 Canadian-born internet celebrity Giselle Lauren Lazzarato-Getty became a breakout star on YouTube under the name we know her best, Gigi Gorgeous. Since posting her first video back in 2008, her fans have witnessed her rise to fame and then in 2013 Gigi came out as transgender. Since then, the stunning star has undergone a handful of plastic surgeries and other procedures needed in order to transition, including a tracheal shave, breast augmentation, facial feminization surgery, and more. It's no doubt that Gigi's journey is one that's inspired many, and she's even been called one of the most public-facing trans women in the world. Giselle Lauren Lazzarato-Getty was born Gregory Allen Lazzarato in 1992, and since starting her YouTube journey back in 2008 a whole lot has changed, but she's still a YouTube star as well as a model, influencer, transgender activist, and more. These days, Gigi has a signature, glamorous look, but a lot has taken place for her to get where she is now, YouTube followers first knew Gigi as Gregory, a gay male who was great at doing makeup tutorials. And it wasn't until December 2013 that Gigi announced herself as a transgender woman. Unlike many other stars, Gigi's been super open about all of the work that she's gotten done leading up to her dream transformation, using this as an opportunity to educate the public. She's covered most of her surgery experiences over the years on her personal YouTube channel. Now of course, Gigi has undergone some intense cosmetic procedures to transform her look, ranging from hormone replacement therapy to multiple-face surgeries. Taking a look at what work Gigi has gotten done to her face, there's quite a bit. She had a forehead reduction, her chin was done, and a nose job. In one of Gigi's videos, she explained that her hairline was lowered, her brow was shaved. She got a mini eyebrow lift, rhinoplasty, and her chin was shaved down. All of these surgeries with the intention of softening Gigi's facial features and making them less prominent. And they're also known as facial feminization surgeries. Getting all of this done, cue Gigi to talk about how brutal the pain was afterwards. Remember, it's just throbbing pain. I felt like someone had shot me in my face, or my brain was swollen and ready to explode like through my skull. It was the worst pain ever, like a migraine. And considering it's almost the entire face going under the knife, I can't say that I'm surprised. At the time of these surgeries and this video, Gigi's nose job wasn't too drastic, but more recently her nose appears even more petite. So it can be assumed that she got a second nose job. Some websites speculate that she had her eyes fixed as they look much bigger than earlier days, but this might have been a result of her brow lift. Gigi's lips are always extra plump as well, which we can think injections for. She actually started getting them done before her full transition and posted a video about them in 2013. I haven't really thought I would go through with lip injections, but it turned out to be like the best thing ever. And these pictures are the after pictures. As you can tell, they're absolutely humongous. However, in 2020, Gigi posted that she got her lip fillers dissolved. But either way, they seem to always look full. In terms of the facial feminization work that Gigi has underwent, it helped to alter more typical male features and make them more feminine. However, this next one sounds even more painful to me as Gigi had to undergo a procedure to remove the Adam's apple, which is what's called a tracheal shave. This is exactly what it sounds like. Shaving down the trachea or the cartilage in that area, which makes up the Adam's apple. She explained in a video that they only use local anesthesia for this instead of putting you under, which is common, but sounds super painful or just uncomfortable. In order to permanently remove facial hair, Gigi has gone through electrolysis. This is when heat or chemical energy is used to destroy the hair's center of growth. When she got this done, she documented her journey on YouTube as well as opened up about her struggles. Her facial hair and the process of removing it had been an ongoing insecurity for her. This procedure was painful too, leaving redness and scabs all over her face. But that didn't last long and her skin was healed in about a week. Hormone therapy and breast augmentation were also necessary for Gigi to make her transition. Online sources describe this process. The purpose of the hormone therapy is to cause the development of the secondary sex characteristics of the desired sex, such as breasts and a feminine pattern of hair, fat and muscle distribution. In terms of her breasts, Gigi has had them done more than once. Aside from her initial breast implant surgery in 2014, later on in 2017, she said she had another to fix some details. A few different videos can be found on YouTube where she gives details about her boob job journey. When talking about bottom surgery, it took a while for Gigi to open up and a few years back she said whenever I'm asked the general question, I just like to leave it open-ended because who needs to know that. However, more recently in 2019, Gigi decided to open up about this topic once and for all. Gigi revealed a few years ago that she backed out of gender reassignment surgery at the last minute because she got cold feet about the intense and invasive procedure. On her YouTube channel at the time, she spoke about her choice to postpone the procedure indefinitely until the time was right, despite going all the way to Thailand for her surgical consult. Gigi explained that after writing her book, he said she said, lessens stories and mistakes from my transgender journey, she felt strongly about getting the surgery and believed it would complete