For the second year in a row, The Hollywood Reporter brings its incisive reporting and cutting commentary to the world of plastic surgery and cosmetic enhancement with “The New Face of Hollywood,” a special digital issue that scrutinizes the industry’s obsession with image and eternal youth — and the latest scalpel-edge trends — at a time when getting work done has increasingly become something to flaunt on social media, rather than conceal.
Once again, the centerpiece of the issue is THR’s authoritative list of the top cosmetic doctors and aesthetic gurus in America — with a focus on the New York and L.A. practitioners that tend to Hollywood’s rich and famous. Other pieces servicing industry-insider readers include a guide to the most popular celebrity procedures according to budget (from $1,000 to $300,000+), a medical tourism breakdown organized by your available downtime (from a day to six weeks, travel time not included) and why Hollywood stars are harvesting their hair follicles.
Also in the issue:
• “Slop Face” Is Taking Over Hollywood — and Making Beauty Boring
Why do so many of today’s stars look so … same-y? You can blame casting directors, plastic surgery trends and — as with everything else these days — social media.
• Celebs Are Injecting Copper to Look Younger. What Could Go Wrong?
The popular peptide GHK-Cu has been hailed as a fountain of youth, but skeptics warn of a ghastly side effect dubbed the “copper uglies.”
• What Are Hollywood’s Men Doing to Their Faces?
In chasing a hypermasculine ideal, movie stars are retooling their eyes and jawlines — and increasingly ignoring the less-is-more principle.
• The Great Facial Filler Backlash: “It Got Carried Too Far”
The chipmunk-cheeked look is out, and ridiculed stars from Kristin Davis to Courteney Cox have reversed their procedures. So why are the injections more popular than ever?
• Test Driving the Immortality Machine
The $160,000 Ammortal Chamber, sold as the ultimate de-aging device, has been embraced by top athletes from Matthew Stafford to Freddie Freeman.
• “Can You Make Me Look Like My Insta Filter?”
Screen stars and content creators are asking plastic surgeons to alter them as dramatically as their AI-enhanced social media interfaces do. It usually doesn’t go well. (By Ingrid Schmidt)
• How to Design a Home That Helps You LIve Forever
Do the rooms you live in affect your longevity? A rising new industry of wellness-focused luxury designers is betting on it.
