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Dublin Live
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Dublin Live
Alan McGarry shares reason they reversed cosmetic procedures on US reality show
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Content creator Alan McGarry is in a "very good place" since reversing their plastic surgery on a US reality TV show, the influencer has told. Alan is set to star in Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind, which follows nine celebrities and influencers as they consider whether to reverse previous plastic surgery work and go back to a more natural look. The show, which streams on Hayu from July 10, also features singer Aubrey O'Day and Kim Zolciak of The Real Housewives of Atlanta fame and is hosted by RuPaul's Drag Race judge, Michelle Visage, and plastic surgeon, Dr Terry Dubrow. Alan told Ireland AM hosts Alan Hughes and Muireann O'Connell on the Virgin Media breakfast show that they wish they didn't get plastic surgery when they were younger. Alan said: "Alan is in a very good place. I think I'm not as out there and looking for attention, probably for the wrong reasons or whatever. "I feel really good now I think doing this show, and it sounds very cliche and very cheesy, but it did change my perception of life now, and changed me as a person 100 per cent because I just feel much more confident in myself. Don't get me wrong, I have my days like everybody else, where, you know, you don't feel good, but yeah, I'm feeling much better in myself now." Speaking about why Alan started getting plastic surgery from as early as 19, the Dubliner said: "I suppose growing up, I was, you know, ginger, I was a bit more chubbier, and people used to pick on me. "I just wanted to change my appearance. I just wanted to get away from all those kind of bad names. So I started getting into, like, fillers, because lip fillers, back years ago, were a really big thing. The Jenners were doing it, so I think that was an addiction so we all started doing the trend. "And then, I think I didn't realise when enough was enough so I continued and continued to just enhance my appearance every time I walked into a clinic. But I think I just wanted to fit in. I don't know where I wanted to fit in. I think it was just more so because social media was a really big thing, and I think I just wanted to be a part of that kind of tribe. "I think it was just when you see something, you get influenced very quickly and I just wanted to enhance something I didn't really have, I suppose, when it got a flat lip, I think, I suppose I wanted to have a bigger lip. I think that's the reason why I started doing it." Speaking about wanting to go on the US show, Alan said: "It (The show) came at the right time for me. I was kind of like, not understanding why I'm consistently having work done and why I'm having some surgery, and I was approached to go on the show, and I loved the whole concept, because the concept for me was just like, actually, you know what? This couldn't have come at a better time for me. "To be honest, I didn't even know these types of people were going to be in the house. I didn't even know it was kind of a celebrity show. I just thought it was just normal people, social media people so when I see Michelle Visage as the host, I do scream, because obviously, you know, it's Michelle Visage. She's an icon and amazing. "These were people that I never thought would even have a conversation with me or have a cup of tea with me. We really had a good time. And I'm in touch with Kim (Zolciak) and Larissa from the show," they added. Join our Dublin Live breaking news service on WhatsApp. Click this link to receive your daily dose of Dublin Live content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. For all the latest news from Dublin and surrounding areas visit our homepage.
