Now from big talk about loose lips to loose talk about big lips
Actress Lisa Rinna is pretty well known. Some credit belongs to her costars - those outsized lips that have become her trade mark. Lisa had them packed full of silicone back in 1986, a good 10 years before chicks started routinely getting their smackers blown up with collagen. The surgery served her well for years as she became more and more famous; and her lips became her trade mark.Me and my big mouth
Lisa was to find out that there can be too much of a good thing. In the case of her lips it was nearly impossible for her to deny having surgery, since human lips generally only get that big if your a carrier of the Voight - Bertrand gene. Her lips were now so big that they virtually spoke for themselves without saying a word! So she had to live down everyone knowing about her big fake lips. Also since they were packed with silicone, certain medical concerns came up over time.
plastic angels
The major difference between silicone and collagen is that silicone is permanent, whereas collagen is temporary, and eventually gets reabsorbed by the body. So with collagen you have to make repeated trips to the doctor to get your lips topped up or they start deflating like party balloons or inflatable couch cushions. If you want to avoid those down in the mouth periods then you can go for silicone. Trouble with silicone is that it can react with the body over time, just like those breast implant horror stories everyone's heard about for 15 years now.
saving face & down in the mouth - there's no people like show people
Medical issues are exactly what Rinna faced during her "Harry Loves Lisa" reality TV series.Since Lisa's lips had been a topic of conversation for some time it might be a smart idea to confront the subject in her show. She'd been coy about answering lip related questions before, so maybe now would be a good time to focus some of that curiosity into her new show. Lisa did a quick fess up on some of the more popular morning chat type shows, and then booked a doctor's appointment. It was a near perfect scheme since it gave Lisa a semblance of creditability by admitting to something that everyone already knows, it attracts some attention to her show, plus she gets that lip problem fixed. It would have been a no lose scenario except for the undoing of so many near perfect schemes - the unforeseen.
watch your mouth
When Lisa visited her doctor for the delipping consultation she ran into the unforeseen. The doctor told her that her lips were in worse shape than she thought. For one thing the silicone had hardened, just like in breast implants. So getting all of the stuff out could be problematic. Since the show must go on, Lisa went ahead with the lip reduction and hoped for an uneventful recovery. Her recuperation period has not only been eventful, it's born out some of her doctor's concerns.
tissue issues
For one thing her lip reduction wasn't straight forward. 20 years of carrying that around in her mouth left her with some tissue damage. Now her lips aren't healing as fast as she expected. In fact her surgeon has told her that it could take as much as 6 months to recover. He told her more to, like be careful when you smile cause your lips might burst. So the upshot is that after 25 years in the business Lisa's lips are getting a well earned vacation, pending possible retirement!
if the wind changes you'll stay that way
Now lip might sound a bit far fetched but lip explosions really can happen. Stephanie Seymour's lips are rumoured to have burst during a transatlantic flight. Her mouth was packed with enough gel to get her on a no fly list under today's restrictions. When the jet hit high altitude and the cabin pressure dropped the pressure got too much and one of her lips ruptured.
Lisa lips - the scariest thing in her life!
So Lisa is taking no chances. She says that she's taking it easy on her lips until she gets the green light from her doctor. Until then there's no smiling, no laughing, and she's avoiding talking as much as possible. Just to be on the safe side. In fact both Lisa and her husband Harry Hamlin are quit concerned about it. Says Lisa "This is turning into the scariest hing in my life. I just hope it doesn't look deformed." A friend goes on to comment that concerns over her lips are driving her crazy. So that's proof for all of you who think that celebs are vain, insensitive, and shallow folk with egos instead of human feelings. It may have taken awhile but Lisa's lips are having the same effect on her now that they have on many others for years!
One thing remains the same; whether she's getting them pumped up or deflated, her lips continue to be a big deal. In fact they're still one of Lisa's most talked about characteristics! You could say that Lisa's relationship with her lips is a little like the case of the tail wagging the dog except it might be even more like those old horror films about the ventriloquist who gets taken over by his dummy! Now - like Pamela Anderson and her breast - it's tough to tell who's really running the show and who's just along for the ride. Congratulations to Rinna for finally putting her mouth in it's place before it ate her career & life. Hope everything works out for an otherwise good natured lady! Besides, maybe Bill Clinton will finally stop stalking her now.
best face forward - just don't get off on the wrong foot
You can't blame Lisa. Woman are judged more on appearance than on performance. The result is that even very accomplished women can fall into the insecurity trap of image tweaking. By taking matters into her own hands perhaps Rinna can send out the right message. Just in time too, before Contessa Brewer's new lips became permanent!
Contessa Brewer looks swell, and maybe swollen!
PS. Lisa, if you're reading vitamin E oil - like you get by breaking the capsules, greatly speeds the healing process. As usual check with your physician before trying. As for Contessa, try putting an ice pack on that till the swelling goes down!
