Jimmy Presnell strolled onto the set of the Perfect Match villa looking like a completely different person from his time on his first Netflix show, Love is Blind — largely due to some big cosmetic enhancements he’s had in recent years.
Jimmy’s enhanced appearance was the talk of the premiere Perfect Match episode, with Squid Game: The Challenge‘s Mackenzie Bellows commenting that “Jimmy’s glow-up since Love Is Blind did not go unnoticed.”
Fans were also quick to point out his transformation, with one quipping that “Jimmy’s glow up from Love is Blind to Perfect Match should be studied.”
“I’m watching Perfect Match on Netflix and who was that man on screen, they keep saying it’s Jimmy but that’s not Jimmy,” another commented.
Jimmy himself even joked about his change in appearance since the 2024’s season of Love Is Blind. “Chat do we like this pic more than my last TV appearance lol,” he commented on his official Perfect Match cast pic posted on the Netflix Instagram account.
The American reality star has been open about his glow-up and the steps he took to transform his appearance into the full-haired, bronzed look he’s sporting on Perfect Match — which turns out, isn’t actually that much. Read on to find out exactly what he did.
Jimmy got a hair transplant in America
@jimmypresnell 11 months post op hair transplant update #fyp #hairtransformation #hairtransplant @Solve Clinics @andrew_kashian ♬ original sound – jimmypresnell
Jimmy’s biggest change would have to be his hair transplant — he was noticeably thinning in the 2024 Love is Blind episodes, and now he has a full head of hair.
Jimmy detailed the process of the hair transplant on his TikTok and Instagram, saying his choice to undergo the operation “may have been the greatest decision he made in his life”.
“I genuinely just wanted a little bit more hair there,” he added, pointing at the sides of his head. “And it just keeps coming in, fuller and thicker, day by day, month by month.”
The reality star explained that he decided to get the treatment done in America, which set him back around AUD $15,000, rather than heading overseas for a discount price.
“I decided to stay in the states for my procedure, which typically is a little bit more expensive to do. But there’s a lot of things that come with that, and I’ll explain that as well.”
“They charge roughly (USD) $5 a graft. I had a little over 2,000 grafts, I think 2,100 or 2,200. So roughly 10, 11 grand for the procedure.”
“When I was going through the evaluation process, I was getting quotes anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000.
“It included flights, it included hotels, all that good stuff, but there was no ongoing consultation or talking to your surgeon. So they just pretty much send you home after the surgery. You don’t really have any type of relationship.”
He fixed his teeth before Perfect Match
@jimmypresnell Replying to @Bella someone tell me if these are veeners lol #fyp #compositebonding ♬ original sound – jimmypresnell
While rumours circulated on social media that Jimmy got veneers post-Love is Blind, he’s since debunked that, saying that he only got composite bonding on his front teeth for medical reasons.
“I had composite bonding done to the front two teeth and the front two teeth only. So it really just elongated my smile where I was grinding very badly,” he explained.
Jimmy added that he also used Invisalign — a clear tray that straightens teeth — to correct his crooked teeth.
“I had braces at one point, and I elected not to wear my retainer couple [of] months after getting them, and then they didn’t fit. The retainers served two purposes for me. It kept my teeth in line, but it also served as a protector at night,” he said.
“More than the shifting of my teeth after braces, I should have definitely won my retainer because I was grinding these teeth so bad. So I’m on Invisalign now, which is kind of serving both of those things for me right now, adjusting my teeth while also protecting them at night.”
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