Cosmetic Surgery

This is the first in a multiple-part series dedicated to exposing the truth behind cartoon character makeovers — from back alley liposuction to designer boob jobs, and all the juicy tidbits in between.

Over the course of a lengthy investigation, our Dirt Team has uncovered mouthwatering rumors and astonishing, potentially-career-ending accusations about some of the hottest animated stars around and their purported “hand-drawn” good looks. We assembled a panel of the most esteemed and scrupulous plastic surgery experts and asked them this question: Real or Digitally Enhanced?

In our opening stanza, we have decided to focus on one of our most beloved cartoon stars. From her humble beginnings as a cocktail waitress and sometime body double for some of the more modest celebs in Toontown, through her rapid ascent into animated high-society, to her precipitous fall from grace following her husband’s accusation for murder, we admired her innate ability to maintain her sultry, strawberries-and-whipped-cream appeal. But it now appears that she had a little help. These are the cosmetic chronicles of Jessica Rabbit

• Those come-hither LIPS: BOTOX® Cosmetic treatments, Restylane® injections, fat grafts, collagen.
• Those voluptuous BREASTS: breast lift, breast augmentation with saline implants
• That callipygious BOOTY: liposuction, fat grafting, Brazilian butt lift
• That smooth, lustrous SKIN: laser skin resurfacing, microdermabrasion, chemical peels, laser hair removal
• That larger-than-life, curvaceous FIGURE: body lift, bariatric surgery, tummy tuck
• That pouty, yet striking FACE: blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, chin augmentation with implants, brow lift, laser hair removal, BOTOX®, Restylane® and collagen (dermal fillers), cleft palate reconstruction.

“I like big butts and I can not lie.” Sir Mix-A-Lot opined these words over 15 years ago in his hip-hop classic “Baby Got Back.” Sir Mix, I might have good news for you…maybe?

According to a recent article in the Boston Globe, the number of “butt lift” procedures in America has grown by 283% in the first five years of this decade. That seems ass-tronomical, but it’s just because butt lifts have been bringing up the rear. There were only 1, 356 butt lift procedures in 2000, and that number grew to 5,193 in 2005. Compare those relatively flat figures to the nice, curvy breast augmentation ones. There were 212,500 (If I could draw little dots in the zeroes I would) boob jobs in 2000, and

291,000 breast enhancements took place in 2005. That’s approximately a 37% increase during that time frame. Okay I just lost a few brain cells doing that math. But the point of all these statistics is to show that butt lifts still lag behind breast augmentation procedures, despite the disparity in the growth percentage. I’m sorry Sir Mix-A-Lot! It looks like most ladies are content to just shake what their mamas gave ‘em. Don’t feel too bad though- that 283% increase means that the desire for a bubbly derriere is definitely not bottoming out.