Ricki Lake has finally voiced her thoughts on getting a facelift after her weight-loss journey.
The 57-year-old American television presenter and actress was featured in the episode of Monday, March 16 Edit the inside.
While chatting with podcaster and celebrity stylist Maeve Reilly, she spoke publicly about her face and neck lift that she had in March 2024.
Lake said, “I told my doctor, Dr. Alan Fouad, who I met through another friend, as if I hadn’t done any research when I very impulsively decided to get my face done.”
The Things of being born star further admitted that she sold herself on the procedure because of her friend who “met with a dozen doctors across the country” and even put together “spreadsheets.”
Then she met Dr. Fouad, who was “a master” at his craft despite being “under the radar” compared to other cosmetic surgeons.
Recalling her friend’s experience, Lake said, “Anyway, she had this experience. I saw her eight days after her surgery and not only did she look great, she was euphoric. She was like a different person.”[son] – she was just on top of the world.”
“I was like, ‘I want what she’s eating!'” Hairspray said the actress, who clarified that she did not have any cosmetic procedures done to mimic her age.
Grabbing her neck, Lake revealed, “I had just lost 40 pounds, and I had this, this, this, hanging. And it wasn’t that I didn’t like what I saw or wanted to look younger. I have gray hair. That’s not the point. It’s like I had a hanging appendage that wouldn’t grow back, like it would grow back up.”
In mid-June, she immediately booked an appointment with Dr. Fouad for ‘July 18’ and ‘never looked back’.
Lake expressed particular gratitude for the “amazing experience” afterwards and “looked impeccable” at her event at the Academy Museum “two weeks later.”
