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This is 50-year-old Michelle Wood, the

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woman going viral for a $14,000 facelift

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that viewers say took 20 years off her

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face. I am down here to look more

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refreshed and feel more refreshed.

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>> I did not want to look 20. I just want

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to look like I slept for 30 years. She

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traveled to Mexico for the procedure and

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documented the whole thing on Tik Tok.

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>> I'm feeling very much like a brat doll.

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Millions watched as she shared videos of

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her surgery and her recovery, stunned by

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how dramatic the transformation was.

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>> Guys, granny's are on the table. We are

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so back.

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>> The surgery done by Dr. Marabel Bel

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Montes or draw facelift on Tik Tok

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wasn't just a facelift.

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>> A full face lift, forehead lift, upper

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bluff, lower bluff, and lip lift as well

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as a mini chin implant. All for $14,000

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plus an extra $1,000 on posttop care.

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For comparison, Chris Jenner's viral

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facelift earlier this year reportedly

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cost around $135,000

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done by celebrity surgeon Steven Lavine.

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Viewers say Michelle's results are just

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as dramatic, but for a fraction of the

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price. It's part of a bigger trend where

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high-end cosmetic procedures once

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reserved for the ultra wealthy are

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becoming way more accessible. In 2024

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alone, over$ 1.4 million people traveled

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to Mexico for medical procedures,

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generating eight billion dollars, almost

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half of that from cosmetic surgeries.

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>> The brochers are glossy, the websites,

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the clinics look professional. It's half

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the cost.

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>> But the industry isn't risk-free. Nearly

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100 authorized clinics have been shut

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down in the past 3 years, and experts

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warn about the dangers of choosing

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unqualified providers.

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>> I wanted it done right away. I think I

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rushed into it. So much regret. So much

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regret.

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>> As for Michelle, she says she has no

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regrets. She even joked about needing to

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turn off Face ID and carry a doctor's

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note because she no longer matches her

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passport photo.

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>> How much

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>> the dating market just

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>> she by about 30 years. Her viral story

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is part of a bigger shift in the way

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people think about aging with some Tik

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Tockers joking that soon no one will

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know how old anybody is.

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>> I've lost 130 lbs twice in my life and I

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think it's just done a number on my

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skin, particularly my neck.

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>> For Michelle, it wasn't just about

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looking younger. It was about feeling

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like herself