Did Marilyn Monroe Have Plastic Surgery? | Plastic Surgery Analysis

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Did Marilyn Monroe have a rhinoplasty? What about a brow lift or cheek implants? Doctor Gary Linkov explores what plastic surgery procedures Marilyn Monroe might have done.
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00:00 - Intro
00:25 - 1945 (Age 19): Young Marilyn Monroe
00:58 - 1946 (Age 20): Infrabrow fullness, supratarsal show, and smile lines
01:44 - 1947 (Age 21)
01:49 - 1948 (Age 22): Natural cheek volume
02:15 - 1949 (Age 23)
02:19 - 1950 (Age 24): New birthmark
02:39 - 1951 (Age 25): Jawline/chin implants
04:12 - 1952 (Age 26): Rhinoplasty
05:03 - 1953-1954 (Age 27-Age 28)
05:10 - 1955 (Age 29): Upper blepharoplasty/coronal browlift
06:08 - What are the best skincare products?
06:50 - 1956-1962 (Age 30-Age 36)
07:00 - Procedure summary and takeaways
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[@jackb1969]

Did she? YES. I'd be more interested in researching the history of surgery in that time period. How was her surgery so perfect when today's doctors often mess people up

[@BrownieMiyamoto]

Exactly, cus I didn’t think they had surgeries back then cus women looked so natural and gorgeous.

[@helixmoore7636]

She had 2 very minor procedures.

[@cboy-ou2hr]

Minor?! Kim k needs a minor procedure Marilyn is gorgeous

[@Ri57490]

​@@helixmoore7636 she got blepharoplasty, nose job and chin surgery. So more than 2 procedures. Also, those minor procedures changed her appearance drastically.

[@helixmoore7636]

@@Ri57490 Imho I wouldn't say drastically. Much of it was makeup. But you're correct

[@thesteveruss]

Would be interesting to know more about the history of plastic surgery. You should do a video about that ...

[@drgarylinkov]

We have one on that!

[@barbarazarrella2823]

Dr Gary has one on history of plastic surgery and it’s excellent! So interesting!

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

Should make one on Body Dysmorphic Disorder too. Lots of people getting plastic surgeries suffer from it.

[@Mr_Kenneth]

Relink it Dr G. Happy NY24 ​@@drgarylinkov

[@beautifulcorpse8202]

He does! It's awesome

[@ideaWorld403]

It was a relief to me as an adult realising ALL the female celebrities i considered naturally beautiful had clearly had some kind of plastic surgery. Growing up I felt plain, but as an adult i realise how much of the beauty we see is constructed- be it through surgeries, makeup, camera angles, lighting etc. The women actresses i find most beautiful and interesting ALL appear to have had a nose job- Marilyn, Audrey Hepburn, Carey Mulligan, Jessica Chastain, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway- all have clearly had work done when you see their younger days.

[@1953childstar]

This is true.. What I find disturbing is that young women "look up to" these people who were created by Doctors and use them as a role model. It does create a "self image" issue which is unrealistic. One example.. Marlo Thomas ( I do not dislike her or have any issues with her personally ). In the TV series "That Girl" she appears to be a cute perky young woman on her own in New York City. Marlo inherited her fathers Lebanese nose and needed two rhinoplasty procedures to diminish it, as well as a chin implant with cheek implants and capped teeth. Yes, she "looked cute" and wore expensive "Couture" clothing in the series. Many young girls at the time looked up to her as an example of what they wanted to aspire to , but it was all contrived and fake..

[@christar9527]

The men in the industry used to call her “Chinless whatever her name was “ when she was starting out. Cruel. She had surgery there and other places.

[@arlequinacontostavlos2100]

Angelina Jolie and Blake Lively also had nose jobs. As of Blake is quite obvious, her nose was big. I mean, I'm not saying she needed it, but it seems that we can't live with our natural noses. And as of Angelina, I was quite shocked 'cause I thought she was that perfect naturally. Truth is no one is.

[@SerenitySong6]

Did she? He did a video on Angelina Jolie and I don't remember him mentioning a nose job. Also, did Carrie Mulligan really get a nose job???

[@ideaWorld403]

@erhaboriE 100% Carey Mulligan got a nose job. Watch her in her film debut 'Pride and Predjudice' (the film staring Keira Knightley). She was adorable! But she has a completely different nose.

[@ninabooker2904]

I think Marilyn was certainly a beautiful woman, face and body. But I also think her personality shining through was undeniable, she had great charm and charisma. No surgeons knife or amount of makeup can give you that star power, she was a natural beauty. It’s sad that people took advantage of her personally and professionally. Today I think better therapy techniques could have done her much better than what was available to her back then. I especially wary of “method acting” . I think it can be harmful to a trauma damaged persons mental health. IMO Thank you Dr Gary I’m a big Marilyn fan and I’m a fan of your channel. ❤

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

She might well have had Body Dysmorphic Disorder. I know firsthand what it's like. Luckily meds worked 4 me. Haven't had any symptoms in nearly 2 decades.

[@donnaveitpolanski4154]

Yes, she had a truly special quality, one of a kind.

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

@@donnaveitpolanski4154 To me she always seemed kind of unnatural, artificial. Not my cup of tea.

[@coolbreeze5683]

I don't understand the allure and don't think she's attractive at all but everyone has their own preferences. It's more obnoxious when media/society tries to convince everyone that a particular celebrity or look is attractive.

[@MadamoftheCatHouse]

@@coolbreeze5683 They r just doing their job. That's what they get paid for.

