He completely changed his appearance.
At 12 years old, Cristiano didn't look very good. “I was small, frail and fat,” says the Portuguese. And it's true: round face, uncontrollable curls, uneven teeth. Three years later, they added tropical thick eyebrows and teenage acne. The guy did not live up to the main sex symbol of modern football.
This didn't suit him. Having moved to Manchester, he took up not only his gaming skills, but also his appearance.
Jaw: bite problems, yellow enamel, uneven gum line, missing tooth
His jaw looked like a poorly erected fence, where a gust of wind caused the boards to slide apart in different directions. Innate maximalism told Cristiano: something had to be done. While playing for Sporting, he had ceramic braces installed to straighten unruly teeth and correct his bite. It was no coincidence that Cristiano chose ceramics: this material adapts to the color of the enamel and is almost invisible. This is especially true if the enamel is not snow-white.
Ronaldo solved the problem of whitening with the help of aesthetic teeth restoration with ceramic veneers. The Sun wrote about this, but the information was also confirmed by specialists from the main English clinics. Ultra-thin onlays made of zirconium dioxide were installed on the footballer’s teeth - the most expensive and effective way to restore tooth enamel. Their service life reaches 35 years, and the cost of finishing each tooth is 800 pounds. Veneers smooth out natural irregularities, balance length and shape, and turn yellowish enamel into snow-white. It looks quite natural. Ronaldo's example impressed Roberto Firmino and Philippe Coutinho. Brazilians have changed the mediocrity of their smiles.
In youth photos of Ronaldo, a diastema in the frontal region was clearly visible - a large distance between adjacent teeth. It was formed due to the absence of an incisor and, possibly, several teeth in the posterior part of the upper jaw.
The restoration of the jaw ended with surgery on the gums. Doctors corrected the uneven line, lifting it up. This made it possible to increase the visual height of the teeth. British plastic surgery expert Alex Karidis believes that such a complex cost Cristiano Ronaldo about 20 thousand pounds sterling.
Rene Higuita gets rid of the title of “most terrible Colombian”
But the player, who became famous for the “scorpion kick” in the match against the England team, did not hide the changes in appearance.
If before they called me the scary Higuita, now meet the handsome Higuita.
Nose surgery, liposuction, wrinkle removal, face lift, silicone implants in the chin and abs - this is an incomplete list of transformations that the famous goalkeeper has undergone. It was the public that prompted him to undergo plastic surgery. After all, at some point Rene was recognized as the most terrible person in his homeland.
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Despite all the successful (or not so successful) changes in appearance, we still love these athletes for their extraordinary abilities in football. And if plastic surgery helps them feel more confident on the field, then why not?
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Facial skin: acne, pimples, wrinkles
The skin of the young football player was covered with new crimson spots every day. Following the recommendations of a dermatologist, Ronaldo carried out a complex of facial skin healing, regularly makes masks and is not shy about posting it on Instagram.
Additionally, Krish carried out a complete cleansing of the body (removal of waste, toxins and skin rejuvenation). To maintain elasticity, Ronaldo does gentle peelings (a procedure for deep cleansing the skin using creams - Sports.ru) and has undergone more than one course of mesotherapy (a skin rejuvenation technique - Sports.ru). The porcelain glow of his skin is achieved through the use of botulinum toxin. Its action is based on temporary relaxation of muscle tissue - this allows you to smooth out wrinkles.
According to Alex Karidis, Ronaldo also gets injections in the eyebrow area - something like a thousand pounds a year comes out. This allows you to correct congenital low eyebrows and make your look more open.
The use of Botox by men seems like an outlandish technique, but beautification is becoming more and more popular. Even among athletes who struggle to retain youth in their bodies.
“I’m tired of being ugly Rene, I want to be beautiful Rene,” said Rene Higuita. In the 90s he was an incredibly bright goalkeeper. Higuita scorpioned the ball off the goal line and brokered drug deals to help Pablo Escobar, but after retiring he was plagued by excess weight and deepening wrinkles. In 2017, the Colombian made dramatic changes in his appearance. Botox helped Higita smooth out wrinkles, liposuction helped deflate her stomach, improve her mood and self-esteem. Today he is involved in politics and looks great.
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In 2015, journalists suspected the Argentine not only of a facelift, which restored youth to the famous football player, but also of lip augmentation with fillers. Social networks even came up with a nickname for Diego - MAMAdon, which seemed to hint that the athlete’s face now resembles a woman’s. The man dared to make such sacrifices for the sake of his beloved, 24-year-old Rosya Oliva. At that time, 55-year-old Maradona was tired of being constantly mistaken for the girl’s father and decided to rejuvenate himself.
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Cheekbones: lack of prominence
“I remember them telling me: “You’re a good player, but you’re so fat!” – Cristiano recalled the first words of the Sporting academy staff.
