09-07-2025
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
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'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.'
