celebrities-before-after-plastic-surgery.html (Accessed: 02 February 2015).
Plastic Surgery gone wrong
‘Freakish Girls Blessed With Plastic Surgery – Scary!’ (no date). Wacky Mania. Available at: http://wackymania.com/freakish-girls-blessed-with-plastic-surgery-scary/ (Accessed: 02 February 2015).
Written by plastic surgeon *, the structure of he skin is discussed and how this knowledge is used when carrying out plastic surgery.
The ratio of flap length to flap width within the face is 2:1. It is important to know about the 'flaps' in the skin as to be aware of the positioning of the blood vessels, muscles, subcutaneous fat and nerves. when carrying out the plastic surgery. For example, authors have transferred neurovascular island flaps from around the mouth for use in the lip reconstruction. There are a lot of risks when it comes to plastic surgery, yet people are still willing to undergo the procedure in order to change their appearance.
certain types of needles are used during the plastic surgery. Here the book discusses how disssolveable stitches are used, if they are left in for too long it will result in ugly scarring of the needle tracks. For eyelid and the border of the lip the sutures should be removed on the fifth day, for sutures that have been placed under tension, they are removed on day seven or eight.
‘Sunday Surgery Slips: Lisa Rinna’s Husband Is Worried His Wife Will Look Like A Knifed Up Weirdo For The Rest Of Her Life’ (2010). Bossip. Available at: http://bossip.com/301635/sunday-surgery-slips-lisa-rinnas-husband-is-worried-his-wife-will-look-like-a-knifed-up-weirdo-for-the-rest-of-her-life/ (Accessed: 02 February 2015).
Lisa Rinna - 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards | Photo 23 | Celebrity Photo Gallery (no date). Available at: http://www.vettri.net/gallery/celeb/lisa_rinna/15th-Annual-Screen-Actors-Guild-Awards/LisaRinna-15th-Annual-SAG-Awards-23.html (Accessed: 02 February 2015).
Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty) AFTER PICTURE, Sutures/Stitches: Close-Up Picture (no date). Available at: http://www.tummytuckbeforeandafterpictures.info/tummy-tuck-abdominoplasty-picture-stitches-close-up.html (Accessed: 02 February 2015).
Stitches from a tummy tuck. You can see how some have dissolved whilst others remain, the skin looks very sore and likely to leave a permanent scar.
Casting the mouth
Cleaning Up The Sculpt/Sculpting
Hilko, W. (2001) Reconstructive facial plastic surgery: a problem-solving manual. Germany: Thieme Publishing Group.
Lisa had a lip reduction surgery in an effort to fix her botched up 'trout pout'. Her reality TV programme documented her difficult recovery. A perfect example of how plastic surgery goes wrong and can cause more problems than initially planned. The right hand image shows Lisa on the show, having her stiches removed, as the surgeon takes them out, he admits her lips are sore and bruised and are not healing very well.Lisa turns to her husband Harry Hamlin for comfort, saying: ‘Help me! Now what? What do we do? What do I do?’ Later, Hamlin admits: ‘Lisa could look weird for the rest of her life. She must be freaking out. I can see on the doctor’s face, his look of concern… this could be serious.’
Lisa is living in complete regret over her plastic surgery.
Plastic surgery is very popular amongst celebrities, they are constantly in the limelight being scrutinised for the way they look. They also have a high salary so they can afford these type of surgeries. Many celebrities believe the plastic surgery may improve their career.
There is a lot of speculation on whether or not Kylie Jenner has had lip fillers in her lips. Her before and after photos and remarkably different.
David Cangello, M.D., Director Of Plastic Surgery at JUVA Skin, Laser and Plastic Surgery Center states: “Her lips clearly do look much larger in the “after” pictures. However, she is making a pouting expression in this picture, which shows much more of the pink part of the lip. In the “before” picture, she is smiling, which pulls and thins the lips. In addition she has a lot of lipstick on, which can contribute to a fuller look. So while she very well may have had a filler such as Restylane of Juvederm put into her lips to make them appear fuller, these are not the best pictures to look at to draw that conclusion. That being said, the size increase is so drastic that it’s hard to imagine she didn’t have them filled with something.”
