Kerry Plagued by Pre-Botox Plastic Surgery Rumors

For Democratic Party front-runner John Kerry, rumors that his appearance has been cosmetically enhanced didn't start with last week's Botox story.

In fact, Kerry has long admitted that he had corrective surgery to his jaw in the 1970s - only he maintains it was to fix a bite malocclusion that he's had since childhood, as aides told The Hill earlier this year.

Or, as Kerry himself told Vanity Fair magazine back in 1996, he had surgery on the area in question after breaking his jaw playing hockey.

Commenting on the Vanity Fair revelation, the Boston Herald noted at the time, "The junior senator used to be a lot more - shall we say - lantern-jawed than he is today."

That same year the Boston Globe noted, "Washington gossip columnists have whispered about Kerry's once-bulging jaw - that he had plastic surgery to make it look more telegenic."

The Globe said Sen. Kerry carries a letter from his plastic surgeon testifying that his jaw surgery was medically necessary.

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