[@billoftheuniverse3932]

I can't imagine being brave enough to get plastic surgery at that time....take the risk....and have it come out flawless as planned.

[@jbjjbb]

A lot of movie stars had subtle nose jobs then.

[@user-jv9fl4uw4l]

It wasn’t as uncommon as you think

[@almas3427]

She probably needed to do that so she doesn’t look too ethnic. It’s obvious she had African ancestry. She also straightened her curly hair.

[@nowirehangers2815]

@@almas3427lol absolutely not 😂😂😂

[@nowirehangers2815]

@@almas3427lol absolutely not 😂😂😂

[@jessethepersiankitty2377]

Marilyn had many makeup tips and tricks. Her photographer Milton Greene said she knew every trick in the book to look the way she did aka from Norma Jean to Marilyn Monroe. On record she had her teeth fixed, her chin fixed. She over drew her lips, and used alot of highlighters and contouring she used to do.

[@meanQueen1215]

I have wondered this for years…Her look from her Norma Jean to Marilyn Monroe days is such a contrast. Never knew a lot of these options were even available at that time

[@natlamar9386]

I think people also need to take into account that Marilyn really knew how to pose. She could have had a brow lift sure, and there is plenty of evidence to support that- BUT she also knew how to lift those brows up for a picture because she knew it looked good. Her modeling skills were unmatched during that time.

[@clivecarser7356]

Could you please give the evidence to support that .

[@cwb1400]

She really did know how to work a camera. She knew the right angles and exactly how to pose.

[@Ex_Ax]

It sounds more realistically then what the doctor said in the video.

[@cattan4696]

Her make up artist Whitey Snyder said she was a pretty girl, nothing out of the ordinary without makeup. And she knew it. Eve Arnold who photographed her several times, phrased it another way... "she worked hard for her beauty" . I think she had a couple tweaks, but primarily took the time and effort (poise, makeup, workouts, dance etc) to become the beautiful movie star we know

[@teresalehtonen8499]

Above all of those, she radiated beauty. That you can not buy or train.

[@cattan4696]

@@teresalehtonen8499 a certain something that no one else has has ever had

[@Kimmy_95]

Her makeup artist was bold to say something like that. At least for her fans to hear. She was CUTE but facially I never understood the obsession. She had great style & amazing STAR quality/presence so I can see why that translated in how ppl viewed her overall. The media representation she got also played a major role.

[@charlenejohnson309]

Seems I remember chin implant noted in autopsy report.

[@Neonrain08]

tbh its true there where far more beautiful actresses at that time imo ava gardner visually is the most naturally stunning of them all and doesn@t seem to have had any work done maybe other than teeth, but marilyn just had something special about her despite technically not being the most beautiful, princess diana also had this quality of not being THE MOST beautiful but somhow just being very captivating ther made her go from just being a pretty woman to a world beauty.

[@thehapagirl92]

I had no idea these procedures were available back then.

[@danc3693]

Nose jobs for aspiring actresses at that time were nearly as common as the sunrise.

[@KNYD]

Plastic surgery had its first boom after WWI. Many soldiers returned with severe injuries, so many techniques now in use originate from that time.

[@1953childstar]

@@KNYD So true.. By the 1920's Hollywood was in "full swing" with Doctors performing procedures. When Rudolph Valentino died, the studio was needing a "replacement" and turned to his brother. They gave him a rhinoplasty, otoplasty (ears ) and other facial reconstruction. The surgery worked, but he failed as an actor.

[@valentina47734]

Yes, look up Rita Hayworth. She had some interesting work done.

[@Reincarnation111]

I love how Dr. Gary micro-analyzes every aspect of the face. Aesthetics is a matter of every detail. MM was an enchantress and a totally fabulous package.

[@itscherylplayz8925]

It’s surprising they could do all of this back then. Makes me wonder how many golden era actors and actresses that are thought to be natural actually got plastic surgery.

[@oonaghmolyneux7760]

Watch the movie LA Confidential, it shows many young starlets were ‘cut to look like movie stars’. Veneers, nose jobs, hair colour changes, coached how to walk, talk, sing, dance and seduce the camera. It’s classic Hollywood!

[@itscherylplayz8925]

@@oonaghmolyneux7760 thank you so much

[@1953childstar]

@@oonaghmolyneux7760 Much surgery was done.. It was not known about or discussed.

[@SpringNotes]

@@oonaghmolyneux7760 Kpop used their playbook.

[@Dan-xx5jq]

​​​​​​@@oonaghmolyneux7760Wow! I was fooled into to believing that they were so special because they were born so perfect. Plastic surgery is so fantastic! If done right, it can make someone look so perfect! Are the Miss World and Miss Universe contestants required to disclose if they had plastic surgery? Because it is almost like rich nations would cheat by having their faces altered to look perfect. I bet a lot of the girls have had some plastic surgery but it is kept so confidential. I know there was a bit of controversy in India with the actress Priyanka Chopra. When she was 19 her mother took her to see a movie executive in Bollywood. It is believed that he arranged to alter her looks. One can clearly see that she had Rhinoplasty. She may have also altered her chin. She had a very large fat nose when young and the immediate change at age 20. She then entered the Miss World competition and won. But she has always claimed that she has never had any plastic surgery, when it looks so obvious. So I guess beauty contestants can lie too, that they never had plastic surgery, which to me is cheating.

[@nightsky6413]

I was really interested to learn what procedures were available in the 50s. Fascinating.

