How To Ruin A Face?

Having just watched 10 Years Younger last night, I was thinking about plastic surgery again & the show does some good work. BUT, oh there is always a but, it is always surgery & I liked it better when the transformation was more attainable & the procedres less invasive. + the make-up on the programme really annoys me, they all wear too much, or rather Ruby puts too much on the women. You can see the foundation/concealer in all its glory, both in the harsh light of the make-up studio & the softer light later. It is very odd that the deceit is not covered up as thoroughly as their features.

Not such great results have been achieved by Kenny & Clint... whose faces have most their character.

I should credit these pictures but I can't remember where they came from, but will let you know when I track it down.

On the same site, I found this strip on Robert Redford, but I don't really think he has had anything done. We all have our vanities, but I don't think he cares that much, although he does think he is the best looking grandfather around!On his appearance in Havana: "All everyone talked about was aging. It took me by surprise because I have not thought of myself that way. I assumed I would age naturally, as time went on." He also feels there is a difference between the way he looks and the way he feels inside, which makes me think he might just think aging has made him look more interesting. Some pretty actors have a character actor inside just waiting to be free.

Banging the PS Drum... Again.

I have a new theory on plastic surgery, mainly because all of these women look like they might have overdone it a bit. Rather than assume they have just had far too much done, I suspect that they had some work done, & at one point in their lives/careers they looked 'perfect'. Even if they then had nothing more done, the rest of their bodies & faces just moved naturally & everything is all a bit out of synch. What once had been all good, now looks decidedly odd, & I have a feeling that future anthropologists will call this practice barbaric.

Extreme Blandness

Jade's mum is happy, and sounds likes she's had a tough time, so I had a moment when I relented on my habitual hatred of plastic surgery, but not for long. Just seconds later I reflected on the blandness which is mistaken for beauty in the Extreme Makeover Show. Had the mask been less drastic, and wiped out less of her, I might've been cheering but my idea of beauty is a reflection of a life lived.

Spot The Difference

One is a photoshopped image of Lindsay Lohan, the other is a size zero model, and I hope nobody ever really wants to look like either of these images. If this is what our expectations of beauty become, the people who look like this will have osteoporosis at 40, and otherwise seriously risk their health. Come on girls, read Fat is a Feminist Issue, and take up your rightful space in the world because we need what you have to offer. I think I actually prefer Kate Moss photoshopped into plumpness and Calista definitely looks better when she isn't impersonating a twiglet! I'm not advocating obesity, just the ability to find beauty in the uniqueness of women who don’t look like carbon copies of hair straightened, fake tanned celebrities. Watch these 2 explain why going under the knife is never a simple solution and how some of our self dissatisfaction, involves issues which can't be cosmetically resolved. Most of all, we need to cherish the people who love us for who we are, not what we look like, please!

Whoreship

I'm banging that plastic surgery drum again, cos Christie Brinkley looks sooo surprised that I won't be going to her plastic surgeon. The only person, who admits to having work done, who still looks like themselves is Cindy Crawford. That probably owes more to her genes and her lifestyle than her plastic surgeon, although I believe his range of products is very good. & Meg Ryan is starting to look like a chipmunk, I don't need her to retain her ingénue fluffy pertness, do you? All that pressure to look good, better than is ever realistic, not to mention the starvation and dehydration that goes into revealing hardly any flesh on screen. We won't know what real women look like soon, future archaeologists will look appalled at the mutilation of beautiful faces and our society will be divided between those who can afford the maintenace and those who cannot. Therein lies the rub, with a growing underclass, western society condones the extravagances of vanity while not addressing the causes of poverty. Isn't that, along with the whoreship (not mispelt) of celebrity, just a little beyond palatable.