Sunday World
14-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Dubliner decided to tackle plastic surgery ‘addiction' in new TV series
UNDER THE SKIN | Irish influencer Alan McGarry's TV show probes why they 'needed' so much cosmetic work on their face and body Dubliner Alan McGarry (37), who identifies as non-binary, is the only non-American in the NBC/Hayu series Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind. Michelle Visage, who first found fame on RuPaul's Drag Race and later featured on Ireland's Got Talent and Strictly Come Dancing, is the presenter of the show, which also features renowned plastic surgeon Dr Terry Dubrow and body image expert Dr Spirit. The series follows nine celebrities and social media influencers through a journey of self-discovery at the 'Rewind Retreat,' as they decide whether to reverse previous plastic surgeries and return to a more natural look. The participants included Aubrey O'Day, who is a singer and reality TV personality known for the girl group Danity Kane, and reality star Kim Zolciak, who was an original cast member of The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Dubliner Alan McGarry 'I went on the show because I had a BBL (Brazilian Butt Lift) nearly two years ago and I just thought to myself 'why did I get it done, was it to try and fit in, was it to try to more popular?'' explains social media influencer Alan, who hails from Cherry Orchard in Dublin. 'I just don't know why I got it done. I never had any complications, thank God, they did a really great job. I had a great surgeon, but for me, I just don't know why I got it done. It was just probably because I was so influenced by people getting it done, I just thought 'why not?' 'I just got it done because I was just influenced by it and then I went in with the fillers. When I look back on it now, I went very extreme with the fillers.' Alan got their fillers done mainly for free in return for advertising the service on social media. 'Lip fillers are so expensive, nowadays they can be anything from €250 to €300. Botox could be anything from €300 to €400. Threads are quite expensive, they could be anything from €600 to €1,000. Cheek fillers and jawline fillers are always a bit dearer, so you're probably talking about a grand at least,' they explain. 'I was consistently injecting my lips every couple of months. I was getting cheek filler, I was getting jawline filler, I was getting threads, I was getting intensive facials. 'It was just an addiction. I had liposuction twice, a BBL once. Consistent lip fillers, it's endless. I was so addicted that I was going in every couple of months getting my lips and cheeks done, and when you're an influencer in the public eye, sometimes things are handed to you and I think that's why I was just doing it, I was getting it for nothing. I just thought 'why not' and it was no cost to them, except it was a cost to me, because it was my face I was injecting.' Alan confirms they were picked on when they were younger while growing up in the Ballyfermot area. Read more 'Growing up, ginger and gay and flamboyant, and now that I identify now as non-binary I know now who I am,' they reflect. 'But growing up in an area like that... [people] weren't really used to people like me. I think I wanted to be accepted. 'And being picked on for being gay and being ugly and a little bit chubby. 'Things have changed, but when I grew up I was always picked on for just being ginger, and at the time being gay, so that's probably one of the reasons why I started to alter my look.' Alan confirms they have suffered from homophobia. 'I get it all the time because of the way I look, people snigger and laugh. People nowadays, especially younger people, have no fear in them, and I would be a little bit more cautious and nervous leaving my house, because there's just no law, people are not caring what they say to people,' they say. 'I still get the homophobic abuse, I still get the sneers. I think people look at me and don't know whether I'm female or male... why do I have to tell somebody who I identify as? 'I try and say it's water off a duck's back, but I can't lie, I'm human. I suppose it does affect me.' Alan enjoyed their time on the show. 'Michelle Visage is like the mother of all mothers, she's the most genuine, nicest person you could ever meet. Of course, when you first meet her it is a little intimidating because it is Michelle Visage, but she is a very nice person, you can actually sit down and have a chat with her,' they beam. They also bonded with the other participants, especially reality TV star Kim Zolciak and her daughter Brielle. Alan, who is single, said he did not form a romantic connection on the show with social media star Sebastian Balls. 'No not my type at all, a lovely person, really nice, lives a great life in LA for sure. I was hoping that when I got a little bit of contact from a casting producer before I went into the house, 'are you looking for love?' I said I wouldn't rule it out,' they reflect. 'I was hoping it was going to be somebody dark, tall and handsome. I'm not saying he's good looking, but just not my type.' Alan, who has previously taken part in other reality TV shows such as Pulling With My Parents, Blind Date and Eating With The Enemy, is open to more options. 'I would like to settle down. I would like to have maybe a career change and maybe a country change,' they ponder. 'On the show, I went back to my natural colour. It wasn't something I thought about before I went into the house. It was the fact when I was there and I spoke about it, it made me realise that the real me, it's not about the BBL, it's about what I had been doing with my public appearance, the makeup, the hair, the tan, the fillers, the aesthetics. I think that was more what I needed to find out,' they explain. 'I needed to find out who the real me was. I think stripping the black out and going back to my natural colour, that was the real story about me, finding the real me. 'Since I've had them [fillers] all dissolved and got rid of them on the show, I think my face is so much better, and I think a lot of people said it to me. It just makes me a little bit more normal. 'I look back on some images of myself and oh my God, I looked shocking, my cheeks were really high up. At one stage a lot of my filler was going up to my temple, it was overfilled. Some of my filler was going up to the top of my lip, up to my nose. It was just an addiction that I couldn't stop. It was making my face so much wider and so much clumpier. It's something I didn't need at the time. I'm happy now that I'm going for the subtle look. 'I'm not going to say no to a bit of Botox, because I don't want any lines. But the lip fillers and all that stuff, I don't think I will be touching it for a long time.'
