When Mean Girls star Lindsay Lohan returned to the spotlight at Paris Fashion Week earlier this month, it was dubbed ‘an iconic comeback’ by style commentators.

The 38-year-old actress appeared at the Balenciaga show in a black sequined gown, leather jacket and a ponytail — but what surprised fans most was her face.

Some suggested that the troubled star’s new found sobriety was the reason behind the refreshed and rejuvenated look.

Lohan, who gave birth to her first child, a son named Luai, in July last year is sober after stints in and out of rehab and multiple run ins with the law.

Others suspected there had been help for the surgeon’s scalpel: ‘These pics don’t even look like her. She is beautiful but this isn’t her face,’ one fan quipped on Reddit.

Lindsay Lohan,38, Balenciaga Paris Womenswear Spring-Summer 2025 collection at the end of last month

Lindsay Lohan stuns as she arrives at the Balenciaga SS25 show

Fans noticed that the star’s face is more defined than her previous public appearances

Now, in a viral video posted to TikTok, cosmetic treatment expert Dr Johnny Betteridge has given his verdict on the drastic work that she has likely had done.

The Botox and filler guru, based in the UK, explained how she had previously suffered from badly done injectables.

‘Look at her face from over a decade ago, we can see signs of over-filling. Predominantly in the cheeks and lips, and see how her nose is broader and less defined,’ says Dr Betteridge.

‘From a surgical perspective it looks like she has had an upper blepharoplasty’, a procedure that reconstructs the upper eye lid.

The doctor says you can tell as ‘her eyes are more open and there is less skin laxity in this area. Her nose is much sharper and more defined than from a rhinoplasty.’

Despite having more work done he says ‘her face has a more natural look to it than it did a few years ago.’

The clip, which has had over 100,000 views, has divided fans. ‘God she looks tremendous!!!! So happy for her,’ said one.

Others were less impressed. ‘I’m glad she’s happy and healthy but a metric fuckton of surgery is not aging like fine wine,’ commented a Reddit user on another picture of the star’s transformation.