Zac Efron explains what causes 'jaw-gate' and his plastic surgery advice

Zac Efron explains what causes 'jaw-gate' and his plastic surgery advice

Zac Efron explains the truth behind "Jaw-gate".

The Greatest Bear Run Ever actor, 34, was asked during an interview with Men's Health if he had plastic surgery on his jawline. Rumors surfaced last April, with many claiming that he was part of the Earth Day PSA.

Admitting that his appearance has changed in recent years, Efron explained that his appearance changed after he fell at home and broke his jaw in November 2013, and the muscles in his face and jaw had to break. work harder.

Although a person's masseter muscles should work "like a symphony" with the facial muscles, his injury means it no longer works, he said.

He was seeing a physical therapist to help him recover, but he was stopped in his tracks during his stay in Australia, where he filmed Season 2 of his Netflix series Down to Earth in Australia last year.

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"The masseters just grew up," recalls Efron. "They are very, very big."

The star's mother told him about the online attention to his appearance and speculation that he had plastic surgery or some cosmetic procedure, which the publication called a "jaw gate."

Efron noted that he generally tries to stay away from social media, adding, "I do care what other people think of me that they think I do. I definitely couldn't do that."

During the interview, Efron also discussed his body image in general, saying that the chiseled body fans saw in 2017's Baywatch isn't "unavailable."

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"The Baywatch look, I don't know if it's really achievable. There's very little water on the skin," Efron said, "Like, it's fake; it looks like CGI. And you need Lasix, strong diuretics, to pull it off. So I have to No. I like to have an extra 2 or 3 percent fat."

In addition to diuretics, Efron said he has been training more, eating the same three meals a day and not getting enough sleep to maintain high energy levels for the movie, according to Men's Health.

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Although Efron told the outlet that he was initially excited to star in Baywatch, he said that he wanted to raise awareness of the long-term negative effects of training levels.

"I started developing insomnia and fell into a pretty bad depression for a long time. Something about that experience burned me out," Efron told Men's Health. "It took me a long time to get back on track. In the end, they put it down to a lot of diuretics for too long, and it's a bit of a noise."

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Efron began rethinking his approach to fitness in Australia when the pandemic hit, first experimenting with a long break from full training before reemerging as a "foam roller fanatic" using stretching, yoga, massage guns and ice baths. . According to Men's Health, his focus is on fitness.