[@laurasutcliffe723]

I love this guy's voice. He's so calming. And I always learn something new :]

[@marlonvalentino]

I love this guy period! His aura ...not to mention his facial beauty....I get hypnotized :)

[@sharonruddle4559]

Excellent! Such a different approach for plastic surgery video, to talk about a celebrity who is no longer with us, and then compare to today. I really enjoyed this and learned from it too!

[@at136]

Not everything here is true, however. Marilyn had a small rhinoplasty around 1949(that’s when the differences start being noticeable) and a chin implant in 1950(which is documented). Nothing apart from these; no other rhinoplasty in 1952 or brow lift in 1955.

[@KrysLynne82]

I didn't even have to watch the video to answer yes, she did

[@drgarylinkov]

Watch it! Lol

[@Mtz2604]

Exc analysis as usual Dr Gary! Is great to see your analysis in classic beauty and the golden and silver times in Hollywood. Norma made an excellent job at shaping who Marylin was, every subtle detail was studied and perfectly executed. I love how she looks in her final years, still a bombshell but with a depht and nostalgia in her eyes. It's a shame that she went through such a painful experiences in her love life, she had a lot of goals that couldn't be fulfilled and may made her utterly happy. She loved to make others feel happy because she knew how depressed she was. RIP Norma.

[@failing_safely]

This was such an interesting video. I would love to see more analyses of celebrities of the past and their cosmetic surgeries. We talk about how natural people were back in the day but there has always been a pressure to look a certain way.

[@thaliahall4599]

I agree. For many years, people in the limelight were encouraged to have surgery. It's a shame Marilyn had several unnecessary surgeries at such a young age.

[@ashdav9980]

She was beautiful either way, although if I had to pick, she was actually most pretty before she had anything done. Truly a natural stunner.

[@FreeSpirit47]

00:31 Everyone who I have ever known who had a "widows peak" aka a heart shaped face, had significant Scottish ancestry which was proved when Marilyns biological father was revealed using DNA. According to people who knew her, Marilyn had a chin implant, had the ball shaved off the tip of her nose. Johnny Hyde also paid for Marilyns teeth to be made to look more attractive. Much of what seems to be different in different photos is most likely due to make up. Marilyn exercised regularly, she also started a very consistent skin care practice. Although she was fond of champagne, occasionally smoked cigarettes, loved her hot fudge sundaes, she also tended toward healthier food choices for every day meals. It was said of her that she would have warm milk with raw egg stirred into it for breakfast. She loved carrots, tomatoes & avocados which are all very good for the skin. Marilyn was said to use a hormone cream, rubbing it into her face, which it was speculated to have caused the light peach fuzz hair on her skin, which gave her face a very luminous quality.

[@lisajan580]

Marilyn Monroes teeth was natural

[@mimikins7748]

She also had buccal fat removal and her eyes done which apparently contributed to the sleep eye look. I’m amazed at the quality of surgery back then. Or maybe it’s because they didn’t go over the top like they do nowadays, Kylie Jenner being a prime example.

[@FreeSpirit47]

@@lisajan580 Actually, they were mostly natural. She had one front tooth that had turned grey due to a possible injury. That was corrected.

[@FreeSpirit47]

@@mimikins7748 Cosmetic surgery has been done since the 1700s. I have never seen anything about Marilyn having buccal fat removed. I'm not doubting, just, have never heard of it before. A friend of mine had a book that had belonged to Marilyn. He had a certificate of authenticity from a person who was in charge of Marilyns estate at the time. He left it to me in his will. Upon looking in the pages, Marilyn had written notes in the margins. There were also strands of her hair in the book. Marilyn had a habit of twirling her fingers in her tresses when she read. The strands of hair had the root attached. It was expensive, I had the DNA tested to see if it could have possibly been Marilyns hair or not. It was a match! I gathered the strands, as many as I could find, put them in a container to preserve them, then, put the container in a small 100% linen envelope I made, along with the certificate. I have it clearly marked & placed in a fireproof, waterproof safe. The safe has a label marked with what is in it.

[@hebneh]

Back in the 1980s I had a friend who got to know a man who'd acted with Marilyn in (I think) "Niagara". That man said her face was covered with a layer of light fuzz which added favorably to her appearance.

[@kevinhanley6462]

It's amazing what they could do in those days! My mum watches a lot of your videos on my subscription. Happy New Year! 🎉

[@ddhu5396]

Yes. It is commonly known she had chin implant and nose job. Npt rumors, in published biographies and well documented by the studios.

[@mostlyghostey]

What I learn most from these plastic surgery videos is that people don’t match the beauty trends of the time without having plastic surgery. So if no one truly matches it I don’t need to worry about it.

[@MahasTreasurebox]

The thing I noticed the most about all the changes, besides her nose, are her teeth. I don't think it was mentioned in this video, or did I miss that? 5:22 if you compare her teeth is clearly obvious that there was a huge change of her upper teeth and I heard she had her teeth done… Her teeth are almost perfect in her later years, but not in the earlier years at all.

[@juliarobinson5435]

I'm so pleased to see you cover my all time favourite Marilyn Monroe. She was so incredibly beautiful. And all the other professionals seems to have missed out one thing that I was sure about that you have mentioned. Her eye lids were enhanced Upper Blepharoplasty? It's obvious to me as she used to have smaller eyelids and then there was more space for her to put eye makeup on.

[@1953childstar]

Thank you.. I am glad "someone was observant" and noticed.. There are so many people who think that she was "human perfection" and had no work done...

