Lukyanova was largely happy with her looks, but not completely satisfied. She remembered how her Barbie dolls had looked when she was a child, and how much work she'd put in to make them perfect. She started applying the same standards to herself.
The first time she went under the knife, it was for a breast augmentation. She thought it would help her modeling career and bring her closer to her dream look. She didn't realize that she'd get addicted to it.