Dr. Michael Niccole talks with Barbara Walters on 20/20, says he's doing “maintenance”

Feb 24, 2012 19:41 GMT  ·  By
Brittani and Charm Niccole, 23, have their own plastic surgeon – their dad
   Brittani and Charm Niccole, 23, have their own plastic surgeon – their dad

In the land of all possibilities, there's no such thing as too young for plastic surgery. Dr. Michael Niccole, a guest on the latest segment 20/20 on ABC with Barbara Walters, is just the guy to explain to you how that works.

A preview of the show is below, embedded at the end of the article.

Walters, no stranger to plastic surgery herself (according to online reports), seeks to tackle a very delicate question about this type of procedures: when it is too young to have one done, or is age no limit for it?

In the video below, before introducing the case of one particular plastic surgeon in California, she says that, right now, plastic surgery is no longer referred to as such, but rather as cosmetic augmentation, perhaps in a bid to create the impression that it's boosting, improving, if you will, something that's already there.

Plastic surgery also carries with the connotation of something being cut to be altered, and that's no longer the case these days: fillers, botox and other beauty procedures are done without a scalpel.

This brings her to the story of one Dr. Niccole: not only is he a father, but he is also his daughters' personal plastic surgery.

When Charm, who is now only 23, told him that she was unhappy about her belly button, he had it fixed for her. She was just 10 at the time.

The other girl, Brittani, who is also 23, had him give her larger breasts the moment she turned 18, that is, she was of legal age.

Both girls get Botox, fillers and laser treatments regularly, even though they're at an age when they certainly don't need any help with looking smoother or more youthful in the face.

Asked whether he feels he's ruining his daughters by performing so many augmentation procedures on them at such a young age, Dr. Niccole says on the contrary, he's helping them get “maintenance.”

“I have no qualms. I feel very comfortable in surgery, and I always have with relatives,” he tells Barbara.

If anything, he's the most qualified surgeon to do work on his daughters because he's the only one who would put in the extra effort to make sure they look their best.

“Who would give them the time – that extra little look during surgery more than I would? I’m not changing their looks in any means. They want maintenance. They don’t want to get old. They want to stay young,” he says, defending his actions.

Obviously, experts disagree with him.

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