It’s OK not to be completely happy with your own appearance and body. No matter what you do, however, always remember that you’re beautiful and capable of doing amazing things no matter what people say.
Some people chose to undergo plastic surgeries in an attempt to alter their appearance.
Jessica Alves took it one step further, and recreated her entire appearance.
Jessica Alves – transition
We will start the story of Jessica in early 2020. In an interview with The Mirror, Jessica Alves, born Rodrigo, came out as transgender.
“I’m known as Ken but inside I’ve always felt like Barbie,” the 36-year old said. “I finally feel like the real me. Glamorous, beautiful and feminine.”
From that day, she goes by Roddy and uses “she” and “her” pronouns.
Came out as transgender
Jessica received hormone injections which gave her feminine hips Along with blonde hair extensions and fake eyelashes, she now wears a D-cup bra as well. In July, she announced that she would go by the name Jessica.
“For years I tried to live my life as a man. I had a fake six pack put in, I had fake muscles in my arms but I was lying to myself,” she said.“I’m a woman and have always had a feminine brain. Now my body matches my mind.”
Through the years Jessica’s been seen on Celebrity Big Brother in 2018, and last year, she release a song with Italian plastic surgeon Giacomo Urtis called Plastic World. In addition, she has over 1 million followers on Instagram and previously worked as a flight attendant.
So how did she get here? Jessica Alves, former Rodrigo Alves, was born on July 30th, 1983, in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Born to a British father and Brazilian mother, already as a young child her grandfather bought Jessica dolls, allowing her to dress however she wanted.
Jessica Alves – childhood
A good ideal for any child is not having to adapt to norms that might have been set by society and instead doing what feels right, some would argue.
This was also from where Alve’s obsession with dolls came from, and she would show the world in what way.
“Growing up, I was very feminine and used to play with dolls and wear my mum’s dresses and heels,” she said, adding that she hated her looks during her teenage years.
“I like to laugh, but it used to make my nose very wide. I was very bothered by that. My family members often wondered aloud from whom I had inherited that hideous body part. That was the reason for me to have it addressed first.”
Jessica Alves moved to London to study at the prestigious London School of Economics. In 2004, she decided to undergo a plastic surgery for the first time. That was the start of an addiction to alter her physical appearance, and she couldn’t stop.
“I was never completely satisfied after an operation, and I still am not,” Jessica said.
Jessica Alves – surgeries
Now, 20 years later, Jessica has undergone over hundred surgeries.
She underwent surgeries for nose jobs, botox and fillers, pec implants, liposuction to jaws and legs, hair transplant, calf shaping, fake six-pack, filler to arms. She also had four ribs removed, and a “cat-eye” lift.
In total, Jessica’s spent more than half a million dollars on surgeries. Soon, her classmates couldn’t recognize her at all. It was clear that se suffered from morphodysphoria, which is a diagnose in which a person has a disturbed image of his or her own body.
From the beginning Jessica Alves, as Rodrigo back then, wanted to become a male version of the Ken doll.
Now, she’s aiming for Human Barbie.
However, her pursuit of the ideal body hasn’t been far from dangerous. In April of 2016, Jessica was hospitalized with necrosis, meaning her skin began to die.
A hole began to appear on the nose at the same time as her septum appeared to come loose. At the same time, she had difficulties breathing and had to visit a hospital in Malaga, Spain. She received antibiotics through an IV drip every eight hours, the Daily Mail reported.
Dangerous infection
Doctorn warned that the infection could eat through her nose and into her face. Her face could become gangrenous.
“I can’t breathe through my nose and feel terrible. It has collapsed. I have been given an appointment with a consultant in London in six weeks time and then I’m hoping surgery can be as soon as possible after that,” Jessica Alves said.
Two years ago, she underwent a chemical peel, which involved applying an acid-containing lotion to the face in Spain, Daily Mail reported. Following letting it soak through, she was going to peel off the old skin to reveal the fresh skin in place.
However, it wasn’t a pleasant experience. “It was fairly painful, and my face looks red now. It feels like burning, she said. Here in Marbella is very sunny and I can’t go out for the next few days unless I have a lot of sun protection,” she said.
Jessica made it out of two scary scenarios. But in 2019, following her 11th rhinoplasty. the nose started to collapse. The last surgery was supposed to fix a previous botox procedure.
