Ricki Lake praises her doctor for her face and neck lift
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The former talk show host admitted in 2025 that she'd undergone the cosmetic procedures the summer before after losing weight
"I was like, 'I'll have what she's having!' " Lake said of undergoing surgery after seeing a friend who looked great
Ricki Lakemay have acted impulsively when it came to getting a facelift, but she's in love with her results.
On the Monday, March 16 episode ofThe Inside Edit, the 57-year-old actress and former talk show host sat down with celebrity stylist and podcaster Maeve Reilly to share her feelings about her July 2024 face and neck lift.
"I told my doctor, Dr. Alan Fouad, who I met through another friend, like I didn't do any research when I decided very impulsively to have my face done," Lake said.
For theHairspraystar, having a friend who "met with a dozen doctors all around the country" and even put together "spreadsheets" was enough to have her sold on the procedure.
According to Lake, Dr. Fouad was "under the radar" compared to other, older cosmetic surgeons, but ended up being "a master" at his craft.
"Anyway, she had this experience. I saw her eight days after her surgery and not only did she look amazing, she was euphoric. She was like a different per[son] — she was just on top of the world," she said.
The transformation had Lake sold.
"I was like, 'I'll have what she's having!'" she said before admitting her procedures weren't done to try and disguise her age.
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"I had just lost 40 pounds, and I had this, this, this, hanging," she said while grabbing at her neck. "And it wasn't just like, that I didn't like what I saw or wanted to look younger. I have gray hair. It's not about that. It's like I had an appendage hanging that wasn't going to grow back, like come back up."
Lake said she took the next available appointment with Dr. Fouad.
"That was in mid-June. I booked for July 18th. Never looked back," she said, adding that she later thanked him for the "amazing experience." In fact, Lake "hosted an event at the Academy Museum two weeks" later and "looked flawless."
Though she got the procedures in July 2024, it wasn't until June 2025 whenshe confirmedher lower face and neck lift during an episode ofWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.
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After receiving a compliment, she called it "the best facelift I've ever seen," and referred to her doctor as "a genius."
"I love that I can talk about it. I'm fully transparent, always have been," Lake added later in the conversation with Cohen. "I don't want there to be any stigma. This is something that was bothering me."
"I lost a lot of weight and I had this certain thing hanging and I had it fixed," she concluded.
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