A FrontBurnervian in the know tells us that Michael Jackson’s nose had a Dallas connection:
Michael Jackson had at least two rhinoplasty surgeries in Dallas. I know this because my mother worked for an anesthesiologist at Presby. The first was in 1982, and a revision procedure followed in 1983 at the height of the success from Thriller. The surgeon refused to do additional procedures citing that Jackson had unrealistic expectations of outcomes. (Common in people with repeated cosmetic procedures, often called “dysmorphic syndrome.”) Ethical plastic surgeons require full psychological evaluation before radical procedures, and do not attempt to change features associated with someone’s race or heritage.
My mom’s employer refused to do the anesthesia because 1) Jackson was painfully thin (anorexic, and therefore at risk for cardiac arrest), 2) he believed he was “altered” (on drugs, and use of amphetamines, even by prescription can prevent healing of surgical wounds), and 3) he felt that Jackson was not going to be happy with any result. The doctor my mother worked for was Dominican, and he was disgusted by Jackson’s desire to “look Caucasian.”
The procedures were not done at Presby, but rather at a private surgical suite on LBJ Fwy. Jackson had an entire entourage in Dallas for a week each time.