[@Scorchy666]

She had some additional work done in 1962 after (allegedly) falling in the shower. This was noted among some of her paperwork found after her death. Her nose does appear slimmer than just a few months earlier.

[@at136]

She didn’t have any cosmetic work done after 1950. And especially not in 1962. There is nothing of that kind noted. Her nose in 1962 looks EXACTLY the same as it did in 1950.

[@elsaa1386]

@@at136did you live with her ? lol I just wonder how people can be sure of something just by read online !

[@at136]

@@elsaa1386 I don’t read online like the rest of you here and compared to you, I’m well informed when it comes to her.

[@CaseyAvalon]

Love your analysis, time & time again. Happy New Year 🥳🎉🎈

[@lindahandley5267]

She is eternally young and because of our age difference, I didn't see any of her movies until after her rhinoplasty. It was one of my favorite features of her face with the rounded tip. I've always thought if I could look like any woman, it would have been her or Vivien Leigh. What I loved about Marilyn too was the 'softness' in her features and personality.

[@neopeace7773]

Thank you Dr Gary for you analysis on Marilyn Monroe's facial reconstructs via cosmetic surgeries. I had always been aware of the subtle changes in her facial appearance from her beginning as a calender model. She was always beautiful. IMO in her earlier years she had a farm fresh natural beauty. Thx again.

[@at136]

Reconstruction? 😂 Her face looks the same, what really changed her was ageing and make up. Also, she didn’t have anything done to her eyes/brows and no rhinoplasty after 1949 as dr. Linkov wrongly suggests.

[@angelgood777]

Okay. Dr 136-Know-itall......whatever.

[@1953childstar]

@@angelgood777 This person is abnormally obsessed with Marilyn Monroe and that is a unique mental health issue. It is odd to have an obsession with the image of a person one never met and died years before their birth. The accuracy in regard to the history of any dead person is questionable unless one has actually known them and interacted with them..

[@thaliahall4599]

Yes, it is obvious but well done if you compare her photos thru the years. However, I think she was naturally more attractive before all of the cosmetic surgeries. They actually made her look more like the so called beauty standard of the time instead of the natural Norma Jean. For example, Marilyn looked similar to Jayne Mansfield who died in an auto accident in the 1960s.

[@at136]

@@1953childstar I am obsessed? 😂😂 Then how come hundreds of people have commented on this video? If I’m obsessed with something, it’s the truth. Others are obsessed with making things up.

[@megankelly998]

I think she was naturally pretty with flaws like any of us and she had an amazing figure. The Hollywood studios were very powerful and carefully crafted the images of their stars. There weren’t too many that didn’t alter their appearance

[@barbarabrindza723]

Thank you for being so kind in your comments about Marilyn. ❤

[@ivy1818u]

The birthmark is makeup, and the lips she overlined them.

[@clarissemariaguida]

I would love to see more about the golden era of Hollywood stars! Great video!!

[@funinthekitchen844]

During WW2 plastic surgeons were used for wounded soldiers, after that they specialised in plastic surgery and it became popular during the 50's - especially among celebrities like Elizabeth Taylor, Dean Martin, Rita Hayworth and Marilyn just to name a few, you can bet that most of "The old Hollywood" had plastic surgery done ☺️

[@1953childstar]

MGM especially, had an "assembly line" of procedures they put the actors through. Liz Taylor was a beautiful young woman, but the studio "tweaked" her nose before adulthood to refine it.

[@FaeryMary]

Dr Gary... personality always Wins💋

[@OA-10]

I have a question. I used Finasteride for 6 months and noticed that the hair loss became less. Then I switched to Dutasteride for 14 months, but when I comb my hair, a lot of it falls out. Is it possible that I respond more to Finasteride than to Dutasteride?

[@clivecarser7356]

The rhinoplasty and chin inplant are well established facts. The inplant was a small piece of natural sponge that had disintegrated over the years and had to be replaced in early 1962. The genius of Marilyn's long time make up man changed the shape of her eyebrows, highlighted and shaded her eyes ,used 5 shades of lipstick to make her mouth look fuller and emphasised a small natural mole with pencil to create a beauty spot.there has been in recent years alot of speculation about Marilyn having electrolysis on her hairline, but no one can give any proof or reference. Bleaching hair will make the face look wider and the hairline higher. The only star the i know of definitely having electrolysis is of course Rita Hayworth .earlier in her modelling career, Marilyn was taught to lower her top lip to disguise her high gum line and that gave her the quivering pout. Marilyn and another legend Marlene dietrich where both experts in posing, hair ,make-up and very importantly good lighting.

[@deathjab8070]

the chin implant is but the rhinoplasty has never been confirmed. A doctor claimed she refined the tip of her nose, but the released X-rays and notes show no proof of that

[@bydivadream]

Breast augmentation as well, but not specified as methods were experimented on and not exactly legal :)

[@clivecarser7356]

Any proof ?????

[@neildickson5394]

Her "folds" were the result of Marilyn smiling too high. She was instructed by her modeling agency to lower her smile. She did, and sometimes the result of this effort gave her that tremulous lip movement she became famous for. Her mole was real, colorless which she accentuated off and on, but it was a trademark. The only enhancement she ever had was very minor nose tip surgery. Her lip change was pure lipstick. Marilyn was a makeup expert.

[@rhodayackez9570]

Her nose tip surgery was not that minor. It completely changed her nose!

