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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 15, 2017 23:48:14 GMT
She doesn't look 'bad' but she certainly has the universally recognised, uniform, unnatural look of someone who has had work done. These are my thoughts exactly. She doesn't look bad, she just looks "Hollywood" done. From the description in the OP I was expecting something halfway to Jocelyn Wildenstein!
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Post by stittsygirl on Jun 15, 2017 23:57:50 GMT
Yeah, I've considered having a little nip and tuck here and there, but this thread has convinced me NO. I'll just continue to take care of my skin, eat and drink healthy, stay out of the sun, and accept the fact that I'll never look younger than 45 again. Yikes! (though I'm not ready to fully embrace my lovely silver roots, yet )
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Post by Just T on Jun 16, 2017 0:28:54 GMT
Yikes!! The woman from Knots Landing looks like an alien! ( can't remember her name Joan something) Who is the last photo of? Joan VanArk The last one is I think Donatella Versace.
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Post by imsirius on Jun 16, 2017 1:03:19 GMT
Yikes!! The woman from Knots Landing looks like an alien! ( can't remember her name Joan something) Who is the last photo of? Joan VanArk The last one is I think Donatella Versace. Thank you!
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Post by papersilly on Jun 16, 2017 1:06:34 GMT
wow. i always thought she looked good even when she was just a bit younger. if those are fillers, they were not her friend. that's too bad. she really was pretty even with all the work she had back then.
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Post by zella on Jun 16, 2017 3:10:24 GMT
My mom had a facelift a couple of years ago. Actually it was only a partial facelift. Afterwards she looked as though she'd landed on her face on the road. Unbelievably awful. Her whole face was red, shiny and very swollen. She had to sleep sitting up in a chair for a week or more. It took weeks for her to look even halfway "normal." The pain was horrendous. After her skin was back to normal the swelling remained for months. Once the swelling went away she didn't really look any different to my eyes than she did before the surgery. She says that she would never have done it if she'd known how bad it would be, and she'll never do it again.
It's sad that these women are ruining their faces.
Diane Sawyer is always filmed using the soft focus that someone above called "gauze." I can't take her seriously because of this. I think it's utterly ridiculous. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Post by pjaye on Jun 16, 2017 3:18:43 GMT
I agree, she looks bad....I can't see how anyone thinks that looks good or even OK. Her face is a big puffy, blobby mess. I totally agree. I just HATE that we (as women, in particular) make these kind of statements. We rail against the men who want perfection and then we critique when people in high profile roles attempt to stay current This statement doesn't even make sense. For those of us who "rail" against men for wanting perfection then it makes perfect sense for us to criticise the women to cave into that pressure. If I think it's disgusting that men expect women in the media to mutilate their faces like this, then I am going to be disparaging of the women who listen to them. Your comment would only make sense if women were criticising other women for having aging faces or wrinkles. I don't know what happens to the women who go down this path, they have a 'little something' done and they get a few compliments and then some of them just keep getting more and more work done - surely they can't look in the mirror and think "wow that looks great" when their faces look like they are melting off or they've had an allergic reaction to something.
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jun 16, 2017 9:54:46 GMT
Yikes!! The woman from Knots Landing looks like an alien! ( can't remember her name Joan something) Who is the last photo of? Knots Landing woman--Joan Van Ark Last one Donatella Versace
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 10:52:40 GMT
Far too much filler going on there. I think it's sad that women in the public eye can't allow themselves to age naturally.
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Post by myboysnme on Jun 16, 2017 11:53:38 GMT
OMG! That is truly frightening! I think Melanie Griffith is another surgery gone horribly wrong. I have a relative by marriage and a coworker who have had work like this done and it makes my eyes glaze over to look at pictures of them
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Post by mikklynn on Jun 16, 2017 12:11:57 GMT
I can't stand that plastic look.
One of my BFFs met me for dinner recently and I almost didn't recognize her. She's obviously had Botox and some fillers. It makes me sad.
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Post by gar on Jun 16, 2017 12:35:26 GMT
I think often when women have their cheeks filled and plumped up it seems to squash upwards and make their eyes look smaller!
