Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Jessi Draper got candid about plastic surgery.
“You can’t win,” Draper, 34, said during a Sunday, September 21, episode of the “Cheers!” podcast. “People are like, ‘You obviously got something done. Be honest and be authentic,’ and then you do that, and they rip you apart for doing that. It’s a double-edged sword.”
Draper went on to say that she “hates” when stars aren’t honest about the work they’ve gotten done, noting there is a real double standard when it comes to discussing the subject. “I feel like it’s better to be authentic but I also don’t ever want anyone to think I’m pushing plastic surgery. If anything, I tell people, ‘Be really cautious.’”
She continued, “I feel like I did too much and I wish I wouldn’t have done my last one. I really do wish people would let us just live our lives and be like, ‘Great. I’m glad you shared but I don’t need to take it on personally.’”
Most recently, Draper got fat grafting in her face, a procedure she ultimately regretted. “I didn’t even want it,” she said. “I went to get an upper and lower bleph and [my doctor] was like, ‘I think you need some fat grafting to fill in the eyes.” Draper then told her doctor to do what would make her look “balanced,” but her doctor ended up putting fat into her jaw, lips and eyes.
“I was very upset,” Draper said, noting that she felt “swollen” and “puffy” for months. “I had to get Kybella to try and dissolve the fat. It’s been a nightmare for the last nine months trying to fix what happened. Don’t get fat grafting.”
Looking back, she doesn’t think she needed her upper and lower bleph, either. “There’s so much pressure on us when we’re in the public eye, but I regret it, for sure.”
The hairstylist also admitted that being in the public eye made her “body dysmorphia worse” after receiving negative comments on her look. “It’s a weird feeling not to recognize yourself.”
Elsewhere in the episode, Draper opened up about getting a second breast augmentation to fit her frame better. “I just felt like my boobs were a little too much, so I went a little smaller,” she shared. “No more surgeries!”
