New photos of Angelina Jolie, who is currently in Venice, Italy with her ENTIRE family, seem to show some strange skin growths or something on her neck which have everyone asking, What the hell is wrong with her neck? US Weekly, the publication which believes itself to be an ardent seeker of knowledge and truth, asked a few doctors that specialize in cosmetic surgery what they think is going on with Ange‘s scary neck … read on:

Angelina Jolie was photographed in Venice, Italy Wednesday afternoon with two protruding muscles where her chin meets her neck. The photo was not altered, as Jolie, 34, sported the same facial protrusion at the BAFTA awards in February 2009. UsMagazine.com consulted a number of plastic surgeons to find out what’s really going on because, as Beverly Hills-based Dr. Gabriel Chiu tells Us, “it’s unlikely that the banding can occur from strong facial muscles alone.” Dr. Elie Levine, who has not treated Jolie, says that it appears she’s “received Botox to her face and likely her neck” because she shows “no wrinkles along the sides of her eyes (the crow’s feet) despite that very large smile… and her forehead is smooth.” Botox paralyzes muscles, causing one to “recruit other muscles that are not regularly used to twisting the neck and smiling widely” to compensate, he adds. Dr. Chiu believes Jolie may have had a “minimally invasive procedure” — such as Gore-Tex injected into her face — to lift and suspend “the tissues in her neck, jaw line and lower face.” Dr. Brian Glatt concurs. “Angelina appears to have had a procedure done to tighten her lower face, neck, and jaw line such as a mini or lower facelift,” he says. If she had a mini-facelift, Dr. Andrew Jacano says the skin was not lifted far enough back. “Think of it like making your bed,” he says. “If you don’t pull the sheets tight enough, they’ll appear wrinkled and bunched at the corners.” But Dr. Lyle M. Back believes Jolie has not received any cosmetic surgery. He credits the protrusion to Jolie’s “very thinned out skin — tented and pulled over the edge of the angle of her jaw” as the result of her having less than 10 percent body fat. “Body builders love to employ a variety of techniques to get their skin looking this thin so that the judges can actually see the striations and fiber lines in their muscles through their skin,” he adds.

At first, I too thought the photos were doctored but further investigation shows this weird neck thing on Angelina Jolie in many different photos. I dunno what could’ve caused it but I know it’s scary lookin’ as hell. I’m not sure which of these explanations could be the right one, all I know is I hope Ange either has the matter fixed or she will take better pains to keep her neck covered. Ick! What do YOU think is her problem?

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