The quote
“I went in for a lower bleph and then I asked about an upper bleph and ended up getting that. Did not want that [fat] grafting, to be honest.”
Context
The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives cast member had an upper and lower blepharoplasty with facial fat grafting in December 2025, then said on TikTok in March 2026 that she was unhappy with the fat-grafting result.
The procedures
Upper eyelid surgery
In Jessi Ngatikaura's words: “Upper eyelid surgery”
Upper blepharoplasty removes excess skin from the upper eyelid, with or without a strip of orbicularis muscle and some fat (PMID 40152471). Redundant upper lid skin can narrow the upper field of vision and cause lid heaviness, headache and tearing (PMID 42693598).
Procedure page: Upper blepharoplasty
Lower eyelid surgery
In Jessi Ngatikaura's words: “Lower eyelid surgery”
Lower blepharoplasty removes or repositions the fat that bulges under the eye and removes excess skin when present (PMID 37531619). It is done mainly for appearance: bags, circles or a tired look under the eyes (PMID 37531619).
Procedure page: Lower blepharoplasty
Procedure pages and surgeons
Others on record
People who named the same procedures, most in common first, then the newest statement.
| Person | Year |
|---|---|
| Phyllis Diller “I decided to do the whole thing, neck, up above the eyes, below the eyes, whole new nose.” | 2006 |
| Denise Richards “He did everything. He did the neck, the lower face, the upper, the brow lift. The only thing he didn't do…” | 2026 |
| Kathy Wakile “Today I had a neck and lower facelift, along with a brow lift and lower blepharoplasty.” | 2026 |
| Barbara Corcoran “three facelifts, lower eyelid skin pinch, filler four times a year, brow lift, professional teeth whitening,…” | 2025 |
| Simone Biles “Every time I would go to a shoot, they're like, 'Oh, can we put some [eye masks] on her?' And I was like,…” | 2025 |
| Josh Peck “It's the best. It's really easy. They go all inside your eye. No scar, little lift, little tuck.” | 2024 |
| Ramona Singer “So I really did it because I had 'a little hood,' ... my eye was a little droopy... I had a little excess…” | 2023 |
| Jeff Lewis “It's fat repositioning. ... They go inside my eyelid, but it doesn't change the shape of your eye.” | 2021 |
| Jamie Lee Curtis “I had a routine plastic surgery because of a cameraman. I naturally had puffy eyes.” | 2019 |
| Dawn Ward “I had excess skin on my upper lids. I'd try to mask it as much as I could with lots of makeup.” | 2018 |
| Tamra Judge “I did a lower facelift, where they pull from the neck and the lower jaw. ... Since he would have to cut…” | 2017 |
| Jane Fonda “...some 'work' done on my chin and neck and had the bags taken away from under my eyes.” | 2010 |
| Joan Rivers “The first thing was get rid of the bags under my eyes, I had my nose thinned and my chin done and my neck…” | 2010 |
Questions
Did Jessi Ngatikaura have upper eyelid surgery?
By Jessi Ngatikaura's own account, yes. The statement is in TikTok, 2026-03-05, as quoted by Us Weekly, 2026-03-06, and pagesix.com reported it.
What did Jessi Ngatikaura have done?
In Jessi Ngatikaura's words: “Upper eyelid surgery” and “Lower eyelid surgery”. Sorted into the procedure library as upper eyelid surgery and lower eyelid surgery.
Who was Jessi Ngatikaura's surgeon?
The statement on record does not name a surgeon. A surgeon is listed only when the patient named them.
How was the record checked?
The quote was copied verbatim from the source page, a second outlet was found reporting the same statement, and both pages were checked 2026-10-01. Rumor and comparisons of photographs are not recorded. The rules are in the method.