An ordinary 57-year-old woman won a series of plastic surgeries completely for free. A video documenting her experience went viral on the internet. The woman’s transformation left everyone in awe, as she appeared 20 years younger, and the result turned out to be completely natural.

She was the first winner of a “Mommy Makeover.”

The woman, named Yvie, sent in her application to Braun Plastic Surgery, a Korean beauty clinic whose YouTube channel booms with different videos on the topic of plastic surgery. She was picked as part of a new challenge, where doctors wanted to transform someone older.

“Up until now, we’ve performed surgeries mostly on young people who wanted to become prettier,” one of the doctors explained. So the new focus became older women. In fact, they specifically looked for “middle-aged women who gained a lot of weight after childbirth and parenting or whose faces were sagging due to aging.” Yvie’s name came up in a lucky draw.

She wasn’t happy with herself.

“I am a 57-year-old woman, and I’m interested in applying to be one of your models,” she said in her application video. “I sent a picture of myself when I was 34 years old. You know, I still feel on the inside like I’m the person in that photo, but when I look in the mirror, I get surprised that I look tired and drawn and just like life has done a number on me. So, I’d like to get back some of that freshness.”

Just before being flown to South Korea to meet the medical team and get several plastic surgeries, she admitted what bothered her was how her appearance wasn’t on par with the way she thought of herself. “One of the things I’m excited about with these procedures I’m doing at Braun is that I hope my outside starts to match how I feel on the inside a little bit more,” she spoke candidly. “I don’t feel 57. I feel younger than that and sort of more excited about life, and about doing things in the future. But when I look in the mirror, I look 57.”

“My ears are getting longer, my nose is getting bigger, my wrinkles are getting deeper. It’s startling. It’s hard to age and face those changes in the mirror and kind of be taken by surprise sometimes at the fact that you don’t look like you anymore,” she added.

Most of the procedures were done on her face.

According to the clinic, Yvie got a total of four different plastic surgeries done, both to her face and breasts. They were: a breast lift with ptosis correction, a SMAS facelift plus forehead lift, a lower blepharoplasty, eyelid fat repositioning, and a facial liposuction.

“There’s a bit of sagging in her face as well as in her breasts, so she wanted a breast reduction,” one of the doctors explained. “The sagging breasts are causing her shoulder pain, that was her biggest concern.”

Recovery was not easy; Yvie spent some time in the hospital under observation with her head bandaged. She had swelling and bruises that took a long time to fade. Considering she underwent surgery on her chest and face simultaneously, she experienced pain. However, the recovery went smoothly, and soon Ivy was discharged from the hospital. She documented her healing and changing face on camera. Finally, she achieved the long-awaited result, which was worth all the effort.

The results left everyone with their jaws dropped.

“The recovery, especially the first two or three days, was challenging for me,” she recalled in a post-surgery video. “But I didn’t come with family or friends, so I had to do everything myself, and I think that contributed to being more challenging.”

“I already feel liberated from the chest that I was carrying before, which was always in the way. It was very heavy and my back hurt,” she added. “Thank you so very much.”

The woman’s transformation immediately went viral on social media, and users expressed their amazement and support:

• Wow! It looks like a mother and daughter picture. I saw the transformation video, she is a very beautiful lady to begin with but when the procedures were done, and she healed, it was a medical science success performed by the skilled hands of these surgeons. Just gorgeous!!! © Lora Brady / Facebook
• She was gorgeous before surgery, but glad that she looks so happy and confident afterwards. © ForestFibreCrochet1997 / TikTok
• Omg! She looks younger by 10 years. © Enivre / TikTok
• I think doctors that can make you look on the outside like you feel on the inside are truly heroes. I’m so happy for her that all that pain was worth it. © thepaperbrickroad / YouTube
• Mom transformed into the daughter. She easily looks 25–30 years younger. These surgeons are experts at their craft. What’s really amazing is that it looks so natural. Also, her smile really sells it. © mechwarrior-oz7pn / YouTube

The result is truly mind-blowing. We are glad that Ivy looks beautiful and is finally content with her appearance. However, not everyone is so fortunate; sometimes the outcomes of interventions are not as expected, and people regret it bitterly. This happens even to celebrities.