JAKARTA - There is no denying that surgical procedures can completely change a person's appearance. That's what happened to the Bogdanoff twins.
Igor and Grichka, 71, look unrecognizable today - compared to when they first found fame on French television in the 1970s.
The siblings - who were raised by their maternal grandmother in her castle in southern France - reportedly underwent their first round of plastic surgery in the 1990s.
Although the two of them used to be known for their good looks, the duo is now almost unrecognizable.
In 2010 it was reported that Igor and Grichka had a number of chin and cheek implants, as well as botox and fillers.
As a result, the two brothers are often called "freaks" and described as "cat people" by the media.
Their stretchy faces bear much in common with the appearance of socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein, who has been nicknamed the "Wildenstein Bride."
However, Igor and Grichka reportedly always denied excessive plastic surgery.
Some of his fans to this day believe that they suffer from acromegaly - a serious medical condition linked to an abnormality of the pituitary gland that makes the bones of the skull and limbs enlarge.
According to US statistics, the number of men undergoing plastic surgery is on the rise. The American Society of Plastic Surgeons' annual report for 2019 says 18.1 million minimally invasive and surgical cosmetic procedures were performed in the United States alone last year.
This compares with 13 million in 2011, and the top five procedures are breast augmentation followed by liposuction, eyelid surgery, nose reshaping, and face lift.
Apart from their changing appearance, Igor and Grichka are also known as television presenters, producers and scientific essay writers.
Since the 1970s they have presented a wide variety of subjects in science fiction, popular science, and cosmology.
They also have ties to several old European noble families. Their grandmother was a member of the Bohemian Kolowrat aristocratic family who sent shock waves through European high society. The grandmother was impregnated by their grandfather - African American tenor Roland Hayes when she married another man.
In addition, Igor married Countess Ludmilla d'Oultremont and Amélie de Bourbon de Parme, daughter of Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma.
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