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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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whatswithtodaytoday · 07/09/2021 12:10

Oh no. Kristin Davies used to be so beautiful, what a shame.

MakeMathsFun · 07/09/2021 11:23

Maybe its an attention-seeking strategy?

IcedPurple · 07/09/2021 10:16

@pinkyredrose

I can't see the problem with Kristen Davies?Confused
I can.
To think that a lot of genuinely beautiful people ruin themselves with plastic surgery etc?
pinkyredrose · 07/09/2021 09:52

I can't see the problem with Kristen Davies?Confused

everythingthelighttouches · 07/09/2021 08:07

I honest thought she was one of the most beautiful women on the big or small screen, it is so sad she felt she had to do this.

To think that a lot of genuinely beautiful people ruin themselves with plastic surgery etc?
everythingthelighttouches · 07/09/2021 08:03

It’s the fillers.

I was shocked to see Kristin Davis (Charlotte from Sex and the City).

She is what I would call a classically beautiful woman but what has she done?! Shock

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 07/09/2021 07:36

I just had a google of Carol Vorderman and she looks a lot more pneumatic than I remember her! I'm not entirely sure she's done that "naturally".
Her photos vary a lot on how good she looks too.

If tv and film people want to do that to themselves to keep themselves in work for longer then it's kind of understandable - but I really object when they say they've had nothing done but look significantly different.

Renee Zellweger falls into that category for me - I still don't know whether or not it was "just" weightloss but her face changed so much I doubt it!

MsTSwift · 07/09/2021 07:04

Dh sat next to her on a plane a few years ago. He said she looked …extraordinary. He is now anti anything and freaks if I even muse about Botox which loads of my friends are getting now.

COPPER3 · 07/09/2021 07:02

Apologies...DONATELLA VERSACE.

COPPER3 · 07/09/2021 07:00

Not sure if this name has been mentioned, but DONNA VERSACE. Classic case of being ruined by surgery. She could have aged beautifully imo.

Unsure1983 · 06/09/2021 23:00

@LipstickLou you sound awesome! Your comment brightened up my day no end Grin

Siameasy · 06/09/2021 20:54

PS I’m gutted - for anyone who knows her, Nadia Comaneci has had so much work done she now looks unrecognisable.

Siameasy · 06/09/2021 20:21

My DH is scared of that pillowy look and also the orange look.
Another look I’m not keen on which seems to go hand in hand with looking like a budget Kardashian is sporting beige leggings and top combo so that you look naked at first sight. Terrifying; camels’ toes on the loose.

KittenKong · 06/09/2021 20:17

I don’t eat fish... I do love avocados though.

LipstickLou · 06/09/2021 20:01

So I am the creator behind a well known skin supplement. All I will say is eat fish or avocados. The French say the face or the figure, tis true. No wrinkles on my face, no surgery or fillers. My skin,? 40, my body? All of my 55 years due to ill health (steroids, bereavement, blah blah). Buy a pretty lipstick, have a facial the rest is for TV personalities. If my husband didn't agree he will be under the patio.

Classica · 06/09/2021 18:53

Oh I don't think any of it's necessary just that if you do go down that route fillers might ultimately not have the desired effect!

I'm a skincare nut so am all for that. Plus I think if someone keeps fit and does yoga/pilates it keeps them lithe and that always gives a youthful impression. Better some wrinkles but great posture and movement than an ironed face but shuffling along.

Gonnagetgoing · 06/09/2021 18:21

@Classica

It's fillers that are people's undoing. People who've had stuff done and look good have had facelifts. Filler has a cumulative effect and that's why faces end up looking so puffy and strange.
But even a facelift on the body of a much older woman unless eg you’re Joan Collins can be a bit of a shock.

What’s wrong in embracing your wrinkles and ageing skin?! Cue lots of MNers who say they won’t ever do this!

Seriously I know a few women my age who don’t do Botox etc but use fairly good skincare and look great.

Classica · 06/09/2021 17:01

The problem is that Botox and lip filler are cheap, while a good facelift is expensive.

Very true.

Localocal · 06/09/2021 16:56

I agree the lip filler look is terrible. The problem is that Botox and lip filler are cheap, while a good facelift is expensive. Lots of people who can't afford Jane Fonda's plastic surgeon, can spend a few hundred on injectable treatments.

I don't know why wealthy women give themselves huge hideous mouths too, but it's something to do with the way women are judged for their looks.

Classica · 06/09/2021 16:44

It's fillers that are people's undoing. People who've had stuff done and look good have had facelifts. Filler has a cumulative effect and that's why faces end up looking so puffy and strange.

thebatman · 06/09/2021 16:36

Katie Cassidy, absolutely gorgeous beforehand but now has that "put her too close to the fire and she'll melt" look.

MakeMathsFun · 06/09/2021 15:29

Michael Jackson.

reasonablypricedlove · 06/09/2021 15:19

YANBU at all, I can't believe all the actresses that do it - watching Nicole Kidman on 9 perfect strangers and she can't adopt any facial expressions at all, such a shame.

Moonface123 · 06/09/2021 12:45

Then we wonder why our young women have such low self esteem, what message are we sending out here ?
I choose to grow old gracefully, and thankful to have made it this far.
Real beauty is never just about looks.

MakeMathsFun · 06/09/2021 12:24

You are who you are ON THE INSIDE. You can't change that.