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Jimmy Carr admits he can’t stop getting ‘tweakments’ and has gone ‘a bit crazy with it’ – after displaying drastically altered appearance

Jimmy Carr admits he can’t stop getting ‘tweakments’ and has gone ‘a bit crazy with it’ – after displaying drastically altered appearance

Jimmy Carr has admitted that he can’t stop getting ‘tweakments’ and has gone ‘a bit crazy with it’ – after displaying his drastically altered appearance earlier this year. 

The comedian, 52, has been open about his many cosmetic procedures over the years including his hair transplant, veneers and Botox.

In January he continued to look worlds away from his old self as he enjoyed a night out at Chiltern Firehouse and raised eyebrows with the startlingly different look. 

And now in a new interview he has compared maintaining his looks to the myth of the Scottish bridge – that it requires constant repainting. 

He told The Telegraph: ‘Christ, I’m like the Forth Bridge – it never stops.

‘Maintaining is the thing – I don’t think there’s anything you can do plastic surgery wise, or augmentation wise, that makes you look better, you can just stay the same, that’s what you can hope for.

Jimmy Carr has admitted that he can't stop getting 'tweakments' and has gone 'a bit crazy with it' Jimmy is pictured in 2004

Jimmy Carr has admitted that he can’t stop getting ‘tweakments’ and has gone ‘a bit crazy with it’ – after displaying his drastically altered appearance earlier this year (left)

‘I’ve gone a bit crazy with it, I’ve got the new teeth and the new hair – I’ve had a proper midlife crisis. Like, ‘Right, let’s get everything done.”

The 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown host has always been a good sport about his transformation since he sH๏τ to fame in the early 2000s, often making himself the ʙuтт of his own jokes.

Jimmy has confessed to having had a host of ‘tweakments’ including his hair transplant, veneers and Botox.

But he appears to finally be happy with his appearance and previously revealed even his plastic surgeon has advised him against certain treatments.     

In 2021, the star opened up about his ‘midlife crisis’ admitting he had felt disappointed with his appearance.

Talking on Gabby Logan’s Midpoint podcast at the time, Jimmy said he decided to make some tweaks to his appearance after feeling disappointed that he doesn’t look as good in real life as he does on television.

He said: ‘I got my teeth done, that’s the first thing I had done, they’re more than veneers. I got every tooth in my head done in one sitting.

‘I did 12 hours in the chair the first day, then 12 hours the second, it was like a three day thing where you’ve got temporary things on, it’s pretty full on.

In January he continued to look worlds away from his old self as he enjoyed a night out at Chiltern Firehouse and raised eyebrows with the startlingly different look

In January he continued to look worlds away from his old self as he enjoyed a night out at Chiltern Firehouse and raised eyebrows with the startlingly different look 

Jimmy has confessed to having had a host of 'tweakments' including his hair transplant, veneers and Botox (pictured last year)

Jimmy has confessed to having had a host of ‘tweakments’ including his hair transplant, veneers and Botox (pictured last year) 

But he appears to finally be happy with his appearance and previously revealed even his plastic surgeon has advised him against certain treatments (pictured in 2022)

But he appears to finally be happy with his appearance and previously revealed even his plastic surgeon has advised him against certain treatments (pictured in 2022)

‘I think they gave me Rohypnol intravenously into the vein and you’re kind of out of it and they do everything and you’re fine. It’s a dream-like haze, you’re in a weird space.’

Jimmy has also confessed that he wants to maintain his looks rather than change them too much.

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He said: ‘I think that thing of age is that people don’t really see what’s there, people are good at pattern recognition, that’s all they do, teeth and hair.

‘Maintaining is the thing, I don’t think there’s anything you can do plastic surgery wise, or augmentation wise, that makes you look better, you can just sort it stay the same, that’s what you can hope for.’

And the star doesn’t seem to mind discussing his procedures, incorporating them into his stand-up routines and even joked that his use of Botox comes in handy as a parent.

He said back in 2022: ‘I take a lot of omega-3 fish oils and I try to eat right and exercise but, let’s face it, I may have forgotten all my wisdom by then and where I left my keys. At least I’ll still look the part. 

‘Thanks to the wonders of my plastic surgeon, I’m hoping my son won’t realise I’m older than the other dads.

‘He’ll come and talk to me about his problems because, unlike the other dads, I’ll never seem shocked or surprised, disappointed or sad, primarily because Botox has robbed me of the ability to move my forehead. 

‘Just like everyone else you know, I’m going to die, although in my case, large parts of me will not biodegrade. I imagine my teeth will outlive us all.’

The star underwent hair transplant that same year and joked on the podcast that he was considering transplanting pubic hair to his head for the operation. 

He said: ‘The hair thing, I really researched it, I came up with Edward Ball at the Maitland Clinic down in Portsmouth. I went to all the places in Harley Street.

‘You go in there, front of office is immaculate and the most charming guy is selling it, the guy who is selling it has got good hair.

‘Then you meet the doctor who is doing it is a GP from somewhere who wants to make a few quid and goes, ‘I’ll do it.’ No, you need a plastic surgeon who is qualified to do it. The guy I used is a plastic surgeon and has an aesthetic thing.

‘They get it from the back of the head. You shave your head fully, which I loved, I kind of suited a shaved head, which surprised me.’

He added: ‘I’ve had the same hairline since I was 17, I had a big widow’s peak. I looked like a vampire’s accountant. It was just post lockdown I got it done.’

The TV personality said as well as these physical changes, he’s also been exercising lots and taking lots of protein pills and vitamins.

He said: ‘The cosmetic stuff is sort of nonsense, it’s the feeling better. And there’s the exercise I do and the pills I take – I take a lot of pills as part of a health overhaul. 

But despite the lengthy list of procedures the presenter has undergone, there is one operation his surgeon refuses to perform on him.   

In March last year, the comedy quiz show host revealed his doctor will not perform one major treatment on him.

In 2021, the star opened up about his 'midlife crisis' admitting he had felt disappointed with his looks and explained he had gone under the knife in order to get his appearance to match what he saw in his head (pictured in 2005)

In 2021, the star opened up about his ‘midlife crisis’ admitting he had felt disappointed with his looks and explained he had gone under the knife in order to get his appearance to match what he saw in his head (pictured in 2005)

But despite the lengthy list of procedures Jimmy has undergone, there is one operation his surgeon refuses to perform on him - buccal fat removal (pictured in 2023)

But despite the lengthy list of procedures Jimmy has undergone, there is one operation his surgeon refuses to perform on him – buccal fat removal (pictured in 2023)

He told the Happy Hallow Jeans podcast: ‘I’d asked him about buccal fat reduction, one of the guys from One Direction had it done, I think it’s Liam [Payne].

‘I’m sure you can get a picture up, but they take out the fat there [points to the sides of his mouth] so, you go from having, I mean I’ve always had chubby little cheeks.

‘It doesn’t matter how much weight I lose. I could be 50kg and I would still have chubby cheeks. But they take out the fat from here [pointing to his cheeks] so that you look chiselled and model-y.’

The comedian said his plastic surgeon raised concerns that patients who had undergone the procedure often looked worse in the 50s and advised against it.

But Jimmy seems much happier with his appearance these days, after previously explaining he had gone under the knife in order to get his appearance to match what he saw in his head. 

He said back in 2021: ‘it’s the illusion of being on TV – you see yourself in full make up looking your best and lit well, then you look in the mirror and go, ‘Oof, that’s disappointing’.’ 

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