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To think that a lot of genuinely beautiful people ruin themselves with plastic surgery etc?

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BeTheRabbit · 22/01/2020 17:47

As a self confessed utterly ugly bug I just can't understand it... There are truly beautiful women out there who do it to themselves time and time again and end up almost caricatures of themselves.

Just a thought after seeing the latest pics of Catherine Zeta Jones who was incredibly gorgeous. Not a caricature yet, but perhaps in danger of going there.

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BettyBooJustDoinTheDoo · 22/01/2020 21:32

Michelle Keegan looks like a different person now.

To think that a lot of genuinely beautiful people ruin themselves with plastic surgery etc?
Sunflower20 · 22/01/2020 21:31

Megan Fox is another one.

Russellbrandshair · 22/01/2020 21:29

No and I think it’s very rude to say “ruined” - that’s your opinion. They might love the way they look, they do it for themselves not for some random strangers approval. Who gave you the right to proclaim what’s objectively “beautiful”?

BettyBooJustDoinTheDoo · 22/01/2020 21:27

What I find odd is that these celebs all rend up looking the same, my DH calls it Feline face, Charlotte Crosby looks like Pete Burns in that picture.

SpokeTooSoon · 22/01/2020 21:26

Jennifer Aniston is looking weird these days. Puffy cheeks and looking peculiar around the mouth and upper lip area.

The worst offender is Courtney Cox. So beautiful in the early seasons of Friends. By the end you can see her features changing and now, I’m afraid, I find her really hard to look at.

EveryFlightBeginsWithAFall · 22/01/2020 21:18

Isnt CZJ 51 now? I dont think the work shes obviously had looks that bad at all . The photos where theyve zoomed in on her aren't great but whos would be

I feel more sad for the people who have taken it too far like katie price, or the young 20 year olds i know who are alreafy having lip fillers and botox

VenusTiger · 22/01/2020 21:11

I dated someone many years ago, who after the first date, said “have you ever thought about getting breast implants” Angry I asked if he’d ever thought about getting a bigger cock!

I’d already experienced comments from 2 men before this too.

I did actually think about surgery, from age 16 and decided to wait until I was 21 to decide. I’m glad surgery of any kind wasn’t so readily available back then, as it seems to be nowadays.

Luckily for me, my DH “adores” my figure, and me. I also have boobs now I’m a mom Wink.

Lastly, I was able to admit back then, that if I did have surgery, I would only be doing it to satisfy my ego and attract more attention. I wouldn’t have been doing it for me.

SunshineCake · 22/01/2020 21:07

OMG at CZJ.

She had surgery years ago and changed her hair style at the same time while claiming she hadn't had any surgery. Zeets, we aren't that gullible Hmm.

PapayaCoconut · 22/01/2020 21:02

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cavabiensepasser · 22/01/2020 21:00

Women don't inject themselves and get judged.
Women inject themselves and get judged.

How about take your proboscis out of women's appearance, and stop giving attention to how women look, be it positive or negative, and then MAYBE more women will stop giving a shit? Grin

BlueChangeling · 22/01/2020 20:53

My mum says when we win the euromillions she wants to take a trip to Michelle Pfeiffers surgeon.

My younger cousin and her friends are in there early 20s and use botox fillers. They looked at me as though I was bonkers when I asked why they used botox when they haven't got any wrinkles.

DerbyshireGirly · 22/01/2020 20:42

@BeTheRabbit I think there's definitely something in that. Plus reliance on social media and watching too much reality TV where they've all got that look. It normalises it.

I'm late 20s but avoid all that, out of sight out of mind. I think my mental health is much better as a result. These constant images of fake, plastic people brings nothing but misery to many girls in their teens and twenties but I think some people don't realise it's possible to live without all that. Why do so many people all want to look exactly the same too?

Biochemistree · 22/01/2020 20:41

Charlotte Crosby had a lovely friendly face before all the ridiculous fillers. I've noticed overdoing it tends to give people awful resting bitch face. I feel quite sorry for her, what must be going through her head to want to do that to yourself.

To think that a lot of genuinely beautiful people ruin themselves with plastic surgery etc?
BeTheRabbit · 22/01/2020 20:41

"How we see ourselves is so rarely how other people see us.

Same goes for you too, OP."

Sadly not, other people definitely think I'm ugly. I don't see my true horror.

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Rachelfromfriends1 · 22/01/2020 20:38

You know what, I’m just going to be honest. I’m in my early 20s and have had lip & jaw filler. It ended up going wrong (unflattering, migration, bumps etc) and I do regret it. I genuinely looked better before. Can’t wait to get it dissolved!

BeTheRabbit · 22/01/2020 20:32

I wonder if it's a form of body dysmorphia in a way, but reversed, as in they think it looks better than it actually does.

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JuneFromBethesda · 22/01/2020 20:31

I said this on another thread about famous women and plastic surgery - look at Linda Hamilton. She actually looks her age, as in, she has actually aged, and it’s so refreshing. I want to see inspiring and interesting women who age naturally.

Whatsnewpussyhat · 22/01/2020 20:28

What is most sad is when the likes of Charlotte Crosby and Katie Price destroy themselves with surgery rather than use the money they have to get help for their mental health. No amount of surgery will heal what is happening inside.

Jennifer Grey (baby from Dirth Dancing) actually said once that getting a nose job/surgery ruined her career. People wanted 'Baby' but she made herself unrecognisable. Here original nose was part of her charm.

Biancadelrioisback · 22/01/2020 20:25

@CrazyToast ah your post made me laugh. I work in IT with 4 men (that is our whole company) and I know for a fact none of them have had any work done (we're a very open office) but now I'm picturing them all with 'celeb' style cosmetic surgery and I'm giggling like mad.

I think the 'natural' look did come back into fashion slightly when the thicker brow became fashionable. People stopped waxing eyebrows to one hair thick and started to embrace a bushier brow, then it just went the other way and now we have crazy, crooked, Sharpie looking brows everywhere.

PermanentTemporary · 22/01/2020 20:24

Oh God re CZJ.

I find it distressing looking at Rupert Everett and Tom Cruise now. I'm sure they care.

ThebishopofBanterbury · 22/01/2020 20:21

Helen Mirren has had plenty done but in a lovely subtle way.

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BorneoBabe · 22/01/2020 20:20

@HepburnKNotA Agree. Sad

To think that a lot of genuinely beautiful people ruin themselves with plastic surgery etc?
SwedishEdith · 22/01/2020 20:20

I saw Carol Vorderman on something earlier and it took a while to recognise her.