her. But once the invasiveness of the entire thing sunk in, she ultimately changed her mind. She said in her video, I feel like a lot of trans people feel that and they feel like they're not done until they get the bottom surgery or whatever it is that makes them happy. Now considering gender reassignment surgery involves converting male anatomy, female anatomy, removing the penis muscle and creating a vagina by turning the skin inside out, it's no doubt that this would be a very scary procedure to follow through with. After Gigi booked her appointment, she got second thought and said, after you get it, obviously there's no going back, which is why it's kind of such a mind death. And Gigi went to explain more. I don't know what my reassignment surgery story looks like. I'm just taking it day by day and what feels right to me because this is my bought. I have to live with this every single day. And when that moment comes, I want it to be perfect. I have not had a sex change yet. It's something that I've held off on doing. I thought that I needed sexual reassignment surgery or as they call it now, sexual confirmation surgery. I thought I needed that right away as soon as possible. In her honest video, Gigi even opened up about her desire to have a family with her now wife, oil heiress, Nat's Getty, explaining that two were still trying to conceive a child together, but sadly with no luck yet. One of Gigi Gorgias' most popular videos is definitely the 2016 clip where she came out as lesbian. She said, I would have not seen falling in love with a girl coming from a mile away, but now that I'm here, I feel so happy. She revealed this after she started dating Iris and activist Nat's Getty. A year after the couple got engaged in 2018, Gorgias said in an interview, I'm not attracted to men anymore. I don't think I ever really was. Gigi and Nat's tied the knot in July 2019 with Gigi sharing footage of their wedding on YouTube. While the pair is married and happy together these days in early 2021, Gigi came out once again in a video titled Coming Out for the Last Time. Here, Gigi revealed she identifies as pansexual and described the term how she sees it herself as falling in love with the soul of somebody. Apparently pansexuality felt like a light bulb moment for Gigi. And while it may seem confusing to some, it's clear to Gigi and Nat's. Gigi posts this video following the transition of her partner, Getty, and explained that this taught her a lot about her own sexuality. Nat's Getty came out as transgender and non-binary on social media in January 2021, posting a heartfelt post on Instagram captioned Coming Out as Non-binary and Transgender. Gigi also posted a video giving insight into her partner's decision to go ahead with top surgery and the reasons behind it. Either way, we can see that Gigi Gorgias has had such a stunning, inspiring transformation and it's clear that she's paved the way for many others to be open about their journey. Nat's gonna wrap up today's Before and After video, but before we go, answer this question for me. Is there any makeup artist on YouTube who inspires you the most and why? Let me know in the comments below. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and turn on your notifications. My name is KaradavanParislayer. Follow me on Instagram to chat further. And if you want to watch another video, stay tuned for our look at Trixie Mattel. Bye. Trixie Mattel is Brian Michael Furkis' stage name, a singer, actor, and famed drag queen. While Trixie won RuPaul's Drag Race All-Star Season 3, he competed prior to this in Season 7 as well. While Trixie is easily recognized by her extremely contoured makeup and Barbie-like style, her eyes to fame is also marked by her comedy being one half of a comic duo on Weiseland, the Trixie and Katya show, as well as on YouTube's uh-huh. From the moment the Drag Race star became a fan favorite, the unique way she dolls up her face was always noticed. However, Trixie didn't always do her makeup that way. At the start of her drag career, she painted her face with a more traditional look, but got bored and was almost going to quit drag altogether. Luckily, Trixie Mattel realized she had the power to turn her stage persona into whatever she dreamed and began to experiment with different looks that turned her into more of a doll than a human. So today, we're going to look at Trixie's before-and-after transformation. Brian Michael Furkis was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and is half Ojibwe growing up to a single mother and absent father, while later being subjected to emotional and physical abuse from a homophobic stepfather who would call Brian a Trixie when he acted feminine. As you might have guessed, this inspired Brian's future drag name while her last name, Mattel, was inspired by her affinity for Mattel Barbie dolls and children's toys. Brian moved in with his grandparents at age 15, a period which Trixie speaks about in the 2019 documentary Moving Part. His grandfather was a country musician who taught Brian to play guitar, which is where his fascination with music ultimately began and this was encouraged by his grandfather as well. Trixie later said about this part of their childhood, My grandfather was a folk musician, I grew up playing guitar and singing at the kitchen table with my grandpa. That was in my blood and there was an understanding that I grow up and be a musician. Well, after high school, Trixie attended the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee to study musical theater, where she also began dabbling in drag after being introduced to it performing in a production of the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Trixie realized that his journey to stardom might move quicker if he put on a dress since his singing career on its