[@neildickson5394]

@@rhodayackez9570 IMO, it was very minor. She looked virtually exactly the same from the time she started modeling until she entered filmmaking. The only difference was of course the hair color, and lowering her smile at the direction of her modeling agency Blue Book

[@samiraislam7315]

The only person that genuinely inspires me to become a doctor

[@dianaselnekovicova948]

Merlin Monroe😂😂😂😂?

[@samiraislam7315]

@@dianaselnekovicova948 I mean Dr. Gary 😭😭😭

[@thelonelyghosts9004]

I thought someone had found either the receipts from her surgeons or notes from them about the procedures she had done. It seems like I remember them going up for auction years ago. Am I the only one who remembers this?

[@dianaselnekovicova948]

That’s disgusting who wants to pay for that . Can’t they leave her at peace

[@at136]

The only medical record is on her chin implant. Nothing on the nose(although changes are obvious but minor at the same time) and she also never had anything done to her brows/lids.

[@Krisp138]

Well it'd be a lot better proof

[@at136]

@@1953childstar The best one yet 😂😂😂 She never wore contact lenses.

[@1953childstar]

@@at136 The National Institute Of Health has the data involving Dr. Kevin Touhey regarding the case of "Corneal exhaustion " that occurred in regard to Marlyn Monroe. Next, you will be stating that she had 20-20 vision and was not nearsighted. I believe you have some delusional sexual fantasy about someone who died years before you were born.

[@user-bk3xu5yz8c]

She also had electrolysis done to the fine hairs on her forehead. I'm surprised you missed that dr. Gary.

[@clivecarser7356]

Some proof please.

[@user-bk3xu5yz8c]

@clivecarser7356 look at her forhead before she used to have some baby hairs along her hair line. Lorry Hill also did a video on it where she had proof of it as well. Otherwise, it's obvious and you can see it if you look for it. Hopefully, this helped you.

[@clivecarser7356]

Thank you for your reply, as I have stated before chemical straightening and bleach will alter the hairline. If you look at close up photos of Marilyn there are little blond hairs around the hairline right down to her jawline. The rhinoplasty and chin implant have been well documented in the many books I have read about Marilyn, but the electrolysis is something that has come up in recent years .but I have yet to find any definite proof . Do you have any information please?

[@clivecarser7356]

@user-bk3xu5yz8c just watched lorry Hill on your recommendation, again no proof 3.04 " alleged " . But thank you for that . Chemical straightening and bleach altered Marilyn's hairline.

[@lewienew]

In HD pics you can see she still had the baby hairs. They were just bleached white blonde so they became harder to see.

[@RedRonFJB]

If you look at the biography on Monroe called Goddess you can see a picture of her post mortem. It isn't the easiest thing to see but you'll be able to see what see looked like without any make up and a very relaxed expressions. I have read about the rhinoplasty and the chin implant , she also had to have her hair straightened as it was very thick and wiry but I didn't think she had any other procedures. In fact I doubt that she did.

[@Obatala_Vibez]

7:47 so sad because she was so much more than just her. She was a very intelligent, young woman rip 🕊️

[@angelopaoletti4768]

Thank you very much, I have been a fan of Marilyn since I was a teenager, I have collected everything relating to her, books, vinyl records, DVDs of all her films and I think all the gadgets relating to her, posters are called "memorabilia". , stickers, pins, mugs, beach towels... and much more. I am not a surgeon, but an accurate and critical observer without giving discounts to anyone, many untrue things have been written and said about her, apart from the color of her hair which has been lightened, I have read about electrolysis treatments to raise the hairline and the "sideburn" type hair typical of auburn brown. I read that in order not to show her gums she learned to lower her upper lip, and in fact every time she speaks this is noticeable, that they have implanted something in her chin... I don't believe it, we are faced with an era in which stage or studio photographs, thanks to super-professional lighting technicians, knew how to accentuate or hide, with the use of grazing lights and filters to soften. Certainly her make-up artist Allan Whitey Snyder who was revolutionary in using two tricks on her for the first time: blush to shape her nose, and false eyelashes in tufts, which he obtained by cutting them with scissors, so as to apply them only to external sides. He applied a thin layer of Vaseline to provide the skin with extra moisture and clarity. Allan Snyder used a dark foundation to slim his face and highlight the center. This allowed him to get to the secret concerning the lips. In fact, accentuating the center of the face just above the lips meant giving less attention to the lips themselves. Allan used various pink-toned makeup pencils to touch up the diva's nostrils. The purpose of this action was simple: to make them visually smaller, the make-up artist's last secret concerns the eyebrows. Whitey retouched them slightly with a black pencil, so as to make them take on a different triangular shape compared to the original. This is why I don't think he underwent a facelift... it was just make-up and the right lighting. On the lips skillfully modeled by a contouring, apply various layers of Revlon lipsticks (still on the market) illuminating the central part so that it appears more voluminous. Stop I think I have clearly made it clear that I appreciated your (I'm much older than you, the profile photo is from last summer...so I allow myself to use "you") video, unlike your other "colleagues" or the usual cheap influencers, who would write for a like ...who died of Covid! Thank you if you will read me, I appreciate your channel, which I follow constantly. Angelo from Italia...Ciao

[@kimward5746]

That was very interesting but I wish it was twice as long with more details !

[@julieannfaehealing]

Always love your videos ❤

[@debradoernbach5548]

Thank you for the analysis!

[@TheVerbalVolley]

She was a natural beauty. Subtle plastic surgery may have enhanced that beauty, but it was always there. That is why her legend will live on eternally.

