Ruby Tuesday Matthews Tell All

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Ruby Tuesday Matthews joins Vainish to candidly discuss her recent trip to Korea for an endoscopic forehead lift and ponytail lift, detailing the decision-making process,

Key takeaways

• Ruby Tuesday Matthews underwent an endoscopic forehead lift and ponytail lift using endotine tape in Korea, choosing a less invasive approach to avoid drastic traditional facelift results.
• She departed the clinic on day six post-op despite doctors recommending a two-week stay, citing family emergency and anxiety over her heavily bandaged appearance.

Main topics

• Korean facial surgery procedures
• Post-operative recovery & pain management

Notable quotes

I didn't realise how big my balls were until I was above a coffee bean restaurant going, what the fuck is going on?

Conclusion

Matthews' episode offers a transparent, unfiltered look at the physical and

Transcript preview

Speaker 2 (0:02) A listener production. I'm Speaker 3 (0:05) Bec Judd. And I'm Jess Roberts. And we're done with the smoke and mirrors. Fainish shares honest stories about what it takes to look amazing because we did not wake up like this. And Speaker 2 (0:15) you should know the stuff that we chat about on this podcast is based on our personal experiences. Speaker 3 (0:20) We're sharing it for your entertainment. It's definitely not. medical advice. And Speaker 2 (0:26) we'll always be clear with you when something is a paid endorsement. Please Speaker 3 (0:29) always chat with your qualified Speaker 2 (0:31) healthcare team before Speaker 3 (0:32) making any decisions about your health. Speaker 5 (0:37) We wanna. No. Speaker 3 (0:49) Hi, it's Bec Jard. And Jess Robertson. Welcome to Maynish. OMG. OMG. OMG. I'm so excited for this interview. Wow. I mean, we're always excited, but this one, this girl, we followed this along. I think the whole country's followed this one along. It's Ruby Tuesday. We wanted to get her in for so long. And we wanted to get her in before she went to bloody Korea and got a facelift, right? And then she went and did that. And now it's like, you're definitely coming in. Ruby, welcome to Vainish. I think we booked you in before Korea. Most Speaker 4 (1:20) definitely. I think we all Speaker 3 (1:21) just wanted a good Speaker 4 (1:22) excuse to Speaker 2 (1:23) catch up, Speaker 4 (1:23) really, and just Speaker 2 (1:24) call it a day. Yeah, exactly. I think that's what it is. It is. I was like... I've been trying to catch up with you for so long. So thank you for coming on and coming all the way down here. I'm so excited, guys. So for those Speaker 3 (1:35) who don't know Ruby, you've been living under a rock, but Ruby Tuesday Matthews is a mum of three, entrepreneur, content creator. We followed so many chapters of her life over many years. But recently, Ruby packed her bags and headed to Korea for facial surgery. And we have so many questions. So many. So many questions. I feel like, Ruby, you did. cover a lot of it on your stories in real time as it was happening, unfolding. And it was so cool to be on that journey with you because you did not hold back. Like you shared it all, warts and all. Speaker 4 (2:07) Yeah, I think I didn't really think I was going to share that much, but I also kind of always overshare. So I'm like, it's your Speaker 2 (2:15) person. My person, me. Speaker 4 (2:18) But yeah, no, I definitely shared it in real time. And it was something that I guess, Like I've had cosmetic procedures before. I've had, you know, a breast lift. And then I had, after my last child, a breast augmentation and implants. And then... So I've gone and I've felt kind of the waves of what happens when you do have cosmetic surgery, you know, the preparation, choosing your surgeon, all those little things. But this was completely different going to a different country. Speaker 1 (2:48) I was like. Man, you've got some balls. I didn't Speaker 4 (2:52) realise how big my balls were until I was above a coffee bean restaurant going, what Speaker 1 (2:57) the fuck Speaker 4 (2:58) is going on? Am I actually doing this? So how Speaker 3 (3:01) long have you planned? doing surgery in career for or was it one of those ADHD moments that Jess gets where she's like, I'm just going to do this. I'm going to make this really big life decision just today just because I feel like doing it. It Speaker 4 (3:11) was a bit like that. I knew that I had kind of like