Since childhood, the Portuguese has had a rounded face shape and not too pronounced facial bones. Because of this, young Ronaldo's face looked plump. Nature did not endow Cristiano with outstanding cheekbones, so he experimented.
Ronaldo uses fillers - drugs that are injected to correct problem areas: thin lips, low cheekbones and wrinkles. They create the effect of voluminous cheekbones due to hyaluronic acid, the main component of the drug. The effect after injections is short-lived - only about a year. According to Alex Karidis, the cost of such a procedure is 1.5 thousand pounds per year.
Biography
The future athlete was born in a small Portuguese town 33 years ago. From early childhood the boy had a passion for football. And having received a rubber ball as a gift for his fifth birthday, he did not part with it for a minute. The boy’s father worked at a local football club, so without hesitation, he enrolled his son in the sports section. School was difficult for Ronald; he constantly ran away from classes to the football field.
At the age of 10, the boy was already the captain of the Madeira Nacional team, and 4 years later the coaches of Liverpool and Manchester United drew attention to him. It was in Manchester that the young athlete became truly famous, and of course! Over 5 years, he scored 130 goals against opponents.
In June 2009, Ronaldo moved to the Spanish club Real Madrid for £80 million and received the title of the most expensive football player in history.
The athlete is also a member of the Portuguese national team. In total, Ronaldo scored more than 700 goals during his career. The Portuguese are very proud of their hero; after winning the European Championship in 2016, Madeira Airport was renamed in honor of the football player. And in the museum of the Real Madrid club there is a bronze monument to the athlete.
Hair: incipient bald patches
A private clinic on Harley Street in London proudly published a photo of Wayne Rooney on its website. It was here that the leader and main loser of the English team had his hair restored in 2012.
“The operation cost more than £20,000. This is serious money, and besides, it was very painful both during the procedure and then when the hair took root. Unpleasant sensations,” said Rooney.
“Wayne has his own style. But he looks much better with hair. Before, he was a little ugly, but now, with hair, he looks great,” Ronaldo shared his opinion.
Specialists from the Belgravia Center (the most prestigious hair transplant clinic in England) have started a blog in which they monitor celebrity hair (it looks like a PR campaign). They were attracted to Cristiano Ronaldo back in 2004, because the Portuguese willingly experimented with hairstyles, pouring tons of different hairsprays, gels and waxes onto his hair.
“We are sure that the star will want to catch the moment of the onset of hair loss and take action,” the Belgravia Center blog says.
In 2012, Ronaldo entered the first half of the decisive Euro group stage match against the Netherlands with one hairstyle, and after the break he changed it. The Belgravia blog reacted instantly: Ronaldo was not happy with his hairstyle because his hair did not look thick enough.
Experts’ suspicions were confirmed when, in 2013, Cristiano was spotted at one of the social events in Monaco. The Portuguese's hairline went up, revealing the beginnings of a receding hairline. In addition, the thickness of the scalp also decreased.
Then Ronaldo turned to a clinic that specializes in hair transplantation. Information about the location of the transplant is classified, but today his hair looks perfect again, and even hints of a receding hairline have disappeared. Representatives of the Belgravia Center report that such an operation costs around 10 thousand pounds sterling.
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The ears of the Real Madrid player were of impressive size throughout his life. This caused a lot of ridicule both as a child and as an adult, when Gareth began his professional football career. Therefore, the striker decided to undergo otoplasty. The athlete transformed, and the number of advertising contracts began to grow rapidly. After the operation, fans even joked that with his ears pinned back, the guy began to run much faster.
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Coming of age
When the footballer turned 18, he was noticed by Manchester United head coach Alex Ferguson.
Soon Ronaldo signed a contract and joined this club. For the first time in history, a Portuguese player took a place in Manchester United. Ronaldo played in this club for almost 9 years. Then in 2009 he left there and moved to Real Madrid. For this he received 94 million euros.
Girls Ronaldo
In addition to Irina Shayk, Cristiano had plenty of passions on his Don Juan list. Moreover, all of Ronaldo’s girls turned out to be real beauties. When the Portuguese was still playing for Real Madrid, he was rumored to have an affair with Kim Kardashian. While playing for Manchester United, he dated British model Gemma Atkinson. At Sporting, Ronaldo's girlfriend was Jordana Jardel, the younger sister of the Portuguese's teammate. Moreover, she turned out to be the football player’s first passion.
Ronaldo also had short affairs with the Spanish model Nereida Gallardo, the presenter of the Real Madrid club channel Lucia Villalon, Julian Belletti's sister Luana, the Chilean model Daniella Chavez, the Venezuelan beauty Alexandra Mendes and the model Desiree Cordero. Ronaldo's last girl from this list even became the winner of the Miss Spain 2014 contest.
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