[@knowvilleknows1075]

She looked very average before surgery tbh. I don’t understand why we can’t admit that

[@MicukoFelton]

@@knowvilleknows1075 she looked pretty much the same on the early days what are you talking about.

[@Kimmy_95]

​@@knowvilleknows1075I think the reason for this is due to her appeal/media representation which is POWERFUL in how it shapes the perception most ppl have of these celebs.

[@user-jv9fl4uw4l]

@@knowvilleknows1075look at the picture at 1:50 and tell me she’s not beautiful. You guys in the comments sound so weird and insecure trying to convince others she’s not pretty “oh well she wasn’t that pretty” “she was just average actually” we really don’t care. She looked gorgeous throughout her whole life. Y’all some haters for real

[@theminimalist2063]

@@user-jv9fl4uw4lWell, everyone is entitled to an opinion. It wouldn’t be normal if everyone found exactly the same people attractive!

[@jbjjbb]

Marilyn did have a chin implant, and the x-rays were sold at auction. I can't link it, but type in DailyMail article- Marilyn Monroe DID chin implant X-rays auction -

[@erniechipdouglas9779]

This man has some integrity I went to his online store and the proces are so reasonably priced I will be purchasing directly.many of the online ty terms charge a fortune for product well done sit

[@lindamattioli7943]

Doc can you do a video on skin care and products for women over 50 that really work. I am a member of your channel

[@rhodayackez9570]

I'm pretty sure they taught her how to smile differently as her smile became open mouthed. Plus they did work to her front teeth to make them more even.

[@gustafcederborg9744]

Gary lookin good Love the new look :)

[@Me-fo1kk]

There were photos somewhere when she first started modelling that show a particular nose or chin shadow that kind of skews her looks and then there's the x ray they took if her on the crypt that shows a crescent lump in her chin. Antony Sumers book Goddess tells of her using 5 lipsticks to get her pout we all know her for and there's a photo of her sans cosmetics.

[@UltimoDogLover]

I think your dates are off a bit. Needed to look at more pictures. The chin and nose work, including medical records that have been found, is said to have been done in 1950.

[@alexroyer6151]

Hey Dr. Gary, happy new year! I’ve been on fin for 12 years, rogaine for 3, just switched to oral min. First transplant 4 months ago. Efficacy is fading with Fin. What would be the best addition to fortify my stack - oral dut once a week, topical fin?

[@predatoryzzx]

Oral is always more effective

[@bernabeueagle1726]

Please make a video of Ana De Armas, her face is so beautiful, let's find out if it was always this perfect!

[@ABC-ed8cg]

There’s a video on her! She has chin implants.

[@ajaasra2]

Given that May December has been released recently, I would recommend doing Julianne Moore

[@patkern185]

I read that her friend, actress Shelly Winters, talked her into having her eye teeth (canines) removed (Shelly supposedly did first) to have a better smile. In comparing her early pics, her upper teeth alignment looks different than her latter pics, too, but I wonder if this is true.

[@at136]

No. Her teeth were natural and perfect.

[@dollhousegirl7153]

dr. linkov, your eyebrows look gorgeous!

[@kristinabarkovic4525]

I love and prefer when videos are under 15 mins length. Well done 🥰 Wanted to let you know

[@equalityforall5620]

I'm so glad to hear this guy talk about how important is sleep pattern, diet, exercise. Good makeup helps too. That's what's worked for me. I'm 75 and people usually think I'm much younger, and they voluntarily say that I look great.

[@Ephemeral2023]

Marilyn's looks may look timeless because she wasn't alive very long. She liked to do her own makeup and took hours getting it perfect. When she worked at her first modeling agency, she was told to practice her smile so that the distance between her upper lip and nose was higher.

[@juliettejouanen]

You forgot to mention that she had electrolysis done to her hairline! From the photos in the video it looks like she got it done at age 22

[@fone9665]

I'm 54 in a few days The term 'chinless wonder' just means that you are dopey/daft/relying on one good thing For example, 'Oh, that's Briggs, he's in banking, but, basically a chinless wonder' 💋

[@hiking1388]

Happy birthday! :)

[@gidgitvonlarue9972]

I went through all my photos since a young girl to now - has my face changed - yes of course! No plastic surgery or botox or fillers - just weight changes really! I don't count 'hair dye' as anything 'surgical'.

[@LPno.9]

This is why people end up voting for Trump. They think that looking at only pictures of themselves is the same as a plastic surgeon with years of training and experience, and who analyzes hundreds of faces. They don't like what he said about their fave, so they no better than he does and they insult him. They don't understand anything, they just believe whatever makes them feel good.

[@neathsuon3895]

Of course our face change through puberty. But in her case, doc started analyzing her face when she 19. I’m 23 now and I don’t think I change at all from when I was 19. Maybe different style, hair and makeup to look different but my facial features stay the same.

[@chrispy3021]

I'm also the same as you, my face has changed a lot through the years, and yet a lot of people like us never had any plastic surgery. But in the Hollywood/entertainment/music industry, it is extremely common for people in the public eye (influencers) and celebrities (especially WOMEN) to get plastic surgeries for insecure/ superficial/shallow reasons, so it's not uncommon at all. But Marilyn Monroe clearly had some minor surgeries and changes done to her face, not just makeup...

