Kylie Jenner is Not the Only Celeb to Reveal Her Plastic Surgery

Last month, my friends and I spent at least 25 minutes huddled in front of my laptop doing a deep dive on Kylie Jenner’s boob job. By which I mean we scrolled through her Instagram and talked about how amazing of a job her surgeon did—there wasn’t much more information to go off of at the time.

But now?! We know everything. Say it with me, please, the lineup on everyone’s lips: “45 cc, moderate profile, half under the muscle!!! silicone!!!” Early in June, the 27-year-old shared her exact breast augmentation stats in a TikTok comment after a fan begged her to reveal her secret to success. She even gave the name of her doctor: Beverly Hills’ own Dr. Garth Fisher.

So, now that we have it… what do we do with all this info?

Transparency is Trending

In the days following Jenner’s viral reveal, there was a lot of chatter. Conversations about following the beauty brand founder’s exact measurements as a “boob job recipe” were mostly shut down, which is good—it won’t look the same on everyone. Even Dr. Fisher joined in on the convo, expressing his thanks for her kind words and making a statement about the importance of HIPAA in his practice. Sure, Jenner can share all she wants, but—should you choose to see the doctor yourself—he would personally never tell.

Perhaps most interestingly, though? At long last, the starlet might’ve started a plastic surgery transparency trend. After Dr. Fisher shared his statement, mama Kris Jenner jumped into his post’s comments section to talk about how impressed she was with the facelift he gave her in 2011—her “first facelift,” she wrote (not that she’s ever talked much about that one, or her subsequent surgeries). Other patients of Fisher also shared their adoration, breaking down what he’d done for them in even more viral videos.

Then, another reality star jumped in. In an Instagram post of her own, Shark Tank‘s Barbara Corcoran shared a photo of herself smiling with the caption “heard the cool kids were sharing their plastic surgery secrets.” When you swiped, you could read her lineup of aesthetic treatments: three facelifts, a lower eyelid skin pinch, an eye lift, a neck lift, ear filler four times a year, regular filler four times a year, all sorts of lasers… the list went on.

Alix Earle, who has been open about her surgery in the past, was quick to share her exact details in a TikTok comment after another fan requested info. “275cc in one 295 cc in another saline under the muscle – Dr Hidalgo NYC (kind of wish I did silicone though) went through armpit for incision ILY,” she wrote.

Kristin Cavallari also shared via Instagram Q&A. “I was 300 cc before and now I’m 340. Everyone thinks I went a lot bigger but I’ve just pushed them up a couple of times since getting them done,” The Hills alum explained.

Influencer Isabella Duffy shared a TikTok where she said she was “hopping on the trend since Kylie Jenner shared her info.” Jaz Smith and Sami Sheen did the same, as did about a thousand other influencers. Search “boob job” on TikTok and you’ll see thumbnail after thumbnail of their “recipes” written out in the same format as Jenner’s. Some add a price tag, but most do not.

Fans’ Reactions

The comments on these posts, like the reactions to Kylie and Kris’ reveals, are overwhelmingly positive. People crave transparency, especially from those in the spotlight. But one thing that influencer culture and the reality TV reckoning have taught us is that no one can be all the way transparent, all the time. Not everyone wants to do a Byrdie What I’ve Had Done interview, and that’s okay (you have to save some stuff from your memoirs, after all). Until—this is what I’m scared of!—it’s not.

The posts bashing Kylie for promoting surgery to young women have already started to roll in. Some say she should have said something earlier. Lest we forget that before she admitted to a 2019 augmentation on TV, she gave all credit to a Victoria’s Secret Bombshell Bra and a cream meant to enhance curves.

Then, there will be complaints that her chosen treatments are out of reach for the average consumer. That one is fair, but that’s not her problem. It’s just hard to know what opportunities are out there when you’ll likely never set foot in Dr. Fisher’s (probably very comfy) office.

Bye-bye, TMI

There are also going to be people that think, since Kylie and whoever posts after her shared about their boobs, we also deserve their exact facial filler lineup, lip blush color, and other body augmentations. I would love to hear all of that! But I don’t think it’ll happen, especially with Miss Jenner.

It’s a good look for the Khy founder to be open with her fans; everyone appreciates a juicy detail. But we’ve reached a point in our digi-cam forward, woke-up-like-this selfie society where it’s not enough. What we used to call “oversharing” is one of the only ways we can convince people that we’re being honest, and that’s not good.

As the stars continue to post their surgery secrets, we should think back to 2010 when Heidi Montag revealed that she’d had 10 procedures in one day and people were horrified. Kylie had the privilege of sharing her insights in a world that was already obsessed with her boob job and even more impressed with the idea of a reality star being “real.” Will we give everyone that reception? Probably not. And it’s not because they didn’t go with (say it with me again) “45 cc, moderate profile, half under the muscle!!! silicone!!!”

What Comes Next?

The model obviously lives a fairly public life—she has since she was just a babe, twirling around her parents’ bedroom pole and chanting “girls gone wild” on Keeping Up. And I do think it’s better for the world at large when she shares stuff like this. Transparency can be a wonderful thing. However, we’ve seen fans beg celebrities to pull back the curtain, only to admonish what they see behind it. 

Unless we have the money to hit up a surgeon, knowing what other people have had done isn’t going to change anything for us on a physical level. Given the right time, network, and resources, we could all have a shot at being the hottest girl on Instagram. But we don’t! So our mental response to news like this, as it continues to flow in, will be wayyy more meaningful.

Like Dr. Fisher said, “Every patient is unique. This isn’t ‘cookbook’ surgery’—it’s thoughtful, personalized care.”

Such good words: thoughtful and personalized. So how about this? You glow your way, I’ll glow mine, taking inspiration where we find it and applying it (or not) as we (and our doctors) see fit. Then, we can meet back up to share our findings if we feel like it. My ears are always open, Kylie! Respectfully, of course.