Fashion tape, Photoshop and makeup artists who double as magicians make it hard to tell who in Hollywood has opted for breast augmentation and who hasn’t–and, as Pittsburgh plastic surgeon Leo R. McCafferty, MD reminds us, when the procedure is entrusted to a board certified plastic surgeon, it makes it even harder to tell. “The best celebrity breast augmentation and revision is one that’s undetectable,” he says.

Newport Beach, CA plastic surgeon Tim Sayed, MD agrees, adding, “some of the more aesthetically well-done and balanced breast augmentations are the ones where you ask, ‘did she get them done or is it a really good bra?'”

We tapped some of the top plastic surgeons in the country to comment on both rumored and on-the-record breast augmentations and revisions. Below, the cases they believe to be the most well-done–and a few of the worst.

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An FDA recall on Allergan’s Biocell textured implants may affect some cross-fit trainers and yoga instructors in Los Angeles, but only about five percent of breast implants sold in the U.S. are textured, as opposed to smooth.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a voluntary nationwide recall of certain types of textured breast implants on Wednesday due to their cancer risk.

The manufacturer Allergan recalled its Biocell textured breast implants from suppliers and doctors’ offices, in order to protect from breast implant-associated anaplastic large cell lymphoma (BIA-ALCL).

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