Saturday, November 08, 2003

Blog of Note: Awful Plastic Surgery

http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com
-- the good, bad, and ugly of celebrity plastic surgery

Doesn't Joan Rivers look awful? Her eyes look dead in her face. It mentions on the site that when she talks, only her mouth moves, that's how much surgery has taken place. I saw her on a talk show once, and she looked so strange I couldn't tell exactly why, and that is what it was -- it was like she was wearing a mask. When people smile and laugh, you see laugh lines and wrinkles around the eyes, but with Joan Rivers, there's hardly a change in expression!

This site says: "Sarah Jessica Parker, like Sophia Loren, is the queen of good plastic surgery." Checking out the side-by-side photos, I would have to agree: Sarah Jessica Parker. She's definitely had work done on her teeth, too.

And I totally agree with this site on Victoria Beckham's canteloupes, except Tori Spelling looks worse. When I first saw hers (she did a TV special here years ago), they looked like cannonballs. Here's a funny little animated cartoon called "The Mystery of Britney Spears' Breasts" that shows how much they've changed over time (up and down!).

Parts of this site has entertainment value, but it's more horrifying to see what people will do to themselves for textbook "beauty." Look at Jennifer Grey -- after her nose job, she doesn't even look like the same person in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" or "Dirty Dancing." If you don't look like you anymore, what's the point? This site doesn't cover all the awful plastic surgeries done -- they should mention Liz Hurley's obsession with collagen, for example (like Melanie Griffith and Kylie Minogue)-- but it does show at least that it's not just women who seek perfection under the knife. There are plenty of men who pay the cosmetic surgeon to cheat nature. They're not even cheating nature anymore, they're looking utterly inhuman (check out Bruce Jenner and Burt Reynolds). Let's not forget the King of Plastic Surgery: Michael Jackson.