One of my least favorite things in the world is when doctors chime in via the tabloids about what’s happening with a random celebrity that they’re not treating. This goes for psychiatrists, medical doctors, plastic surgeons, whoever. It’s cheap and I’m pretty sure most doctors could (and should) loose their license. But that’s not stopping them!
This latest case of a doctor getting all up on a celebrity’s grill is about Mariah Carey’s recent weight gain. We’ve been through Mariah’s weight drama before – she gains and looses weight more than Elizabeth Taylor in her hey-day. But this doctor, Dr. Harry Haramis (seriously), who does not treat Mariah, is pretty sure Mariah had liposuction on her abdomen. His proof? Mariah seems to have gained weight in her thighs and arms, but not her stomach:
While soaking up the sun in Cannes, France, in mid-May, Mariah Carey, 40, revealed a fuller figure. However, her arms and hips appeared to carry the brunt of the weight gain while her abs remained relatively flat.
Mariah hasn’t kept her battle of the bulge a secret. “I’m really bad with the weight thing. I go up and down quickly,” she has said.
Although the star denies having surgery to lose weight, an insider believes that about six years ago, Mariah “may have had lipo done to her midsection.”
Whie her rep denies that she’s had the procedure, Dr. Harry Haramis, medical director of Sleek MedSpa in New York, says it could explain why someone would appear larger in some places, but not others.
“If a person gains considerable weight after liposuction, the treated areas will not change appreciably,” says Dr. Haramis. “The fat would go to remaining fat cells, with untreated areas getting the majority.”
[From In Touch, print edition, June 1 2009]
I have a theory about this, actually. In most paparazzi pictures of Mariah, you can totally see that she knows the camera is there. I think she sees the camera and sucks in her gut, like any respectable woman would do. The problem is that in nearly all of Mariah’s “candid” photos, we’ve now gotten used to seeing Mariah compulsively sucking in her gut. It’s warped us. I’d bet her abdomen has just as much proportional weight gain as her arms and thighs, but she looks disproportional because she has that small, petty gut-check vanity of most women. So, did she have surgery… or is she just sucking it in all of the time?
Note by Celebitchy: Last year some bikini candids of Mariah came out and her stomach was rippled in a way that would suggest she had lipo, so I would say it’s a definite possibility.
Mariah Carey is shown out in Cannes on 5/15, 5/16, and 5/17/09. Credit: WENN.com and Fame Pictures
Perhaps she’s wearing control knickers? I actually thinks she looks fab with the bit of extra weight, it suits her. Still wish she’d get those ridiculously bad fake boobs taken out though.
*ssscccckkkhhhllllllloooooooock!*
I hear the sounds of lipo
Yup, the stomach is fine. It’s the gigantic fake boobs that detract from her looks so much. She needs to go down a couple of cup sizes; then she’ll look attractive.
I think its possible she had stomach lipo because when she goes up and down in her weight she can still wear that bikini because her stomach is flat….(although her ass is huge).
But in general I feel that people need to stop nagging her to be thin, I think she’s earned the right to go through the rest of her diva career as a size 12 instead of a forced 6-8.
shes definitely had lipo. she has one of those unnaturally flat stomachs with the faint lines where you can tell stuff has been taken out. kim kardashian has the same thing going on-her stomach is completely flat (see recent bikini pics of her with a football) and the flatness is totally out of proportion to the rest of the body fat she has everywhere else. it looks awfully weird when women have lipo and proceed to gain weight (or try to stay the same weight with padding everywhere else in kims case).
She’s probably had lipo in the past, but maybe she’s just wearing Spanx now.
Obviously there’s irony in speculating on Mimi when this article is critical of this “Dr” Haramis… but FWIW, I think it’s possible she hasn’t had lipo. I think the ripples in the bikini photo could just be due to cellulite, and I hate to admit, but it’s because it looks familiar to me 🙁
The waist can be one of the easier parts of the body to tone, both by genetics (I have much less fat at the waist than hips) and exercise. When I’m in the mood to do lots of crunches, I see results faster in that part of my bod. Then again, I’m not opposed to Spanx, either!
I don’t know if it’s a matter of ‘sucking it in’ ’cause like… no one can suck it in THAT flat… lol it’s got to be almost flat to begin with.
Mariah is a hot mess who’s only gonna get more sloppy looking with age. She hasn’t learned that sex bombs don’t age gracefully or even look good trying to compete with younger girls. It’s probably too late, but she should “try” and be herself and start by losing them big ol’ titties.
I just saw an infomercial that had this thing women wear and it literally squeezes all your fat in and pushes your boobs out .. I think she’s wearing one!!!
It just looks to me like she got new implants – much larger than the last ones. And it’s not a good look for someone who’s 40.
If she’s happy with herself then more power to her. As Kaiser said, she’s earned the right to carry more weight than one of these disposable starlets we see so much of. The woman has a set of pipes that cannot be denied, and (although I am a long-time tomboy) I actually kind of adore her Butterflies, Hello Kitty, unicorns and rainbows style…it just suits her. As do the inappropriately small dresses…girl’s living in a fantasy world.
spanx!
When her hair is not pumped out large, her head looks weirdly too small for her body.
She always has her chest inflated to the max and stomach sucked in, and her midsection screams liposuction treatments, and it’s probable she’s also wearing a corset in some of the photos or one of those suck-in suits that make you look fatly topheavy. I know this because I have one of those body girdles and they do that to my boobs too.
Course, could be she just has a really tiny head. lol
she’s hot and voluptuous and still looks better than the average woman. is she supposed to look all sucked in and scary like posh and lohan? there’s no pleasing anybody these days.
I don’t think it’s that she “needs” to be thin, but that she needs to be to wear the clothes that she does.
Her clothes are always too short, too tight, and don’t sit right on her body. She would be a great candidate for What Not To Wear. They could get her some clothes that would make her look 20 pounds smaller.
The outfits she wears are pretty much only suitable for strippers.
She always looked like a monkey in the face to me.
That header image seems to be photoshopped. Look at the sharp corner above her right hip. It could just be a fold in her dress, but I don’t think it looks natural.
Love her shoes.
All people put weight on in different area’s of their body. She clearly puts more weight on her thighs and arms then her stomach. It’s quite normal not to have an even distribution of fat.
If she was getting lipo then I don’t think she’d bother working out with her trainer (who is apparently living with her again)..
This woman is 40 and has no wrinkles and a sexy bod. She looks fabulous.
I actually think she looks lovely with a few extra pounds on her. She looks voluptuous and not at all unhealthy.
Its hard to hide the weight on a tiny frame like hers. She’s kind of short if my memory serves me right. Spanx are pretty amazing too, but in the third pic what is up with the fat feet? Reminds me of Chris Rock, and something to the effect of it looks like she is baking bread in her shoes with the pump fat.
I really dont care if she had gained weight or not. To be honest it makes her likable that she has the same problems with her weight like many other women have.
And it also suits her well. Im really sick of all these anorexic girls like Lindsay or Paris. Its just not healthy and you can clearly see it!
But she really should get rid of these massive fake boobs. They doesn´t figure to her body at all. Its way too much.
Everything else is just fine. She looks gorgeous.