In some cases, people get so obsessed with plastic surgery they attempt to change the way they look on numerous occasions. Here we can see how the plastic surgery has affected both of these celebrities. Their features are out of proportion, their skin is stretched and has lost it's elasticity. The lips in particular are very much too large for the face, and in Pete's case they look very untidy from having so much surgery. These images have given me inspiration to recreate my own 'botched up lips', I want to exaggerate the lips to give the message of how extreme having plastic surgery can be.
The alginate is mixed 2 parts water 2 parts alginate. The problem I encountered here, was the weight of the alginate bringing the lip down, losing the natural look of the lip. I should have held the alginate up onto the lip whilst it set, and had another person help to do so.
Nevertheless, I placed the wet plaster bandages all over the mouth cast to help support it.
The face cast came out better than I expected, although I feel like the lips could have been casted better, it still gave me the indication of the size and shape so that I could mould onto them. I decided to do each lip piece separately so that the mouth could move properly, and so that it could be easier to mould.
I sculpted the lips into a bow shape, making them much larger than the models original lips. I had to be careful on the inside of the lip as it is constantly wet the prosthetic would not stick, so I left a small gap for the model to be able to open and close her mouth.
International Designer Clothing and Brand Name ClothesCosmetic Plastic Surgery Lip Augmentation - International Designer Clothing and Brand Name Clothes (no date). Available at: http://www.1designer-clothing.com/celebrities/cosmetic-surgery-sexy-or-ugly-lip-augmentation/1811/ (Accessed: 03 February 2015).
I added texture by using my sculpting tools over thick plastic, I tried to create realistic creases by lightly dragging my tools over the lips. I filled in the mouth so that I have no undercuts, else this would crack the mould. I used a clay extruder to create the * around the mould, and made sure it was clean using lighter fluid and cotton buds. I used a sharp tool to cut out the keys for the mould which will secure the mould,
First, mould release has been painted onto the mould so that it can be pulled apart. Next, gel coat is weighed out (30g) and 2% catalyst added (0.6%) which is painted over the mould. The gel coat will pick up the detail in the piece. The next step 200g of resin is weighed out with 2% catalyst (4g), which is used to paint on two layers of fibreglass followed by fine glass matting, which leaves a smooth layer. Every mould is different in terms of it's curing time, this is a small mould so I left it for two hours to cure. It had cured in this time and was ready to be de-moulded.
Pulling apart the mould can be very difficult, I was anxious it may break as the more I tried to open it the harder it became to come apart and I needed my face cast for my next mould. I used a knife and a wallpaper scraper to edged into the sides of the moulds, and eventually it came open. The next step was to clean the mould, ready for filling.
To clean the mould it is useful to use polywax to create a paste with the wax and then use neat fairy liquid and warm water. I cleaned the face cast up with lighter fluid ready for my next sculpt.
I sculpted the bottom lip whilst referring back to the top lip so that they were equal in size, I also tried to blend out the clay so that I could achieve a blendable edge. I added texture in the same process as the previous mould.
This mould is particularly neat for me, as I usually struggle to keep them neat and tidy and have occured problems in the past because of this. Now I am creating neater, cleaner moulds so hopefully I have more successful outcomes now that I am improving technique.
I used gelatin to fill the mould, as this was the least exspensive material that would still create a good prosthetic. My first gelatin in plaster came out successfully, and I only used a small amount of pigment so it was translucent. For the upper lip I experimented with using a little more pigment which did not work as well so I run the piece again with less pigment. I also made sure I added a little vaseline as the piece was very difficult to remove from the mould
For my second mould I decided to use plaster, just to experiment on which tehnique I prefer. Although fibreglass is more durable and lightweight, making the plaster mould was much quicker, and more efficient as my mould was very small anyway.
The pieces were tested on my model before application to see if they fitted properly. The edge also looks like it is blendable to I went ahead with the application