Extra.ie
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
Irish content creator reflects on cosmetic surgery spiral
An Irish content creator has opened up on their experience on a cosmetic surgery reversal show, admitting the experience 'changed' them as a person. Alan McGarry is a popular Irish content creator and has previously appeared on Virgin Media's Eating With the Enemy. Now the Dublin native is set to appear on a new E! reality show where they will contemplate undoing previous cosmetic work. Alan McGarry is a popular Irish content creator and has previously appeared on Virgin Media's Eating With the Enemy. Pic: Ireland AM/ Instagram Speaking on Ireland AM, Alan revealed they had gotten a realm of procedures, admitting that they 'continued and continued to just enhance my appearance every time I walked into a clinic.' They said: 'Back then I was just not understanding what I wanted to look like. I was just trying to change different looks. I was trying to enhance myself and I think I didn't know where I wanted to be and who I wanted to look like.' Alan noted that growing up as a ginger and a 'little bit more chubbier' led him to going down the route of getting fillers which became an 'addiction.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ireland AM (@irelandamvmtv) 'It just went on from there and then I think I didn't realise when enough was enough.' Despite their mum and friends begging them to 'lay off the filler,' Alan confessed that they never thought they had gone too far. 'Looking back at it, I was very kind of swollen looking,' they told presenters Alan Hughes and Muireann O'Connell. Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind premieres on E! on Wednesday at 10pm and will see Alan alongside eight other well-know stars as they decide whether they want to reverse their cosmetic procedures. Pic: Alan McGarry/ Instagram 'I was just not understanding what I wanted to look like.' Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind premieres on E! on Wednesday at 10pm and will see Alan alongside eight other well-know stars as they decide whether they want to reverse their cosmetic procedures. Plastic surgeon Dr Terry Dubrow will be on hand alongside body image expert Dr Spirit with Michelle Visage on presenting duties. Following filming of the show, Alan has shared that they are in a 'very good place' and have 'toned down a little bit.' 'I think doing the show, and it sounds very cliché and very cheesy, but it did change my perception to life now and change me as a person 100%.' Alan's conversation was shared to the Ireland AM social media pages with many taking to the comments full of praise for the Dubliner. One wrote: 'Alan love, whether it be then or now, I just see you, and you're beautiful whichever was you choose. We love you.' Another added: 'You're gorgeous! I LOVE your hair.' A third commented: 'Amazing Alan. You always look great but it's the confidence to be comfortable in your self that matters ultimately.'
