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'Real Housewives' Shocking Mommy and Me Plastic Surgery

by Beth Cooney Fitzpatrick (Subscribe to Beth Cooney Fitzpatrick's posts)
Posted Dec 13th 2009 at 3:40AM  
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Raquel recovering from her nose job, Lynne pre-plastic surgery. Photos: Bravotv.com

Just when we thought the superficial ladies of Bravo's "The Real Housewives of Orange County" couldn't sink any lower, we tuned in to this week's nip/tuck episode.

What we witnessed was parenting in need of an extreme makeover.

First, admittedly insecure housewife Lynne Curtin checks into a plastic surgery center with daughter Raquel in tow for the mother/daughter face enhancement special. Lynne gets a brow, face and chin lift, while Raquel, 19, has a "little bump" whittled out of her nose in another operating room. Lynne called it a "bonding experience." We call it twisted.

Lynne's 16-year-old daughter, Alexis, seems to be the only one on this reality show who doesn't need a reality check. It was Alexis who challenged the surgery, citing the family's money troubles. Frank Curtin's construction business has gone kaput and the family can barely afford its Laguna Beach, Calif. rental anymore.

The parents seem to have completely forgotten that Raquel has been behaving so badly of late that they hired a life coach to help eliminate her inner brat. (An intervention far more necessary than her rhinoplasty.)

We declare the whole thing above and beyond the call of beauty. And more vacant than a foreclosed Orange County mansion.

But it gets better: (Or should we say worse?)

We also witness bible-thumping housewife Alexis Bellino takes her twin daughters off to the "Happy Nails" salon for mother/daughter manis and pedis. "I think it's important to teach them about taking care of themselves," she says.

Only problem: The girls are not even two yet! They need potty training, not polish training.

Kind of reminded us of Suri Cruise in heels. The little girls, decked out in silly pink church dresses, freak out the minute the technicians try to trim their cuticles. Alexis is forced to abandon her own beauty regime to pass the girls off to one of her many nannies and fret, "Maybe I pushed it." Ya think?

Alexis, we'll Botox to that! Leave the manicures and pedicures to little girls old enough to read the witty color names on the bottom of the bottles.

The whole thing made us long for the Atlanta housewives and all their misguided fashion aspirations. In retrospect, they actually seem relatively grounded.

Do you think taking your teenage daughter along for plastic surgery is appropriate? How about manicures for toddlers? Leave a comment!


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Shannon, 12-13-2009, 1:45PM

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Shannon

My mom used to paint my toenails at home....when i was 5. I was old enough to ask to get them done, plus sit still while she was doing them, plus sit still to let them dry. I saw the episode and was shocked that she took 2 year old girls to a salon. My mom took me to my first trip to the salon to get my nails done for my birthday in 7th grade. A few years ago when I was getting my nails done I witnessed one of those overbearing smothers who took her 5 year old to the salon and every time her nails were dry the little girl decided she didn't like the color anymore so her mom demanded they redo it with a different color, and they did....3 different times! I think if a girl only has one digit in her age it is best to leave the pedicures at home with mommy. I won't even talk about the mother daughter surgery because everyone with a shred of common sense knows that it is tacky..not to mention stupid if you really don't have the money for it like the Curtins.

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cindy, 2-22-2010, 7:41PM

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Sadly, I share air space with these freaks! This is a strange world we live in. Toddlers in a nail salon? With all of those toxic fumes???? Plastic surgery on teens? This one was only a nose, many parents pay for teens to have implants!!!!

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Bev, 3-07-2010, 5:03PM

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I could not believe when Lynn let her husband spend $10,000 for a face life when she looked fine. She is a beautiful person and really didn't need any plastic surgery. Especially when they couldn't afford it and she is not that old and as i stated looked great. Although with her husband being as alert as a rock, i guess he thought he better or maybe or else, who knows. As for getting the daughters nose fixed and making it a together thing is sick. The daughter is also a beautiful person and i think if she had more attention by Lynn as a mom and not just as a friend she would see that. Your a mom first an formost!!! But of course this starts when they are little and maybe too late. Alexis also needs her mom, not a friend. She's got lots of friends HER AGE. Lynn is a mom and i wish she would wake up to the fact.

I don't know what happens behind closed doors, and we don't see everything on the series, but neither one, Lynne or her husband is awake to what is happening around them. They are such a bad excuse for parents. I guess i am getting off the track but when i seen the last show i was SHOCKED at her for just ignoring the fact that her girls were drunk and wanted more, i just couldn't believe it. I think most of Lynn's closed eyes is an act so she doesn't have to deal with life. I feel sorry for her mom who has to watch this on televison for the whole world to see. When she made the statement that the girls were too far away for her to see what they were drinking was the most STUPID statement i have ever heard come out of a persons mouth. NO ONE is that nieve. I certainly hope things get better for the whole family and especially the girls.

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Bev, 3-07-2010, 5:04PM

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Alexis taking those two little darlings in to get there nails painted and their not even 2 years old, is so crazy i could not believe what i was seeing. Is Alexis dence or what!!! She could do it for them at home and make it a fun thing with mom and the girls. But maybe she's too busy at the gym to bother. I sure hope not.

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