While Lisa now has a home at Bravo on RHOM, she worked as a model, aspiring actor, and Playboy playmate before reality TV became an option. Due to her career goals, she began dabbling in plastic surgery early in her life. In a 2012 interview with TooFab, Lisa admitted to undergoing her first procedure at 19. She went in for a breast augmentation due to her not enjoying her A-cup breasts.

However, the procedure didn't go as planned, as Lisa admittedly "didn't do my research" on the doctor she went with, which resulted in what she nicknamed a "uni-boob."

It wasn't until she began seeing Lenny in the early 2000s that she received what she calls the "best boobs" in the Real Housewives franchise. In her first season of the show, Lisa boasted about her chest in her tagline, saying, "My husband built the perfect wife, and I built the perfect life.”

Lisa also said she underwent a rhinoplasty when she was younger and didn't believe the procedure changed her face too much, as well as veneers from famous housewife dentist Dr. Michael Apa. While she didn't go under the knife after her procedures, Lisa's battle with injectable fillers soon became a much bigger problem.