The Irish Sun
09-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘Did you know you'd gone too far?', asks Ireland AM host as guest lifts lid on ‘life-changing' plastic surgery journey
AN IRELAND AM guest has opened up about their plastic surgery journey and how taking part in a TV show "changed their life". Irish influencer, Alan McGarry, appeared on the hit breakfast show alongside 3 Alan McGarry began receiving cosmetic treatments at just 19 3 Alan Hughes was left shocked at McGarry's honesty 3 McGarry changed his outlook on plastic surgery after taking part in a TV show The star began receiving cosmetic treatments on their face at just 19-years-old. Alan confessed: "Back then I was just not understanding what I wanted to look like I was just trying to enhance myself. "I didn't know where I wanted to be and who I wanted to look like." The content creator added: "Growing up I was a little bit more chubbier, I was ginger and people used to pick on me and I just wanted to change my appearance. READ MORE IN IRELAND AM "I just wanted to get away from all those bad names, so I started getting into filler." The TikTok star highlighted how lip filler became a "big trend" when they were a teenager. They admitted: "The Jenner's were doing it, it was trendy." McGarry admitted that the cosmetic surgeries started to become an "addiction" quite early on in their journey. Most read in News TV They remarked: "I didn't realise when enough was enough so I continued and continued to enhance my appearance." A shocked Ireland AM guest shares honest experience with abortion McGarry honestly responded: "No, that was the strange thing." They continued: "My friends and my mam would say it to me." Alan cut across and questioned: "Well what would they say?" To which the Dubliner replied: "Lay off the filler." 'MORE LIKE MYSELF' When asked what were specific surgeries they were receiving, McGarry said: "My lips, cheeks, chin, jawline and PDO thread." Reflecting on how they had previously looked, the TV personality said: "I looked very swollen." Now, after taking part in the new Botched Presents: Plastic surgery . The youngster admitted: "I'm starting to feel more like myself again. I'm in a very good place now. "I've toned it down and I'm not as out there." They finished off by highlighting how the show had completely "changed their perception of life".
Irish Daily Mirror
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Mirror
Alan McGarry shares reason he reversed cosmetic procedures on US reality show
Content creator Alan McGarry has said he is in a "very good place" since reversing his plastic surgery on a US reality TV show. Alan is set to star in Botched: Plastic Surgery Rewind, which follows nine celebrities and influencers as they consider whether to reverse previous plastic surgery work and go back to a more natural look. The show, which streams on Hayu from July 10, also features singer Aubrey O'Day and Kim Zolciak of The Real Housewives of Atlanta fame and is hosted by RuPaul's Drag Race judge, Michelle Visage, and plastic surgeon, Dr Terry Dubrow. Alan told Ireland AM hosts Alan Hughes and Muireann O'Connell on the Virgin Media breakfast show that he wishes he didn't get plastic surgery when he was younger. Alan said: "Alan is in a very good place. I think I'm not as out there and looking for attention, probably for the wrong reasons or whatever. "I feel really good now I think doing this show, and it sounds very cliche and very cheesy, but it did change my perception of life now, and changed me as a person 100 per cent because I just feel much more confident in myself. "Don't get me wrong, I have my days like everybody else, where, you know, you don't feel good, but yeah, I'm feeling much better in myself now." Speaking about why he started getting plastic surgery from as early as 19, the Dubliner said: "I suppose growing up, I was, you know, ginger, I was a bit more chubbier, and people used to pick on me. "I just wanted to change my appearance. I just wanted to get away from all those kind of bad names. "So I started getting into, like, fillers, because lip fillers, back years ago, were a really big thing. The Jenners were doing it, so I think that was an addiction so we all started doing the trend. "And then, I think I didn't realise when enough was enough so I continued and continued to just enhance my appearance every time I walked into a clinic. "But I think I just wanted to fit in. I don't know where I wanted to fit in. I think it was just more so because social media was a really big thing, and I think I just wanted to be a part of that kind of tribe. "I think it was just when you see something, you get influenced very quickly and I just wanted to enhance something I didn't really have, I suppose, when it got a flat lip, I think, I suppose I wanted to have a bigger lip. I think that's the reason why I started doing it." Speaking about wanting to go on the US show, Alan said: "It (The show) came at the right time for me. "I was kind of like, not understanding why I'm consistently having work done and why I'm having some surgery, and I was approached to go on the show, and I loved the whole concept, because the concept for me was just like, actually, you know what? This couldn't have come at a better time for me. "To be honest, I didn't even know these types of people were going to be in the house. "I didn't even know it was kind of a celebrity show. I just thought it was just normal people, social media people so when I see Michelle Visage as the host, I do scream, because obviously, you know, it's Michelle Visage. She's an icon and amazing. "These were people that I never thought would even have a conversation with me or have a cup of tea with me. We really had a good time. And I'm in touch with Kim (Zolciak) and Larissa from the show," he added.