own didn't seem mispromising to him. Well, the young queen first performed in drag at La Cage Night Club in Milwaukee, becoming a regular performer in Milwaukee's drag scene and quickly became a regional staple. Trixie said about this, I was living in Milwaukee and performing three nights a week in Chicago, one night in Madison, one night in Milwaukee. Singing wasn't happening, but drag was. I was like, well, music can be my hobby, drag will be my career and that's okay. I mean, I was dirt broke, but I was paying all my bills doing drag and I felt like a real artist. I felt fabulous. Trixie attended beauty school in 2014 before withdrawing to participate in RuPaul's Drag Race. In 2015, the confidence Trixie gained on the local scene inspired her to submit the audition tape for the seventh season of the show, where she was accepted on a first attempt. However, showing up to the RuPaul workroom, Trixie became a bit unsure because all the competitors appeared to her as much more talented, diverse and experienced than herself. But nobody would have known of Trixie's anxiety from the boldly debut that she made on Drag Race. Fans fell for Trixie and her Barbie clown makeup at first sight as well as her brilliant comedy. While she was an audience favorite, she was eliminated, placing sixth overall but becoming the first queen to last more than one episode after being voted to return to the competition. Since her debut on the series, Trixie performed stand-up comedy tours, released a hit album, appeared on American Horror Story and launched the popular web series Uh-huh and The Trixie and Katya Show with her fellow Drag Race co-star Katya. Of course, Trixie further returned to win the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race all stars in 2018. It's no doubt that Trixie Mattel has her own unique makeup look and she wants you to know it's supposed to be like that. Since debuting her wild contour face on Drag Race, it's become legendary in the drag community. Trixie said about this, I want to look like the most made-up person in the world. Where else on my face could you put more makeup? There's nowhere. If I died tomorrow, I wouldn't want to look back and feel like why didn't I go for a bright lipstick? I went for it every day. While she has one of the most recognizable faces in Drag Race history, Trixie's face still has gone through some changes over the years. At the beginning of her career, Trixie painted her face in a more traditional way but claimed that she was getting bored with the look and she was even on the verge of quitting drag altogether. However, Mattel realized she could turn her stage persona and look into anything she dreamt of. Moving forward, she began experimenting with different looks that turned her into more of a doll than a person. Trixie said she found inspiration in toys that she always wanted to play with as a kid but was always judged for. Trixie's giant expressive eyes took on the shape of characters from My Little Pony while her silhouette was inspired by Polly Pocket and her extreme contour helped to make her look like she was made of plastic like a Barbie. About her look as Trixie, she revealed, I like being Trixie and I like that makeup. I never wanted to be one of those drag queens that is like a chameleon. I wanted to be like Coco Peru or Lady Bunny where you have a consistent look. She also said that her makeup got bigger following her first appearance on Drag Race explaining after Drag Race I didn't win and I was mad. Everybody who doesn't wing Drag Race thinks it's unfair but I look back and go oh no you were awful and you deserved it. But I think I was daring myself to put on more makeup and more makeup. I also got better at it. I got better at placement and being bolder with what the proportions of my features are. A Trixie face is all angles and all balancing. There's a lot on but there's a lot of balance there. According to Trixie, her makeup full face boasts equally extreme lights in dark such as a dark eye contrasted with a light lip or vice versa. Just like her classic makeup look but on steroids. While it's most definitely a look that's helped Trixie stand out from the crowd, not all are fans. Season 8 queen Asid Betty attacked Trixie's look when she popped up on screen for a message to Kim Chee during an episode of the backstage series Untucked. She said, look at that ugly makeup, let's be honest, that nose contour is atrocious. As you probably know, Trixie Mattel has found a ton of success in her drag career winning the third season of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars and then competing on the TV special of RuPaul's Drag Race, Holla Slay's spectacular and winning in a tie with other competitors. In 2020, Trixie released her third album Barbara to acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard People, Entertainment Weekly and more. She also released a New York Times bestselling book with Katia called Trixie and Katia's Guide to Modern Womenhood and started a podcast with Katia called The Balds and the Beautiful. Some more ventures that came along for Trixie included a spot on the judging panel for the Paramount Plus Queen of the Universe singing competition. The Trixie Mattel won the only music comedy special and then in 2022, Trixie's Discovery Plus reality reno show Trixie Motel debuted. Seeing how successful this queen is, I'm sure the future will bring only more for Trixie but for now, that will conclude today's Before and After video. But before we go, answer me this. Do you have a signature makeup look that sets you apart from the rest like Trixie? Let me know in the comments below. Don't forget to like, subscribe and turn on your notifications. My name is Kira the Vampire Slayer. Follow me on Instagram to chat further and I'll see you all in another video. Bye!