Elon Musk could have spent 1000’s on a bodily overhaul to fight his hair loss and floppy pores and skin, a US plastic surgeon has claimed.
And he thinks the billionaire entrepreneur’s celeb magnificence makeover was accomplished within the run-up to his October Twitter coup.
In an unique interview, Dr. Richard Westreich informed The US Sun: “I think Elon has taken care of his hair, his eyes and the hanging skin under his neck.
“Earlier this year, he looked odd, where you could see the type of swelling that you’d get after undergoing a neck lift.
“Since then he’s recovered, and doesn’t seem to have the strange fullness under his neck anymore.
“His possible neck lift could have cost up to around $US60,000 ($AUD89,286), but he may also have dabbled in under-eye filler, which would’ve been a fat transfer, costing around $US10,000 ($AUD14,881).
“Otherwise, the shape of Elon’s hairline looks to have changed at least four times over the years which would’ve cost around $US40,000 ($AUD59,524).”
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Speculation in regards to the Twitter proprietor’s altered seems has circulated for years and has been largely centered on his hair and jawline surgical procedure, neither of which Elon has confirmed or denied.
And because the 51-year-old Tesla founder has an estimated web price of round $164 billion ($AUD244 billion), forking out on cosmetic surgery or a slew of hair transplants would simply be a drop within the ocean.
The neck elevate he could have had is a process by which extra pores and skin and fats are faraway from the neck, resulting in a smoother, slim profile.
It could be carried out by itself or alongside fillers and even eye lifts.
“It usually involves an incision under the chin and then another incision around the ear and sometimes down in front of the hairline,” explains Westreich, who specialises in facial cosmetic surgery.
“Elon seemed to have gained a lot of weight around 2015 and then he started to lose it.
“Unfortunately, when ageing is combined with this type of weight loss, the loose skin gets worse every year and creates skin laxity issues.
“With Elon the issue would be all the neck looseness he experienced.
“It makes sense that after losing that weight, he’d have some extra skin and he’d probably have wanted his jawline to look tighter.
“You can see where he’s wearing the black bow tie at the event with Kanye West in 2015 that he’s very heavy and has got quite a lot of fat under his chin.
But in photos from 2002, there appears to be “what almost looks like an incision around his earlobe.”
“Here his face looks post-surgical to me,” Dr Westreich stated.
“There’s also discolouration that looks like bruising and the very unusual swelling underneath his chin.
“You can also see an indent right behind his chin where there’s a little bit of extra hair.”
While Elon could have been busy tweaking his seems over the previous few years, the noise surrounding his controversial Twitter takeover has intensified, with current requires the CEO to step down.
At the identical time, the South African born tech star has gone on to change into a paparazzi favorite whereas courting the media at among the world’s most glamorous occasions, such because the Met Gala.
At the weekend, he was snapped having fun with the World Cup remaining within the VIP part on the Lusail Stadium in Qatar, alongside Jared Kushner.
“Another thing that can happen when you age and lose weight is the hollowness that’s under the eyes,” reveals Westreich.
“Elon was very hollow before.
“And he’s not hollow anymore so that’s either been dealt with using filler or transferring fat to his under eyes.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if there was little Botox in there as well.
“His hair also gets a bit shorter and seems to be growing in over time as over the years you can see that the hairline is starting to fill in.
“Usually the last thing that they fill in is going to be the shape at the front of the hairline which for Elon gets flatter and flatter.
“It looks very triangular in the beginning so they did the middle triangle, and then you can see that the triangle starts to flatten out over many years to what’s now almost a very flat hairline and all in one line.
“Generally with transplants, they fill in very slowly over many years, so he has probably had a couple of rounds.
“Sometimes they just can’t transplant everything in one session, but you can see with Elon that the shape of his front hairline has changed at least four times.
“I don’t think Elon has overdone anything and has altered things that are typical of a man who has become a celebrity.
“Elon is now in the public eye all the time.
“Some men don’t like the hanging skin underneath their necks anyway and if they wear ties and a collared shirt it drives them crazy.
“The youngest Elon looks though is in the photo where he’s wearing the black bow tie with Kanye West, but that’s when he’s overweight, unfortunately.”
This article initially appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission