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Post by anonrefugee on Jun 16, 2017 12:40:30 GMT
I think often when women have their cheeks filled and plumped up it seems to squash upwards and make their eyes look smaller! It does! Like they're swollen during hay fever season.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 12:45:41 GMT
I ran across one of Cameron Diaz on Twitter the other day.
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Post by idahomom on Jun 16, 2017 13:35:59 GMT
Add Cher to the list
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Post by missbennet on Jun 16, 2017 13:50:29 GMT
My cousin recently had a facelift and neck tuck thing, and it was pretty hairy painful surgery. Now that it's healed, she looks great, not plasticy - but I think that comes when one has multiple procedures, implants and fillers. The place I work, not a single woman has gray hair - and this is out of, oh, several hundred women I've met at my company. (Not including any young women who bleach then dye their hair that slightly gray color.) To me, it reads like you must not have gray hair - and I think if I worked elsewhere, I probably wouldn't keep coloring at this point. A lot of my coworkers have very shiny firm foreheads and it does give me pause - I can feel the expectation that we will all do what we can to look young. <---- my avatar is me thanks to a colorist. I can't even imagine the pressure for actors and models - my company is all techie people! And yet, the culture is that the women will fight any obvious signs of aging.
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Post by maryland on Jun 16, 2017 13:52:34 GMT
I agree, she looks bad....I can't see how anyone thinks that looks good or even OK. Her face is a big puffy, blobby mess. I totally agree. I just HATE that we (as women, in particular) make these kind of statements. We rail against the men who want perfection and then we critique when people in high profile roles attempt to stay current This statement doesn't even make sense. For those of us who "rail" against men for wanting perfection then it makes perfect sense for us to criticise the women to cave into that pressure. If I think it's disgusting that men expect women in the media to mutilate their faces like this, then I am going to be disparaging of the women who listen to them. Your comment would only make sense if women were criticising other women for having aging faces or wrinkles. I don't know what happens to the women who go down this path, they have a 'little something' done and they get a few compliments and then some of them just keep getting more and more work done - surely they can't look in the mirror and think "wow that looks great" when their faces look like they are melting off or they've had an allergic reaction to something. I agree. I think sometimes people look "older" after they get all the work done than before. I see older men and women who look their age and still look amazing without getting work done! I always thought I would get something done when I got older because we don't have the best anti-aging genes in our family! But then I see what it does and have changed my mind. But these are just my opinions, everyone should do what they think looks best and not worry about what others think.
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Post by lemondrop on Jun 16, 2017 13:58:44 GMT
Yikes!! The woman from Knots Landing looks like an alien! ( can't remember her name Joan something) Who is the last photo of? Donatella Versace Edited - sorry, I see it was already answered (note to self: check page 2!)
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Post by annabella on Jun 16, 2017 14:27:27 GMT
It could be filler it could be a health issue. I don't think we should judge. Naomi Judd said the reason her face is swollen is because of a life-threatening health scare.
eta just saw the picture of Cameron Diaz on this page. She was never pretty to begin with so whatever, but she has a beautiful personality. Gwyneth paltrow asked her questions on a public panel about why she hasn't worked in a few years and Cameron said she was getting to know herself. Maybe she has a health issue too? She wrote a book on aging where she has no makeup on the cover, so I would think she would be the last person to get fillers. I've always wondered about Cameron's friendship with Nicole Richie, I know they are married to brothers, but I always wonder if those SIL friendships are fake and just because they are always hanging out together for the time being?
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Post by gar on Jun 16, 2017 15:14:12 GMT
. eta just saw the picture of Cameron Diaz on this page. She was never pretty to begin with so whatever, I think she was pretty 🙂
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2017 15:22:13 GMT
. eta just saw the picture of Cameron Diaz on this page. She was never pretty to begin with so whatever, I think she was pretty 🙂 So do I. Save
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Post by pjaye on Jun 16, 2017 16:15:52 GMT
a life-threatening health scare. WOW there must be a LOT of really sick women in Hollywood then...interesting how these "life threatening health issues" mainly affect women AND mainly only women in the media. Must be a more dangerous profession than we thought. Interestingly I don't know a single person in real life who seems to have health issues like this, all the women I have met (as a nurse) who look like this have been patients on a plastic surgery ward and they are generally quite healthy.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Jun 16, 2017 16:24:18 GMT
I agree they have no lines, but they don't look young.
