The creator of Nip/Tuck, Ryan Murphybelieves his FX series changed how plastic surgery is discussed socially.
During an appearance at New York Comic Con on Oct. 11, Murphy, 60, told the audience that the show, which aired from 2003 to 2010 and starred the late. Julian McMahon i Dylan Walshhelped foster vocal transparency around surgical enhancements.
“One of my first big shows was a show called Nip/Tuck it was plastic surgery, and I was shocked at how taboo it was to talk about it,” Murphy said at the time, per a report by people Sunday, November 30. “People changed their bodies, went out in public and acted like nothing had changed. That’s how you did it back then.”
The director, who appeared at the event to promote his upcoming series The Beautyhe continued, “Now I think people flaunt it more and talk about it. It’s an evolution in a weird way.”
Nip/Tuck was a drama series centered on two plastic surgeons, played by McMahon and Walsh, 62. (McMahon dead after a private battle with cancer in July. He was 56.)
The series covered a variety of plastic surgery procedures and won a Golden Globe Award in the category of Best Television Series — Drama in January 2005. It also won an Emmy Award in September 2004 for its achievements in the category of Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup.

Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh
Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesMurphy’s reflections on Nip/Tuck at Comic Con he also elaborated on the impact he believes the show had on society’s judgment of plastic surgery. “With each passing month, there seems to be less and less judgment about Semaglutide and plastic surgery,” he told the crowd. “It’s kind of a new status symbol, in a weird way.” (According to Mayo ClinicSemaglutide injections are “used to treat type 2 diabetes,” when used in conjunction with diet and exercise to “control blood sugar”).
In Murphy’s newest TV series, which premieres in January, physical apparitions will be explored again. starring Ashton Kutcher, Evan Peters, Anthony Ramos i Jeremy Popethe show is based on a comic book about an STD that promises physical improvement.
A description of the comic shared by Image Comics, the creator of the original text, describe the story online as: “What if there was a way to ensure that she could be more and more beautiful every day? What if it was a sexually transmitted disease? In the world of The Beautyphysical perfection is attainable. The vast majority of the population has taken advantage of it, but Detectives Foster and Vaughn will soon discover that it comes at a terrible price.”
Murphy said of the new project during his appearance at Comic Con: “It’s got incredible action sequences. It’s got a lot of body horror. It’s got a great love story. It’s got great buddy comedy and it’s got a great villain.”
He continued, “It’s got a really heightened mix of genres, which is inherent in the source material, but it was really fun to work on that tone.”



