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Sly Stallone's Ex-Wife Puts Plastic Surgery on TV

Model and actress Brigitte Nielsen wants to look 15 years younger, so she's going to have doctors give her a facelift, eyelift, breastlift, fat injections, liposuction and new teeth. German TV viewers will get to watch every incision and injection.

It won't be the first time the model and actress Brigitte Nielsen has gone under the knife, but it will be the first time millions of TV viewers will be able to watch the procedures.

Sylvester Stallone's ex-wife will have numerous plastic surgeries performed on her, and all the while a TV crew will film the operations for a three-part program to be broadcast on German TV channel RTL.

Nielsen, 44, said she hoped the show would break taboos around plastic surgery, the AP reported. "I know I am the first female celebrity in the world who has allowed herself to be filmed like that in an operating theater. I know I will be breaking a taboo. But I'm sure that it will provoke a new discussion. It's time things change. I feel 30 and want to look that way again."

According to a statement released by RTL, the Dane also wants to send out a message about the secrecy around plastic surgery. "The secrecy in Hollywood is annoying. You can see that the stars do not age naturally. It's not right that the fans, the normal women, are lied to."

Nielsen, who became famous for her roles in "Red Sonja" and "Rocky IV" and then for marrying "Rocky" star Sylvester Stallone, will have a number of procedures done. "I'm getting a complete renewal: facelift, eyelift, fat injections in my face, liposuction, a breast lift and I need new teeth."

Nielsen intends to show off her new face and body by appearing in December's Playboy magazine. The 44-year-old graced the magazine's cover 20 years ago.

The program, "Aus alt mach neu: Brigitte Nielsen in der Promi-Beautyklinik" ("Making new out of old: Brigitte Nielsen in the celebrity clinic"), will be shown from July 13.

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