--- title: "Famed Plastic Surgeon Weighs in on Jim Carrey’s Face" description: "As conspiracy theories swirl over Jim Carrey's somehow different looking face, one plastic surgeon offers a simple explanations." date: "2026-03-06" modified: "2026-03-06" authors: - name: "Frank Landymore" job_title: "Contributing Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/flandymore" url: "https://futurism.com/health-medicine/terry-dubrow-plastic-surgeon-jim-carrey-face" categories: - "Future Society" - "Health & Medicine" - "Medical" - "Treatments" --- # Famed Plastic Surgeon Weighs in on Jim Carrey’s Face ![Close-up of Jim Carrey, smiling gently against a blue background.]() *Alain Jocard / AFP via Getty Images* Is it a shock that an aging actor may or may not have gotten work done on their face? Apparently yes, based on how rumors and [conspiracy theories swirled]() around Jim Carrey's recent appearance at the César Awards in Paris, where he graced viewers with a noticeably plump and smooth visage. Explanations for Carrey's face ranged from the outrageous to the even more outrageous. Drag queen and makeup artist Alexis Stone [made a post]() on Instagram implying he impersonated Carrey at the awards ceremony and uploaded a picture of a prosthetic mask (which some speculated to be AI-generated). What should've been an obvious joke seemed to activate something conspiratorial in the brains of other celebrities like Katy Perry and Megan Fox, with Perry commenting a bullseye emoji, and Fox commenting that "I can't handle any more stress right now I need to know if this is real." If Stone actually did pull off such a stunt, he had his work cut out for him. Not only would Stone have needed to look like Carrey, he also would've needed to speak like him; at the ceremony, the presumably real Carrey gave a speech in French after winning the Honorary César Award, something he'd been practicing for months, [his camp later said](). Of course, this wouldn't be much of an obstacle if Carrey had simply been replaced by a clone, as some online sleuths speculated, many of them seemingly in earnest. Or if a French-speaking body double had taken his place. Later, Carrey's personal representative [confirmed to *TMZ*]() that the acclaimed actor had in fact appeared at the César Awards. But what gives about Carrey's face? Putting aside moral apprehensions on picking apart someone's aging appearance, the answer is likely a pretty mundane one. Plastic surgeon Terry Dubrow of "Botched" fame [told *TMZ*]() that it looked like Carrey had, in fact, gone under the cosmetic knife — and was dealing with an unfortunate but not uncommon side effect of plastic surgery: swelling. So should we all feel bad for conspiracizing about Carrey's face? Dubrow seems to think so, telling *TMZ* that folks were being mean to the 64-year-old actor. That's probably true, along with the fact that the internet is driving all of us insane. **More on cosmetic surgery:** [*Plastic Surgeons Are Using Material From Dead People on New Patients*]() ## Author At Futurism, my work has often centered on bringing a sense of clarity and insight to complex topics ranging from the regulation of emerging technologies to the esoteric ideologies of Silicon Valley executives, while striving not to lose the poetic sense of awe inspired by often-obscure fields like astrophysics and quantum computing. I broke the story of CNET using AI to produce articles that turned out to be riddled with factual errors and plagiarism — a dam-breaking inflection point, as I've reported, that's inspired copycats and endless discourse while beguiling stakeholders ranging from tech giants to purveyors of spam around the web. My work at Futurism has been cited by publications including CBS News, the Los Angeles Times, Vice, Gizmodo, Engadget, the Verge, and Vanity Fair. I grew up in locales ranging from India to China, and now live in the exotic suburbs of Virginia. In my free time, I'm an avid reader of weird sci-fi literature, an aficionado of East Asian cinema, and, regrettably, a relapsed gamer. Allegedly, I’m working on a debut novel, currently untitled. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()