Sia’s plastic surgeon has opened up about her headline-grabbing facelift, which was revealed at the Daytime Beauty Awards last week.
“When Sia walked on stage, everyone got out of their seats and lost their minds,” Dr Ben Talei told Fox News Digital.
“It was like a whole other world for some reason … they just love her. Everybody loves her. And she came on stage and said publicly, ‘Ben did my facelift,’ and she started complimenting me, and she’s super, super happy with it.
While presenting Talei with the Outstanding Achievement in Medicine award, Sia said, “I’m a pop star who normally hides my face and doesn’t lie about s—. I had an amazing facelift from Dr Talei. He is incredible. And he does so much good work – and not just for the pop stars of the world.
“I love it when people talk about my work and they’re proud of it and you see how natural they look, so people don’t have to be afraid to do things because there’s no way you can tell they’ve had anything done. That’s impossible,” Talei said. “And for, I think, everybody else, it’s great because it sets an example, you don’t have to lie. There’s no shame in it. Nobody says anything negative about her.
“At first it seemed like she was just doing it for privacy,” he said. “And she doesn’t like being in the public eye. She loves singing, she loves people, but she just didn’t want to be in the public eye. And that’s an amazing thing. She would tell me … ‘When I drive around, it’s amazing. Nobody knows who I am. I can talk about my life and at the same time I could be a super famous pop star, but nobody knows me.
He continued: “I think in the recent past there may have been some image issues that added to it, where she was kind of shying away. But now she’s just everywhere. And, you know, this is the first time she’s really gone public and jumped on a stage and just shown her face to everybody. And I have tons of clients and friends who are just like ‘I didn’t even know what she looked like and she’s so pretty’. … And they all say the same [thing]: ‘It’s pretty awesome that you can be a worldwide superstar and nobody knows what you look like.
Sia told Rolling Stone in 2018 that she struggled with body image issues, especially when it came to being in the spotlight.
“I’ve been dieting like crazy for the last 10 years,” she told the magazine, “trying to fit the stereotype of the ‘hot pop star’. Someone said, ‘You don’t have to be a model. You’re actually an artist. … It literally doesn’t matter what you look like.'”
Talei said Sia wanted to be honest about her decision from their first meeting, when she came into his office last year with, as he put it, “a little bit of aging going on in her neck, kind of minor”, for which he recommended his AuraLyft procedure.
He continued: “I think in the recent past there may have been some image issues that added to it, where she was kind of shying away. But now she’s just everywhere. And, you know, this is the first time she’s really gone public and jumped on a stage and just shown her face to everybody. And I have tons of clients and friends who are just like ‘I didn’t even know what she looked like and she’s so pretty’. … And they all say the same [thing]: ‘It’s pretty awesome that you can be a worldwide superstar and nobody knows what you look like.
Sia told Rolling Stone in 2018 that she struggled with body image issues, especially when it came to being in the spotlight.
“I’ve been dieting like crazy for the last 10 years,” she told the magazine, “trying to fit the stereotype of the ‘hot pop star’. Someone said, ‘You don’t have to be a model. You’re actually an artist. … It literally doesn’t matter what you look like.'”
Talei said Sia wanted to be honest about her decision from their first meeting, when she came into his office last year with, as he put it, “a little bit of aging going on in her neck, kind of minor”, for which he recommended his AuraLyft procedure.
Talei finds Sia’s honesty refreshing because it gets ahead of gossip and speculation.
“The conversation temporarily shifts to the fact that, yes, Sia has had a facelift, but that in no way detracts from her enormous talent,” he said.
“If you’ve had something bad done and you’re hiding it, then everybody’s whispering, ‘Oh my God, did you see what Madonna did? Oh my God, did you see what so-and-so did? And it becomes something negative,” he continued. “But if you do something natural and you talk about it, the conversation moves on.”
On stage, Sia called Talei a “good friend” and said she “can’t say enough good things about him”.
During his acceptance speech, he expressed his gratitude for her, saying, “She really is, as you can see, a bright ray of sunshine and has made my nieces and nephews’ days. She invited them to her house for a big party and the whole family loves her. I’m super grateful.
Talei went on to recall their friendship and how enthusiastic she was to share her facelift results with friends.
“We’re at her house and she’s having this event for children at her house. And every time I walk by, she just grabs me and goes, ‘This is Ben, he did my face. … And she just shows everybody,” he said. “And she’s very proud of it. And she’s just such a loving, giving person. She wants to make me look good … so she’s always giving people things”.
