The mystery of Liam Payne’s new chiselled jaw and sharp cheekbones explained by expert
HE once sang “You don’t know you’re beautiful” but Liam Payne may not be taking his own advice about keeping the natural look.
The former One Direction singer shocked fans when he appeared with a much more chiselled face than he had even last year at the premiere of ex-bandmate Louis Tomlinson’s film All Of Those Voices.
Liam, 29, has put his new, slimmer face down to weight loss.
In 2021 he said he had put on a lot of weight in lockdown, and added: “There were a few pictures of me on a boat and I was all bloated out and I call it my pills-and-booze face.
“It was ten times bigger than it is now.”
He added that well-stocked mini-bars in hotel rooms while on tour posed another problem.
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But skin specialist Dr Saleena Zimri exclusively tells us there may be more to it than Liam suggests.
The aesthetician, practitioner, and founder of says: “His jawline looks quite boxy and it’s only been a couple of years, so it’s unlikely that this is just weight loss or growing a bit older.
“In my opinion, what he’s had done is surgical because I don’t think even fillers could make you that boxy and wide without it looking fat and full.”
Here, Saleena reveals what she thinks Liam has had tweaked.
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BUCCAL FAT REMOVAL
Dr Zimri believes it’s buccal fat removal that has given Liam his strong jawline.
“You can see that hollowing in his cheeks, on his lower face, the ligament bands are showing, and his face has become very boxy, and very structured,” she notes.
Buccal fat removal is a fast-growing trend among celebrities and social media personalities alike, which cuts out fat pads from the inside of a person’s cheek, giving them a more angular face as a result.
It can cost anywhere from $5,000 (£4,067) to $20,000 (£16.3k), but it can have long-term implications, and Dr Zimri wouldn’t have recommended it to Liam if he came into her clinic.
She explains: “Well-defined cheek hollows and less fat on the face looks good now in younger patients, but as we age, we lose volume in our face, and this can cause us to look visibly older.
“If your face is already angular, buccal fat removal could make you look gaunt, and older than you are.”
LIP FILLER
As well as surgery, Liam may have had some lip filler, according to
Dr Zimri.
She notes: “His lips certainly look more, more fuller, so I suspect he’s had a bit of injectables too.”
BOTOX
Liam may have also had some Botox put in his upper face, says Dr Zimri.
“He had quite hooded lids before,” she notes. “And now his eyebrows and lids both look a bit more lifted.
“Botox in the upper face is definitely a possibility.”
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JAW IMPLANT
Dr Zimri believes Liam has had a jaw implant put in, noting how “his chin and jawline are both a lot squarer.”
She adds: “He may have had it slightly contoured with some filler as well, but it looks like to me he’s had a surgical procedure, so a surgical implant to give more structure on the jaw and the chin.”
