During the past decade or so, rock widow and star in her own right Courtney Love went from heroine chic to healthy size and back down to borderline emaciated. She says it's all due to healthy eating and inspiration from Oprah. But new reports are claiming that the first lady of 90s grunge isn't being quite honest -- because gastric bypass surgery is the real reason behind her dramatic weight loss.

Says a source: "Courtney keeps laughing to her friends and saying, 'Everyone thinks I've had hypnosis but why bother with all that effort? All I did was check myself in and have a fat band fitted' ... Lots of doctors refused to do it as she was nowhere near obese, just a little overweight, but eventually she found one."

Click here to check out photos of her new bod. What do you think? Does she look better ... or worse?