Australian singer responds to cosmetic doctor’s ‘twink death’ criticism
If you’re one of South African-born Australian It boy Troye Sivan’s 27.4 million social media followers, you might not have noticed anything was amiss.
But a vulnerable 920-word personal essay posted on the 30-year-old’s newly created Substack revealed the truth: “What good is money and modern medicine if it’s not to fix all these flaws this random sick f–ko plastic surgeon told me I had in an Instagram reel?”
With last week’s post One of His Daughters The singer reiterated an often overlooked fact; stars can and do see the good, the bad, and the ugly said about them on the internet.
Ugly can sometimes be good, as when Kylie Jenner granted her request in June and one TikTok user was pleasantly surprised. made public “I hope this helps, hahaha,” she shares her breast implant details.
But Jenner’s association with cosmetic procedures has continued on reality shows since she was 17 and was an asset Jenner, now 28, used to grow Kylie Cosmetics.’ (controversial) valuation reached US$1.2 billion ($1.7 billion) in 2019.
Sivan’s situation was very ugly. London-based cosmetic doctor Zayn Khalid Majeed shared a two-minute video videoIt was deleted after it was reported that Sivan was seen singling out his “problem areas” based on red carpet footage from the NGV Gala in Melbourne in December.
Majeed compared the footage with studio footage of Sivan and claimed it was Sivan whose photo appeared on the site. Wikipedia The page, which used the term “twink” — LGBTQ slang for slim, young-looking gay men — showed signs of “twink death.”
After highlighting the shadows on Sivan’s face and his “loss of voice”, Majeed presented a hypothetical scenario to his 211,300 Instagram and TikTok followers. If Sivan were Majeed’s patient, he would recommend various “improvements” such as dermal fillers and skin enhancers.
“I’ve struggled with my body image for most of my life, as I’m sure most people have,” said Sivan, who played a young Wolverine in 2009. X-Men Origins: Wolverine but rose to global fame as a young YouTuber, he wrote to his 13,000 followers: bottom stack subscribers.
“I’m historically famous for being thin, and I’m not that skinny anymore. I’m historically famous for being dazzling (I’m still the Google search result image for ‘twink’) and I’m not so twink anymore. Oy vey.”
Sivan then detailed the conflict he was grappling with within himself. She believes “every body is beautiful” and “my body is positive to the core” — she’s also been told by a fashion industry head not to “fuck with your face” to stay unique, happy, stylish, worn and wise — but she’s not immune to self-flagellation.
Sivan says cracks are starting to show. And he knows that fat transfer under his eyes will cost him $US3000 ($4300) because he was asked.
“On the night of the NGV Gala, I knew I didn’t feel like I looked good on the red carpet,” Sivan wrote. “I checked my Instagram tags and thought for sure… ugh. It wasn’t great.”
When he saw Majeed, whom Sivan did not know, he issued unsolicited medical advice that forced Sivan to toy with the idea of undergoing cosmetic procedures “for a few days”.
“So, who will win? [sic] end of the day? …I’m ashamed to say, but I can’t make any promises,” Sivan wrote, “Keep an eye out for updates.”
The article was first written as “f— this guy!!” It was published under the title. but after Majeed removed the offending video and sent Sivan a “really thoughtful and sweet apology message”, Sivan changed it to “I feel a bit ugly (ugly)”.
I constantly vacillate between feeling like I’m aging well, getting ‘sexier’ over time, and then feeling like Gollum’s very close relative of the pop singer.
Troye Sivan
Majeed later told BBC Radio 1: “I felt terrible and I never meant to make him feel that way, so I reached out to him directly to apologize.” news feed. “Sometimes you don’t realize the impact you can have.”
Majeed’s since-deleted video represents a broader trend of cosmetic doctors, surgeons and dermatologists increasing their following on social media by theorizing what procedures celebrities have undergone or recommending what they should do.
The cosmetic doctor said she wanted to use her voice to “shape conversations for the better” and did not want to contribute to the “negative beauty standards” people face.
But Majeed will continue to analyze celebrities’ faces on social media because “it is important to demystify the surgeries that celebrities undergo and educate patients.” And he says you have an appetite for them.
“There are no hard feelings on my part,” Sivan wrote in the editor’s note. “Thanks for all the love guys.”
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Bronte Gossling is a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, WAtoday and Brisbane Times.Connect via email.
