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Reid Ewing – who plays Haley’s boyfriend Dylan, on the award-winning show – has revealed he suffers from body dysmorphia that led him to undergo repeated cosmetic procedures in the pursuit of obtaining ‘the perfect face’.
In a recent interview, the star says he became obsessed with plastic surgery in 2008 when he was 19 and trying to make a name for himself in Hollywood. “I genuinely believed if I had one procedure I would suddenly look like Brad Pitt,” he says. But, of course, it wasn’t that easy.
“I told the doctor why I felt my face needed cosmetic surgery and told him I was an actor. He agreed that for my career it would be necessary to get cosmetic surgery. He quickly determined that large cheek implants would address the issues I had with my face, and a few weeks later I was on the operating table.
“I woke up screaming my head off from pain, with tears streaming down my face. The doctor kept telling me to calm down, but I couldn’t. I couldn’t do anything but scream, while he and his staff tried seemingly to hold back their laughter.”
Reid admits he now regrets all the surgeries he underwent and would go back and undo them if he could.
He says, “I think people often choose cosmetic surgery in order to be accepted, but it usually leaves them feeling even more like an outsider. Before seeking to change your face, you should question whether it is your mind that needs fixing. Now I can see that I was fine to begin with and didn’t need the surgeries after all.”