Simon’s the sad face of Botox..
Years of fillers have made TV star ‘look like he’s miserable’
COSMETIC surgery experts claim Simon Cowell has been left with a “sad appearance” after years of Botox, jawline fillers and facelifts.
Dr Alex Karidis said Cowell, 61, first started to look older around 1994 when he was his mid-thirties.
He explained: “Around the jawline you see folding and creasing occurring. That’s the natural ageing process.”
And examining a photo of the music mogul from 2006, Dr Sarah Tonks added: “At 46 there’s not a line on his forehead. Not one line. So he’s either had a very stress-free life or there’s some Botox in there. He has definitely not had a stress-free life.
“Maybe he’s had filler in the jawline, maybe he’s had his face lifted at this point. After keeping up the Botox jabs, by 2012 his eyebrows have started drooping.” Suggesting Cowell may have worsened his appearance, she added: “He’s got some volume loss in his forehead on both sides which is not helping his brow position because the bigger your volume loss in your forehead, the lower your brows.”
The doctors make their comments in a TV show examining how celebrities may have tried to keep themselves looking young.
Dr Karidis added of a photo from 2016: “I suspect he’s had filler to try to lift any kind of natural sagging that’s SMOOTH occurring in the cheeks. You can overdo things and it can make your face look unnatural.”
Dr Tonks said: “Before, he’d had the Botox in the forehead and not around the eyes. Now it looks like an attempt has been made to soften the wrinkles and lines around his eyes.
“The two things together here have given this really sad appearance.”
Dad-of-one Cowell will not be on UK TV this year. Britain’s Got Talent was cancelled for safety reasons but is due back next year.
The X Factor last aired in 2019. Cowell is trying to persuade bosses to bring it back after an overhaul.
Others to feature in the Channel 5 two-parter include Madonna, who remains unwrinkled at 60 despite saying she’s not keen on cosmetic procedures.
■ Celebrities: What’s Happened to Your Face?, Thursday, 10pm, C5.