Zac Efron's Jaw Injury And Plastic Surgery Explained

4 July 2024, 11:55

By Capital FM

@CapitalOfficial

Here's Zac Efron's changed looks and chin shape explained amid plastic surgery rumours, after the actor revealed that he "almost died" in a tragic accident that resulted in a horrific chin injury.

Over the past few years, there has been a lot of speculation about Zac Efron's changing looks online, with the High School Musical star addressing the rumours in September 2022.

The 36-year-old actor revealed that he underwent corrective surgery following a chin injury which had led to a swollen face and photos of his new appearance went viral months later.

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Given that Zac grew up in front of our eyes on Disney Channel before starring in iconic films like 17 Again and The Greatest Showman and now Netflix's A Family Affair, it took no time at all for fans to notice how different his jaw looked, but Zac continues to deny plastic surgery speculation.

Zac even referenced what happened during his new movie, A Family Affair. Here's everything the actor has said about the rumours...

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Has Zac Efron had plastic surgery?

Zac insists that he hasn't had plastic surgery, pinning his changed appearance on his growing jaw muscles following an accident at home in which he seriously injured his chin.

He revealed in his Men’s Health Magazine interview in 2022 that he hadn't realised that a picture of his swollen appearance had gone viral last April. The Iron Claw star said that it was only brought to his attention when his mother asked if he had undergone plastic surgery.

He also revealed to ET: "My mom told me. I never really read the internet, so, I don’t really care."

He explained that his stronger jawline was due to his growing masseter muscles – which are rectangular-shaped muscles in your face and jaw. Zac also revealed that he began masseter exercises to aid in his recovery from a horrific chin accident months prior.

“The masseters just grew. They just got really, really big," he explained to Men's Health.

Zac then poignantly said in the interview: "If I valued what other people thought of me to the extent that they may think I do, I definitely wouldn’t be able to do this work."

What happened to Zac Efron? Did Zac Efron have an accident?

In October 2022, Zac told Mens Health in an interview about the accident that left him needing surgery. He revealed that whilst at home he slipped on a sock and fell onto the corner of a granite fountain, leaving him unconscious.

The Ricky Stanicky actor told the publication that his "chin bone was hanging off his face".

Zac did physical therapy to help rehabilitate his broken jaw, but he ended up stopping for a while. The outlet then notes Zac said that because he stopped, "some of the masseter muscles in his face, which are used for chewing, had to compensate for the others not being at full health."

He later spoke to Entertainment Tonight about how severe the accident was: "It was funny. It sucks. I almost died, but we’re good."

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Surprisingly in his latest movie A Family Affair, Zac's character 'Chris Cole' references having a chin injury and surgery. Speaking to Nicole Kidman's character 'Brooke Harwood' he says, "I did have surgery though. I fell on set [on to] some broken glass," pointing to a 'scar' on his chin.

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