[@dennisguilder1]

Do Elvis Presley next. Look him up in 1955 before fame. Nose job, skin, eyelid surgery, changed his eyebrows, wore makeup, dyed hair eye brows and eyelashes black. Got some dermabrasion procedures and another revision rhinoplasty later. Even his cousin SAID SO

[@gb5663]

The work she had done was very subtle. I didn't even understand why she got a chin implant, her chin looked really nice naturally

[@ruth4489]

Supposedly Marilyn also had sponges put into her breasts to make them bigger. Makes you wonder?? I knew about the other procedures and she did do electrolysis to clean up the hair line, so did Rita Hayworth because she looked too Mexican. Whitey, Marilyns makeup artist always over lined her lips and used 3 to 5 different shades of red to make her lips look bigger. Also, her skincare was custom made by Laszlo, i may not be spelling that right. Erno Laszlo

[@clivecarser7356]

Could you please give me a reference of Marilyn having electrolysis on her hairline.

[@softshallow7435]

That’s what i’ve been saying in comments in other videos of her, she had browlift and rhinoplasty, obviously the records show a chin augmentation.

[@at136]

No brow lift or blepharoplasty.

[@softshallow7435]

@@at136Have you even watched the same video? And you think you know more than this surgeon? Get a grip.

[@at136]

@@softshallow7435 YES 😂😂😅 He just expressed an opinion based on some photos. That does not mean it’s accurate. So she never had any brow lift or any other procedure after 1950.

[@softshallow7435]

@@at136 Were you there? Obviously not. Also he is in the best position than anyone to kniw if something has been done. To me also it’s obvious? That’s why he does what he does and you …? I’ve seen pics of her before and after afew decades ago and always thought she had it done. This coming from him cements it for me.

[@at136]

@@softshallow7435 Neither were you but the difference between us is that I know infinitely more about her than you do. So yes, my statement is pretty accurate.

[@stuartwaterman-fc9pt]

Dr. Gary, do you have any insight into Marilyn Monroe's famously "sleepy" eyes? I love her eye shape, but in some pictures it almost looks as if the upper eyelids are ptotic: Is ptosis what you think was going on, or was it something else?

[@birdlover7776]

Her makeup artist achieved that with makeup and added eyelashes to create that sleepy look

[@at136]

She learned how to pose and she didn’t have any blepharoplasty or brow lift.

[@stuartwaterman-fc9pt]

@@at136 I agree that the way she intentionally positioned her head in many photos is probably at least part of the explanation

[@at136]

@@stuartwaterman-fc9pt Also, in many cases, lids deepen with age.

[@rhodayackez9570]

She just didn't open them fully. It's pretty simple to do. She learned how to pose her face and her entire body. There are videos of this on you tube. She learned how to be sexy.

[@user-futuressobright]

She was never truly loved for who she was. She was abused and tossed away, by many. She changed her appearance and became a sexual object for men. She felt she had to , to be loved. There was always a sadness in her eyes. It’s sad how a woman so beautiful inside and out couldn’t be loved or heard! I don’t think she took her own life. She was much stronger than that! Life made her that way ! ❤️💕

[@helennurdanbaldik9147]

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[@at136]

Marilyn was not abused as an adult and was not a sexual object for anyone. Common misconceptions that take away from her true achievements.

[@nowirehangers2815]

You’ve minimised her to her trauma . How disempowering.

[@chrispy3021]

​@at136 She was clearly USED, or she herself decided to use her image to be viewed as an "object", as a s3x symbol. Which is why she is mostly known only for her body, her face, beauty/glamour/s3x appeal, etc. All of this is done mostly just to appeal to MEN, to please men... Just like pretty much all the other "pretty" women and female actresses with "beautiful faces" in Hollywood back at that time.

[@renatewest6366]

I have seen 2 documentaries and.they concluded she was murdered.

[@DesertBluebells]

YES. I've seen pics of her before her fame. ANd look how happy NOT she turned out. Sometimes a person should leave well enough alone.I know some people need it; many need nothing.

[@brittneymills8980]

I also read somewhere or saw it on a documentary about her final unfinished film showing a scar on her abdomen from where she also had what looked to be a tummy tuck done. So, that’s one you may have missed and might want to look into.

[@Jacks_here]

She had a visible scar from gallbladder surgery which you can clearly see in the famous photos she did with Bert Stern not too long before she passed away. These photos became famous because MM crossed all the negatives with a marker pen that she didn’t like but Bert did not destroy them and they were published anyway. I doubt MM had any actual plastic surgery on her actual torso. She exercised and her weight changed with pregnancies and her mood must have played a part on how much she ate also.

[@venom7774]

Yep gall bladder. The surgery left her 20lbs or so lighter

[@AndreaAthos]

She was so stunning! Can you do Sienna Miller too? :)

[@valentina47734]

Could you make a video about Rita Hayworth, please? That was some stunning transformation to erase her ethnicity.

[@Bjorn9284]

wow! thanks 4 this!

[@TheVerbalVolley]

Dr. Linkov hit it right on the head when he said that her procedures were minor, & actually complimented her on not overdoing it. That should say it all. The contours of her face were perfectly aligned. The most beautiful people are the ones whose face is divided into thirds & that it is all symmetrical. MM was perfect when the analysis was broken down in that manner. Regardless, she is an icon, who's legend will never die. Very few Hollywood stars are just as famous, if not more famous, 60 years after their passing.

[@NadiaHassan-km7gg]

In the Before photo she looks a bit like late Egyptian actress Maryam Fakhr Aldeen, in her younger images, in the After photo she looks like late Egyptian actress Hind Rostom, who was famous to be her Egyptian look alike at that time, and who never had plastic surgery.