narrowed it down to three surgeons that I really liked and I was like, I don't know when I'm Speaker 2 (3:20) going Speaker 4 (3:20) to get this done kind of thing. And, you know, when you start like looking, everything starts popping up on your algorithm. And I kept like, it kept popping up, popping up, popping up and I was like. And then finally I was like, no, that's it. I'm going to book it within like, I think it was within 12 days. Speaker 2 (3:36) And Speaker 4 (3:36) then I went, I'm going to go to Korea. Like that's where I'm going and it's going to be the surgeon in Korea because it was like either LA or Korea and I'm like, I can't fly that long. Yeah. But also LA is like 10 Speaker 2 (3:47) times more expensive. Yeah. And then also the time difference is horrendous. Well, at least with Korea it's only a two-hour time difference, an hour. Speaker 4 (3:54) It's like an hour or something. Yeah, like we're at the same time. Did you fly direct there? No. You're from Byron so nothing's direct anyway. I Speaker 3 (4:02) had to go Brisbane Speaker 4 (4:02) to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to – Oh, schlep. And I went with my – sister, which was like, uh, amazing. Great support. When I Speaker 2 (4:12) get my facelift, I'm going to bring my daughter with me. So that's going to be amazing. She's going to be the best support person ever. Speaker 3 (4:18) When you, you say you share everything online, do you think that helps you deal with what you're going through better by having online support? Speaker 4 (4:28) I find it's not so much online support. I feel like I've shared so much of my life online, I'm sure, as you both do, you know, and when you are going through something, whether it's good, bad or whatever it is, sometimes when you say anything out loud, whether it's online or actually in real life, it always feels better. to actually let that out and be like, oh, I did this or I did this or, you know, or I'm going through this or whatever. It's always, you know. It's like therapy. Yeah, and it's Speaker 2 (4:54) like Speaker 4 (4:54) a bit hard Speaker 2 (4:54) to Speaker 4 (4:54) hide your face for this long and, like, I still can't laugh properly. Speaker 3 (4:58) Don't make her laugh. She Speaker 4 (4:59) can't laugh. There's just this one side still. But, yeah, so it kind of helps me be able to, number one, continue to share online in real time. and day-to-day and not try to hide under a rock for, you know, definitely easily three and a half to four weeks because that's, everyone's like, oh, two weeks. I'm like, two weeks, bullshit. What did you have done? I had an endoscopic forehead lift and I had what I guess you'd call a ponytail lift with endotine tape or endotine ribbon, which is similar to you had, what was it called, the little Speaker 3 (5:34) endotine beck. Devices, little screws. Devices. They're like Speaker 4 (5:38) little squares. Yeah. So where are they? So endotine tape is kind of the same, but they use it and they run it along down the inside of like wherever they want it, here or here or here or like wherever. Speaker 3 (5:50) Okay, Speaker 4 (5:50) so cheek, jaw, Speaker 2 (5:51) forehead. Speaker 4 (5:51) And then it grows everything. So where's your Speaker 3 (5:54) endotine tape exactly? I feel Speaker 4 (5:56) like it's, well, I can't feel it, but I feel like it's here. Speaker 3 (6:01) You are pointing to like your temple to... Down to the side of Speaker 4 (6:05) my lip. Speaker 3 (6:05) So they put the tape in there and then, oh, that Speaker 4 (6:08) is different. And so it runs back up. And then they attach it through the Speaker 3 (6:12) incision in your hairline. Yeah, but they also Speaker 4 (6:14) go down and they do it through like, I don't think I had tape here, but he said, because I was like, what did I actually have done? Asking for a friend who has ADHD and just went and got a procedure overseas. Yes, yes. I was like, what did I actually have done? No, I was actually booked in for a heap more. Like I was booked in for a two-point lift, which is where they go also, I think, just where the ear is like as well. And I was going to get the under chin one. And then he's like, you don't need to do under your chin. Is Speaker 2 (6:42) that Speaker 4 (6:42) the witch chin? Yeah, the witch. They call Speaker 2 (6:44) it witch chin. I was like, that's so rude. What's Speaker 4 (6:47) a Speaker 2 (6:47) witch chin? Witch chin is where. They go through Speaker 4 (6:50) one point. Yeah. Just one little thing. And then they tighten all the ligaments and your neck all at once through one little point. One point. Speaker 2 (6:57) Yeah. So you know how like in Australia we have the old school, goes around the ear or behind the hairline. They just do a little incision up here. Oh, Speaker 1 (7:05) I've been deep diving, guys. So Speaker 2 (7:07) if you do that before. I find that hard to believe how that would Speaker 3 (7:09) hold for more than like 12 months though with one incision point. Do they put Speaker 2 (7:13) tape there? No, no, no. You do the incision behind the ear as well. They also do a tiny, like it's about the size of Speaker 4 (7:19) a nail and it's like just Speaker 2 (7:20) behind you and they pull it there too. Speaker 4 (7:23) So you didn't do that. I went in and he was like, you don't need to get that done. Because my main concern was like my eyelids were folding over. I always wear a winged eye and I was like, guys, this is like happening to me all the time. Yeah. And he's like, I would not get your upper left yet because I feel like an upper left is a more socially acceptable thing in Australia. People go, I got an upper left. And I was like, of course, it's fine. Like Speaker 3 (7:48) there's not as much stigma to it compared to a ponytail or whatever. An endoscopic fall, yes. And maybe Speaker 2 (7:55) because blephs can be done by lots of different doctors. Optometrists. Yes, optometrists. So it hasn't got there. There is Speaker 3 (8:00) less of a social stigma around a blepharoplasty, which is eyelid surgery. I think maybe because, yeah, so many different doctors can do it maybe. Speaker 4 (8:10) So it's Speaker 3 (8:11) not. Speaker 4 (8:12) So I ended up going in and. You didn't do a bleph. No, I didn't. I was like, are you sure? Are you sure? And he's like, I am sure. And I was like, I don't believe you. Anyway, I'm so glad I didn't because I'd be like, oh, like after the recovery. But so yeah, went and got an endoscopic forehead lift and a one point, I guess it's ponytail lift. They usually do it at two points, but he only did it at one point. So what does that Speaker 3 (8:34) mean, one point versus two points? Speaker 4 (8:36) It just depends, I guess, well, I wish. Does it mean one fixation point? Yeah, like one fixation point. Speaker 3 (8:42) And where's the second fixation point in a two point? Speaker 4 (8:45) So, no, it's through the same area. They just tighten. Pull it more. Yeah, they pull it more into different areas. Okay. Internally, because you end up getting stitches, like, all internally. I had them all through here. Okay. All through Speaker 3 (8:57) your jaw. Yeah, Speaker 4 (8:58) yeah. So it's to keep the tape in place. No, Speaker 3 (9:01) to Speaker 4 (9:01) tape, like, ligaments, he said. Like, we cut here, we tighten, like, your ligaments naturally, and then we pull the stuff out. That is actually Speaker 3 (9:08) insane that he's managed to get as far down as your jaw with an incision in your... hairline without going all around your Speaker 4 (9:17) ear or under your chin. There's only four tiny incisions and like they're literally tiny. The ones here are slightly bigger, but it took four hours. Speaker 1 (9:27) Like Speaker 4 (9:28) that's a long time. That's Speaker 2 (9:29) a Speaker 4 (9:29) long time. Speaker 1 (9:30) Like Speaker 4 (9:30) I was like, are you sure? Like am I going to die on the table? That's Speaker 1 (9:34) the Speaker 4 (9:34) longest sleep Speaker 1 (9:34) you've had Speaker 4 (9:34) in weeks. I Speaker 1 (9:36) was Speaker 4 (9:36) trying. I was like, when I went in, I was like, are you sure about this? I was talking to them and no one could speak English. I was like, to the Ukrainian Speaker 2 (9:44) girl, are you sure about Speaker 4 (9:46) this? And I'm like, have you had a surgery? And she's like, no. She hadn't had a surgery quite clearly. And I'm like, have you done anything like this? And she's like, I think so, once. I was like, bullshit. Speaker 3 (9:58) I was like, are you? Speaker 4 (10:00) How much commission did you get? Who's Speaker 1 (10:01) the Speaker 4 (10:01) Ukrainian girl and where does she come into the story? Oh, Speaker 1 (10:04) she Speaker 4 (10:04) was like the translator Speaker 1 (10:05) I hired. Speaker 1 (10:09) I love that there's a Ukrainian girl that can speak Korean. So as you're getting wheeled in, you're having like the full like regrets. No, I was Speaker 4 (10:17) walking Speaker 3 (10:17) in. I was walking in and Speaker 4 (10:19) I was like panicking at this. I was like, oh, fuck, I've done something. I'm doing something stupid again, aren't Speaker 3 (10:24) I? Speaker 4 (10:25) ADHD groupies here. I was like, I've done a lot of like, I say a lot of things without thinking. I do a lot of shit without thinking, you know, and I'm like, am I doing this? Like, am I? I haven't even told my mum. Like, don't think Shannon knows. Like, Shannon was like, what the fuck did you get done? Singing news article. Speaker 3 (10:44) I told you, babe. No, you didn't. I just went for threading. I was Speaker 1 (10:48) just Speaker 3 (10:48) going for threading. I was literally Speaker 1 (10:49) laughing. I was talking to a girlfriend the other day. She said that she was getting her boobs done to her husband and then she goes and gets her boobs done and then he goes and picks her up and she had her whole face done. Speaker 3 (10:58) Hey, actually, to this point, to Speaker 1 (11:00) this point. I was like, this is amazing. We want to know, what have Speaker 3 (11:06) you lied to your partner about having done and were you caught out? And Speaker 4 (11:12) if you've done anything. Oh, my God. Like Ruby going to Korea Speaker 3 (11:17) and getting, then coming back with a facelift and her partner finding out about it in the newspaper. Or our other friend who was going in for boobs and came out with a nose job and a full brow lift and taped up and got in trouble. Is there anything you've done similar? Please slide into our DMs and let us know. Okay, back to you, Ruby. This is gold. Speaker 4 (11:36) Oh, no. Speaker 3 (11:37) There's like a Speaker 4 (11:37) multiple questionable. Like, because it was a beautiful clinic and I was like, okay. okay, I've done all my research. Like I really, you know, you go through chat 2B2 and you're like, what questions do you ask to make sure I'm not going to die here? And so like I've asked every question. I'm going, okay, I feel like, you know, and I've seen multiple other people go there. I know two people who've gone there. So Speaker 3 (11:56) let's take it back a step. We want to know why you decided to do it in the first place. Speaker 4 (12:02) Oh, yeah. So in the first place, I guess I... You see these huge transformations of these women getting these crazy deep plane facelifts at 40. And for me, I was like, that's not something I really... Speaker 2 (12:15) Not ready for. Well, Speaker 4 (12:16) I'm not 40. I'm getting there. But like also, I wasn't really loving the results, to tell you the truth. They were so drastic. And I feel like sometimes if you, and this is just my own personal opinion, if you do a smaller procedure... you know, or you do things to prevent in the long term. A drastic thing down the path. You don't end up having and you can actually kind of age. That's like I'm not trying to stop aging. I'm not trying to completely freeze myself like this forever because that's not going to happen. We all need to kind of. Why not? Speaker 3 (12:51) I'm not going to look like this when I'm 100. I'll have it known. When I'm 100, I'm going to look exactly like this. I don't Speaker 4 (12:57) think I'm Speaker 2 (12:57) going to be here when I'm 100. I Speaker 4 (13:00) have done way too many questions. But no, I know that there isn't, like I still need to age, you know, to some degree. Like it's what happens. And I just felt like it was a more gentle approach to ageing and to buy a bit more time without having to go and have the facelift when you're 40. And to have a smaller procedure now without cutting any of my skin. Yeah. Apart from a few things in my head. Speaker 3 (13:27) I did that with my eyes and fat transfer and so forth earlier just to do little bits so I'm not waiting for everything to sag and be completely noticeable and then to have to have a fully drastic everything done at once. I just do little things along the way, kind of in the Ruby Tuesday approach. It's just the approach of like subtle, gradual things where you're like. Speaker 4 (13:48) Did they have something done? And I think Speaker 3 (13:49) that's a procedure, the ones that you still look like yourself and you look refreshed and you feel great and... Without waiting until you're 60 and needing your face pulled off the floor. Yeah, and I feel like Speaker 4 (13:59) I guess a lot of those results that I was seeing, I was going like, I don't really want that look. Speaker