Kelly Ripa’s lips have ‘changed dramatically’ despite refusing fillers, expert says
KELLY Ripa reignited the debate over her facial transformation after she posted an online makeup tutorial that raised questions about her altered appearance.
An injectables expert claims the 53-year-old TV star’s “wider” mouth, “expanded” cheekbones and “softer” jawline are thanks to a “subtle” injectable routine involving drops of filler and Botox.
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Kelly showed off her lip color routine at Instagram on July 5th.
The TV presenter shared a clip in which she combed her blonde hair back and filled in her lips with lip liner, lipstick and lip gloss.
“While I like the shape of my lips, like all women my age, my upper lip looks like it’s being sucked into Middle-earth,” she joked.
But fans were a bit skeptical and thought that was all she did.
“She just wanted to silence the critics who accused her of being a filler,” one of them said.
“You look different for some reason, your face seems longer and narrower,” added another.
“No, I haven’t had lip fillers. This is the lip trick, you monsters,” Kelly captioned her post.
Luxury injector Tara Adashev from Neinstein Plastic Surgery said Kelly’s mouth appeared “wider” in the clip.
“It looks like she tried lip fillers at some point,” Adashevwho Kelly has not treated, told The US Sun.
“It looks like Kelly has had her lips filled, but it’s very subtle.
“She might only get the filler done once a year, so the shape of her mouth has changed over time.
“The lips appear longer and wider than her younger cherry red lips, but she didn’t apply the filler religiously.”
Adashev went on to discuss Kelly’s cosmetic treatments, which she said she’s added Botox to over the years.
“Kelly hasn’t had any specific facial surgery, so her face is just volume-oriented,” she said.
“Kelly hasn’t gone overboard with Botox or fillers and doesn’t look too full.
“Her face has changed dramatically over the years, and she now has a rounder cheekbones and a wider mouth.
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“She’s probably been getting cheek fillers since 2012 and Botox at least twice a year, probably supplemented with lip fillers every now and then.
“Kelly has probably spent about $96,000 on cosmetic procedures to date.”
TAKE A DOLL
Adashev suggested that Kelly specifically fill in her cheekbones.
“Kelly now has pronounced cheekbones, which come forward to give her some structure,” she said.
“She likely had drops of filler added to create a so-called hills-and-valley contour look.
“Her cheekbones should be like the top of a hill, and the valley should be the center of her face, and you want those contours.
Kelly seems to focus on little fills and drops to give her hair a boost and structure here and there.
Tara Adashev
“I have never treated her and don’t know if she focuses on maintaining that square face shape.
“Kelly seems to focus on small filler enhancements and drops to give her a boost here and there and to provide structure.
“She also lost her original face when she lost weight.”
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Emmy Award winner Kelly has admitted to using Botox in the past.
“For me it was just more of my comfort level,” she said People until 2022.
“There are procedures you can have done,” she added.
Kelly’s jawline has been softened to reduce volume there.
Tara Adashev
“And once you start talking about what you’ve had done, people become very open about what they’ve had done, and then you start swapping doctors.”
She said she started her Botox regimen at age 40 and shared Glamour in 2022 that she will receive it every 10 months.
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According to Adashev Kelly, the use of Botox has become more frequent lately.
“For the chewing muscles, she would probably have to come back every 10 weeks to have them injected with Botox,” she said.
“This is what happens when you’re someone who just clenches and grinds.
“Kelly’s jawline appears softened to give less volume there.
“She has more of a square face now, which may be because she controls her chewing muscles.
“Her lower face and jawline are now a little more pronounced to give her some structure, and she’s also thinner now.
“Then she got really thin and left a little bit of jawline structure to make sure it was still there.
“With Kelly’s Botox, she will likely also treat her forehead between her eyebrows and around her eyes.”
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Outside of the television world, Kelly and co-host Mark Consuelos reportedly have one of the best marriages in show business.
They met in 1995 while starring together on All My Children and have been married since 1996.
They are the parents of Lola, Michael, 25, and Joaquin Antonio, 19.
Her nose appears narrower, but that could be due to the contours.
Tara Adashev
When Kelly shared a throwback photo of the couple in 2018, fans wondered if she’d had a nose job.
“I’m going to tell you now. No nose job and no veneers. I wouldn’t sleep with a retainer every night if I did,” she responded on Instagram.
She did have her earlobes repaired.
“I had meters, like hanging meters,” she said on her show, claiming her earlobes drooped from wearing heavy earrings.
She DOESN’T KNOW ANYTHING
According to Adashev, Kelly’s narrower nose appears to be due to makeup.
“Her nose looks narrower, but that could be because of the contours,” she explains.
“I don’t know if Kelly necessarily had a nose job or not.”
Kelly also uses an LED mask, a lip mask and eye creams in her anti-aging routine.
She has natural signs of aging around her eyes.
Tara Adashev
“If Mark comes in and sees that on my face, he’ll walk out of the room. I do it maybe twice a week if I’m lucky,” she told Glamour of the mask.
She also claimed that TV makeup was bad for her skin.
“I’ve been wearing makeup that I see on TV for 33 years, and I can tell you with certainty that it is the most damaging thing there is for your skin,” she said.
“I look at my mother, who is 82 and has almost no wrinkles left,” Kelly adds.
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Fill it up
“Kelly Ripa looks great, and here’s another celebrity who has aged well,” Adashev added.
“She has natural signs of aging around the eyes.
“Kelly has had a history of carrying weight in her face, so people like Kelly could generally ask for a narrower jawline.
“They want more Botox and tip-top cheekbones, so that they get more shape.
“Kelly’s Hills and Valleys treatment and/or the fillers are not performed quarterly.
“She had them once or twice a year, and they required very little maintenance.
“There may also have been dental procedures on the lower face.”
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