Alex Karidis: Ribbon Lift is Madonna’s Beauty Secret

What is “ribbon lift”? It’s reportedly a surgical procedure which may be Madonna’s secret for her, uhm, youthful looks.

From the Daily Mail:
The 30-minute treatment, which is available at Beverly Hills clinics for around $6,000 (£4,300), uses a dissolvable ribbon implant to lift neck tissues through a short incision around the earlobe.

It takes around two months for the ribbon to be absorbed and the results last around three years.

In an interview in the latest issue of Grazia magazine, plastic surgeon Alex Karidis claims Madonna was showing telltale signs of the procedure in a photograph taken days prior to the star-studded ceremony.

Mr Karidis explained: ‘[A tube-like device] is tunnelled under the skin and has lots of tiny hooks that attach to the muscle and tissue. We then pull it upwards to lift the whole area.’

‘It doesn’t appear as if the ribbon has dissolved properly. However, she looks to have cleverly covered it with a loose hairstyle at the Oscars party.’

He also suggests Madonna, who is linked to 22-year-old model Jesus Luz, may have had a separate skin resurfacing treatment.

Madonna has remained enigmatic on the subject of surgery, saying previously: ‘I am certainly not against plastic surgery; however, I am absolutely against having to discuss it.’

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