Kate Beckinsale is sparking Ozempic and plastic surgery rumors after looking unrecognizable in photos
Actress Kate Beckinsale’s recent appearance has sparked concerned conversations among fans, who are worried about her slim figure and “unrecognizable” facial features.
Beckinsale, 51, attended Variety’s 2024 Power Of Women event in a corseted pink satin Christian Siriano gown with an updo that showed off a prominent collarbone and chiseled cheekbones and accentuated a wrinkle-free forehead.
While much attention was made of her dress, fans online wondered whether Beckinsale, who has refuted plastic surgery rumors in the past, had undergone some surgical or injectable ‘alterations’ to her face, with fans saying she was ‘unrecognisable’ was. ‘so plastic’ and ‘looks sick.’
Beckinsale has said her recent weight loss is the result of a tear in her esophagus that prevented her from eating normally, which was exacerbated by stress and the grief of losing her stepfather Roy Battersby and her ‘soulmate’, a cat called Clive â although some fans have wondered if the star is using Ozempic.
Cosmetic surgeons told DailyMail.com that weight loss generally causes sagging skin and volume loss in the face, making people look thin, which some may try to remedy with injectable filler.
Dr. Dennis Schimpf, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Charleston, South Carolina, told DailyMail.com: ‘The current photos of her clearly show dramatic weight loss and loss of a dramatic amount of subcutaneous fat.
‘She has good fullness to the cheeks, as well as fullness to the lips, which I think is the result of a filler or fat grafting. Given her lack of fat, I think fillers are probably the cause.’
For years, fillers were seen as a source of youth in a syringe, with at least 5.3 million injections administered annually. Injectable fillers are the most popular non-surgical cosmetic treatment after Botox and are used to restore volume to sagging areas of the face, restoring a more youthful appearance.
Fans called out Kate Beckinsale’s accentuated collarbones and jawline, as well as her full lips
Plastic surgeons compared Beckinsale’s most recent photos to her role in the 2006 film Click, in which her facial features appear fuller and her lips appear thinner.
Beckinsale and her team have not yet responded to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.
Dr. Gary Motykie, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, said Beckinsale’s lips have “subtly varied in fullness over the years, possibly due to fillers or fat transfer to maintain smoothness and volume.”
He told DailyMail.com: ‘At 51, it is unlikely that non-invasive methods such as microneedling or lasers alone would fully restore the natural fullness of her younger years, which would raise some suspicion of filler due to the ‘fluffy ‘ look of her lips. .’
Dr. Motykie added that Beckinsale’s skin appears “more lifted,” especially around her eyebrows, which he said could indicate a deep facelift, a more advanced technique than the traditional facelift that uses smaller incisions but is designed to remove the deeper to lift connective tissues and muscles around them. the mouth and jaw.
The procedure begins along the back of the jawline and extends to the outside of the eye, where the tissue begins to sag naturally as it ages.
He said: ‘This could explain her smooth jawline, lifted cheeks and tighter skin around the lower face.’
The audience also wondered if SHE might have undergone buccal fat removal, a procedure that removes fat in the lower cheeks, slimming the lower half of the face.
Dr. Motykie said this theory is not unfounded, but said the loss of volume in her face there “is not unusual in natural aging, as many people lose volume in this area in their 50s.”
The effects of significant weight loss can mimic the appearance of buccal fat removal. When a person loses weight, the natural fat pads on the cheeks and temples become smaller, which can make them look chiseled and defined, or in some cases, emaciated and sunken.
Kate Beckinsale has lost a significant amount of weight over the years, doctors noted, which can significantly age the face, making it look thinner. They believe that weight loss has made her appear to have undergone buccal fat removal in her face
Dr. Rukmini Rednam, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Houston, said: ‘I feel that her current appearance is due to natural reasons such as weight fluctuations and that her natural high cheekbones and facial shape are becoming slimmer and more defined, which can be more pronounced become. with aging.’
Dr. Rednam added that Beckinsale’s smooth skin, especially around her eyes, suggests she could have used Botox to paralyze the facial muscles there, or laser treatment to reduce fine lines.
Some fans have expressed concern about the actor’s slim figure, stating that the heartache she has endured is taking a toll on her physical health. Some others have gone so far as to speculate that she is using Wegovy or Ozempic to lose weight, but Dr. Schimpf is not convinced.
He told DailyMail.com: ‘If the recent death of her relative and her family’s illness problems are true, then it is possible that her dramatic weight loss may be due to the stress and lack of food, as well as a possible stomach ulcer .
He continued: ‘But given the popularity and how rapid her weight loss has been, and the extent to which she has lost fat all over her body, using one of the GLP1 drugs is certainly possible.’
Still, Beckinsale has lost a lot of body fat, Dr. Schimpf said, “not just in her face, but also in her neck and upper body.”
He added: ‘The muscles of her neck, known as the platysma muscle, and the bones of her upper body, such as the collarbones, are extremely well defined and lack any subcutaneous fat. Her thighs also have a basically hollow appearance in the upper and mid-thigh area, with little to no fat.â
At the same time, “she has significant breast fullness in the upper pole of her breast despite such dramatic weight loss, which would most likely indicate breast augmentation with implants.”
Beckinsale has been disputing plastic surgery rumors for years and insists she does not use Botox or fillers because of her Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, in which mast cells â immune cells that release chemicals such as histamine â become overactive and release these substances in excess.
She said in May: ‘I don’t actually do any of those things â I’ve even gone to the trouble of having a plastic surgeon state categorically that I don’t do that and haven’t done that, and yet every time there’s one chorus is from my God, you are unrecognizable.
‘Oh my God PLASTIC, oh my God, you don’t even look like yourself anymore, it happens all the time and it’s usually women who do it.’
Despite Beckinsale’s denials, fans continue to comment on her latest appearances.
One person said: ‘What does Hollywood have against aging gracefully??? She did great!’
Another said: ‘She can’t breathe with that dress and she can’t move any muscles in her face with so much plastic surgery.’
A third said: ‘She was a bomb. I don’t even recognize her now. Please stop changing your face. Everyone looks the same now.’