Why The Aristos Pay More Now!
Forget what you see on Instagram! Ignore the images projected on the screen! Everyone is altered. As Photoshop is to magazine photography, so has a compelling blend of plastic surgery, muscle-sculpting, implants, hair restoration, dental work and other dermatological tweaking been to celebrity images.
In years gone by, the high society always cautiously guarded its vanity magic tricks. Plastic surgery, Botox and diet pills were the high society’s pretty little secrets. Even in showbiz and entertainment industry, the latest glamour obsession, otherwise labelled as “beauty work” has stayed underground for more than a decade before they are now accepted as the norm.
The craze for boob jobs, butts enlargement, tummy tuck and other vanity magic is understandable: in a world of high-definition everything, the pressure is on for everyone to always look their best. This has given rise to celebrity drive for perfection, and the trend is now trickling down to every Tom, Dick and Harry who feels left behind and challenged by the images they see on Instagram no matter how fake they are found to be.
The line-up of Nigerian celebrities who have their butts enlarged and boobs enhanced is increasingly swelling by the day. The likes of Tonto Dike, Ruky Sanda, Oge Okoye, Ini Edo, Akunna Nwala-Akano of Kukushair, Onyii Alexx, Dabota Lawson, Denike Balogun, Ehizogie Ogbebor, Recently added to this bourgeoning list has been the Lagos society showgirl, Toke Makinwa. Give it to Toke: she makes no makes no pretence about her obsession with looking perfect, which has made many wonder how she has been able to juggle her much vaunted spirituality with her in-your-face type of vanity.
Done with completely altering her complexion from dark to almost white, Toke seems to have graduated to butt enhancement as her images lately have shown. The on-air-personality and author has been basking in the euphoria of her newest addition, as she now makes her derriere a point of attention in her latest social media uploads.
Reports also revealed Annie Macaulay-Idibia has also joined the beauty work gangs. Unconfirmed sources said that she has enhanced her mammary glands and her derriere slightly enlarged to keep the wandering eyes off her husband, Innocent ‘Tubaba’ Idibia, away from the ‘Amakas’ of these world, as he musically confessed to having a thing for women. Iyabo Ojo was reported to have been saved by whiskers in a foreign land when she was reportedly travelled to enhance her figure early this year. The list is endless, as ‘body work’ has become the in-thing among celebrities with penchant for vanity and those who have issues with insecurity and self-esteem.
Celebrities for whom travelling abroad is luxury, they find ready help in the practice of locally based beauty and aesthetics experts. To this end, Freda, a socialite and certified laser specialist has created a niche for herself as the CEO of the popular beauty spa, Oasis Medspa, which is located in the heart of Ikoyi, Lagos.
The spa is a corrective skincare clinic that uses FDA approved equipment to bring advance treatment by experts mostly from UK and America trained doctor/aestheticians. Oasis Medspa has overtime become a popular spot for celebrities, rich and stylish men and women. Modupe Ozolua used to be the leading light of body enhancement in Nigeria.