It seems the fillers being done over and over eventually make the face look lumpy. I think i'll stick with a little sag and wrinkles.
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Post by peabay on Jun 16, 2017 16:24:21 GMT
I have a visceral reaction to people who look "plastic" - it just turns my stomach. Those who overdo the fillers and Botox - it gives me the creeps. There's ways to do it well - I'm sure Meryl Streep has had subtle work done - and then there's ways to do it poorly. I think the women who still want to look 30 are making a mistake. You should try to look really, really good for your age. It's much more natural and attractive. It's not natural for a 60 year old to have no wrinkles and a filled out face and lips. It's just not - and that's what comes across: unnatural.
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Post by scorpeao on Jun 16, 2017 16:33:59 GMT
She just looks like she had a weight gain and needs time for the swelling to go down. I think Kenny Rogers looks much better after a few years of letting his face recover. I think what makes him look different is how light his eyebrows are now. I think if he darkened them up again he'd look more like his old self. Neither of these people look "bad", they just look different than they used to be. One hand you're told you're too old to be relevant anymore and on the other when you try to make yourself look fresh people bash you. Damn.I totally agree. I just HATE that we (as women, in particular) make these kind of statements. We rail against the men who want perfection and then we critique when people in high profile roles attempt to stay current. I don't agree with this at all. These women trying to look fresh, they are trying to look 30! Look at Jamie Lee Curtis. I think she looks great. She's maybe had work done, but you can't really tell because she isn't trying to look 30. My mother has had two facelifts, but she doesn't look weird...in fact, nobody except family (and those I tell) know she's had work done.
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Post by leftturnonly on Jun 16, 2017 16:45:41 GMT
I have a visceral reaction to people who look "plastic" - it just turns my stomach. Those who overdo the fillers and Botox - it gives me the creeps. There's ways to do it well - I'm sure Meryl Streep has had subtle work done - and then there's ways to do it poorly. I think the women who still want to look 30 are making a mistake. You should try to look really, really good for your age. It's much more natural and attractive. It's not natural for a 60 year old to have no wrinkles and a filled out face and lips. It's just not - and that's what comes across: unnatural. Faces are supposed to move. If someone wants to call attention to a spot that they are sensitive enough to to have had work done, making it not move when it's supposed to is the surest way. When the area between the nose and the mouth doesn't move, I'm done for. My eyes are riveted right there. Mess with the upper lip to fill it out and I don't notice much else. What surprises me is how many famous people don't understand that.
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Post by pondrunner on Jun 16, 2017 16:49:58 GMT
. eta just saw the picture of Cameron Diaz on this page. She was never pretty to begin with so whatever, I think she was pretty 🙂 I always thought Cameron Diaz had one of those fresh memorable faces, that great smile. She had been aging very well and her smile lines were so authentic for her face. I always thought she would age like a real classic beauty for sure, without fillers or surgery. I just looked at her instagram and love her eye wrinkles. Hope she leaves it be, she's beautiful to me.
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Post by turangaleela on Jun 16, 2017 21:41:09 GMT
View AttachmentMeg Ryan was at some red carpet event earlier this month and she's had some work done to correct the initial work. She looks so much better! Oh thank god. I love her and was so bummed when all anybody talked about was her poor face.
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Post by LavenderLayoutLady on Jun 16, 2017 23:22:07 GMT
I can't imagine how difficult it must be for these actresses and superstars, who have been stunningly beautiful all their life, to find themselves not only aging, but critiqued about every wrinkle, every line. The pressure to "fix" themselves must be there, for them to do something as drastic as allow a surgeon to cut and change their face. Brave, or maybe just desperate.
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