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Jasmine Tridevil's Breast Implant

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Overview

Jasmine Tridevil’s Breast Implant refers to a possible hoax in which Florida-based massage therapist Alisha Hessler (a.k.a. Jasmine Tridevil) claimed to have undergone surgery to implant a third breast in the center of her chest. The purported motivation for the surgery was to appear less attractive to men and to launch a reality television show.

Background

On August 10th, 2014, Hessler uploaded a video to YouTube titled “3 Breasted Woman” in which she dances while wearing a revealing bikini (shown below). In the first two weeks, the video gained over 2.3 million views and 1,200 comments.



Notable Developments

On August 11th, 2014, Hessler launched a Facebook[1] page and uploaded a photograph of herself in which she appears to have a third breast in the center of her chest (shown below).



On August 13th, Hessler created the @JasmineTridevil[3] Twitter feed, which garnered upwards of 7,000 followers in the next two weeks. On September 9th, Hessler uploaded a video in which she answered frequently asked questions, revealing that she got the surgery to make herself unattractive to men (shown below).



On September 15th, Hessler tweeted[4] a photograph of herself, which accumulated more than 590 retweets and 350 favorites.



On September 22nd, Hessler was interviewed on the Florida radio show The News Junkie, during which she claimed to have called over 50 doctors until she found one that was willing to perform the surgery for $20,000. She also revealed that she hoped to become a reality television star and had hired a film crew follow her around.



On September 22nd, Something Awful[2] Forums member Drink Cheerwine submitted a forum post highlighting photos of Tridevil. On the same day, BuzzFeed[6] published an article about Hessler’s implant story.

Hoax Speculation

On September 22nd, 2014, the hoax debunking website Snopes listed Hessler’s surgery as a hoax, pointing out several inconsistencies in her story. On September 23rd, The Daily Dot published an article quoting board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Matthew Schulman, who stated that he “would be happy to go on record claiming that this is a falsified story and essentially not possible.”

Search Interest

External References

[1]Facebook – Jasmine Tridevil

[2]Something Awful – The Future is Now

[3]Twitter – @JasmineTridevil

[4]Twitter – #3boobs

[5]The Huffington Post – Woman with Three Boobs

[6]BuzzFeed – This woman claims to have had plastic surgery


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