[@hebneh]

Marilyn became an expert in posing for photos and I’m sure that this self-taught expertise affected how she looked in pictures through the years. Increasing experience with makeup made a difference as well.

[@citlaligamboa]

Felicidades q buena investigación y trabajo Dr

[@justleelee6852]

Have you done Tori Spelling?? I saw a recent picture and definitely looks like she could have had a face-lift and her jaw looked oddly lumpy

[@lilyo5248]

Can you do Nicholas cage? Or Ichihashi who changed his whole face while on the run??

[@pheart2381]

At least some of this is probably down to her highly skilled makeup artist. Lisa Eldridge has done an interesting video on marylin's make-up and artist.

[@LornaLens]

She had a little scar under her chin from work. Electrolysis to her hairline no brow lift. She used tapes like Marlene Deritch. Autopsy states, the nose and chin and that's it. She was so beautiful.

[@clivecarser7356]

Where did you get the information about the electrolysis? I would like to look it up

[@suziezurfreiheit6825]

Dr. Linkov: What is the difference between a coronal and a brow lift surgeons would perform these days? Thank you.

[@DaveTexas]

I think she did more to enhance her beauty with makeup than she did with plastic surgery. She had the best makeup artists money could buy. They could contour, shade, enhance, and fill all parts of her face simply by applying makeup. In person, these makeup effects might not have been as convincing, but they looked fantastic on film. Let’s also remember that photographic retouching was very big in that era. I was a film photographer for many years, and before the age of digital photography, we did retouching by painting directly on the film negatives and then painting or airbrushing on the prints. You could easily alter the shape of the face, lines in the face, and other contours this way. Using the glamorous portraits to look for evidence of plastic surgery is less convincing than using more unglamorous candid photos, which are far less likely to have been retouched.

[@chrispy3021]

Yeah, I think it's also because back then, plastic/cosmetic surgery wasn't as advanced, popular and trendy as it is today. (the Kardashians, models, influencers on social media, and all that stuff) Although people back then were already OBSESSED with BEAUTY obviously, especially when it comes to WOMEN in Hollywood.

[@jw77019]

I believe it was Dorothy Kilgallen who was called “the chinless wonder” by Frank Sinatra. In watching “What’s My Line” re-runs, it is obvious that Dorothy had some kind of extremely invasive “cosmetic” procedure done in the early 1960s. It would be most interesting for you to do an analysis of Dorothy’s changes. The procedures available to her at that time would have been extremely limited, yet something shockingly severe was done. There are hundreds of What’s My Line episodes available on KZbin which run from 1951 through 1967. Dorothy died under somewhat questionable circumstances in late 1965, I believe (the date can be easily confirmed). Anyway she probably took one of the older barbiturate sleeping pills after having a few drinks and it killed her. There are many conspiracy theorists who believe she was absolutely murdered because she was about to solve the Kennedy asssisination. Of course we now know what happened to President Kennedy, a lone, highly disturbed assassin. I don’t think she had any significant new information, and therefore no motive for her murder.

[@JoshieEntertainment]

Her chin implant was described as sponge

[@ivettesantana4319]

What got me was that already in her first picture she already had crow feet and a heavely lided eyes. Is like the skincare was not as advance back then and ppl looked old. I wish you did a video on the history of plastic surgery because I did not know those surgeries existed back then.

[@Ash-nh6li]

Big lids arent neccesairily a sign of aging, and everyone has crows feet when they smile

[@1953childstar]

She was obsessive about her skincare ( She used Dr. Erno Laszlo's preparations )…

[@lewienew]

Everyone has crows feet when they smile with their eyes, even children.

[@MsRedd_86]

What ppl fail to remember is silicone injections were kind of a new thing, but doctors used silicone as a filler back then. They may have had implants and stuff. But like today, silicone would’ve been a lot cheaper with less downtime. Which would work for the Hollywood studios. I think a lot of stars back then had silicone injections

[@PT-tw6kg]

Yes, nose, teeth, and Lazar for her hairline and chin. It was written in a magazine in 1968.

[@Babesinthewood97]

I would have so wanted to see Marilyn grow old and make some real friends. However if her fans were mainly men, I think she’s right about her fans leaving when her looks goes. It’s true. Everyone who’s been overweight knows that people treat you differently depending on your weight. Same goes for aging. Oddly, now at 40+ I find that people have become more polite to me. Not so many people harass me and shout abuse at me as they would when I was younger and prettier. Maybe your fans will just be different. I can imagine Marilyn being friends with more educated people. Gentlemen and gentlewomen.

[@lewienew]

Marilyn was friends with educated people. One of her best friends was a poet.

[@gabriellamariani532]

The bleached hair gave her..that glow....❤ love Marilyn

[@ken.3602]

And all the plastic surgery and makeup 😂

[@softshallow7435]

i’ve been waiting for Marilyn Monroe to be analysed by you. There have been certified evidence of certain things had been done, but i reckon more has been done. I’m going watch video to see if you think the same.

[@najijolie]

thanks alot❤

[@ralf4k]

Hey Dr. Gary could you do a video on Bad Bunny? I think he has had several surgeries

[@Poochipup]

She was super gorgeous even before any changes were made.

[@biljanabojovic4485]

Nose and chin are different and around eyes area

[@realitycheck1086]

One of these days, take a look at the South Korean Lee Hyo Ri kpop singer. She has a show where she's on without makeup - and, of course, most of her kpop clips are with her with makeup on. The difference between the two is startling to say the least. Makeup can literally transform your face to something else entirely - create an illusion of big eyes, big lips, chin, etc.