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Does anyone remember when Meg Ryan was America’s sweetheart? She always had super cute hair that the masses would attempt to copy by bringing glossy photos of her tresses to their beauticians. She seemed so self-assured. Then, oddly she decided to Botox the holy living hell out of her face and now no matter how amazing a role she takes on, all I can think of is how tragic her facial alterations are. It’s a major distraction. I am left asking why Meg Ryan, why?!
Apparently Jamie Lee Curtis is also perplexed by the recent trend of wiping away wrinkles in exchange for a bizarre plastic robotic face. So much that she has vowed to give up her previous habit of going under the knife. In a recent interview she discussed the tragedy that older actresses experience in the entertainment field. Curtis went as far …
… as to say:
“There are people who, when you see them on the screen, there’s an audible gasp of ‘Oh my God.’ They look terrible – or they’ve done something to themselves and now look like freaks.”
According to Ms. Curtis, there is a lot of pressure to go under the needle. In a world of air brushing and fake boobs, women are feeling the pressure to be perfect and it’s not just celebrities. I know a handful of ladies in their late 20’s and early 30’s that have gotten work done in an effort to maintain an illusion of youth.
Me? I think we need to reevaluate what our society finds valuable in a woman. Why are fifty-year-old women trying to look like twenty-year-olds? The beauty of being a woman of age is wisdom, cofidence, knowledge — not a nice set of boobs and creamy infant-like skin. It’s insane. Our society’s obssession with being forever young is proablematic and, frankly, gross.
We are sending a message to women that their value lies in their beauty –nothing else. Men Like George Clooney, Harrison Ford and John Hamm, are seen as dignified for their visible wrinkles and salt and pepper hair, yet an actress couldn’t get nearly as much work as even one of the aforementioned men if they showed up sporting a full head of gray.
Yet you know what? There do appear to be some wonderful exceptions to this rule like Meryl Streep, who in my opinion is the epitome of grace and beauty, Sharon Stone, the ever-so-awesome Betty White, and Jamie Lee Curtis. On the whole, Hollywood starlets are conforming to the industry standards of creepy agelessness. On the subject of Botox, 60-year-old Streep had this to say:
“To each his own. I really understand the chagrin that accompanies aging, especially for a woman, but I think people look funny when they freeze their faces. In Los Angeles there’s a lot of that. I pick up on the part that doesn’t move on a face. I’m immediately drawn to it and that is the opposite of what you’re intending. You pull focus to the area that’s been worked on.”
Oddly, even quite young starlets like Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson, and Megan Fox are getting rid of their barely visible wrinkles.
I’m with Jamie Lee Curtis and Meryl Streep on this one, Botox is straight up frightening. What do you think?
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I have always thought that beauty is the whole package, a combination of looks, attatude, grace, ect. What I find in women who do plastic surgery is they tend to focus on just one part (smooth skin, full lips, big tits). I guess in there heads having that one “perfect” part of themselves makes everything else better. To me it just makes them look freakish. If a chick wants to improve her looks she should try smilling, you’d be surprised the differance it makes.
I don’t much like the frozen-face look. I don’t mind wrinkles, and I hope I still don’t mind them when I start getting them.
I don’t think I’ll ever understand the whole botox thing, but then I come from a family who’s women tend to not wrinkle much, bitch I know.
She doesn’t just have Botox. Likely she’s had fillers, fat injections, and cheek/lip implants. She also appears to get chemical peels or laser skin resurfacing.
Here’s the thing. Botox works GREAT when you inject a reasonable amount. The issue is when stars want to push the limits, and doctors are willing to oblige. Most people that get Botox actually have subtle changes. It isn’t a dramatic change. You can just tell that they look refreshed…kind of like they had a really refreshing vacation.
I would agree; I can kind of understand why people get Botox once or twice. It’s when they get ridiculous amounts of it and look like they’re made of rubber that it starts to become stupid.
I am 43 and have been getting Botox about every 6 – 8 months because the doctor I work for does it. Now I only get about .3cc (about 3/10 of 1cc) just to help with the deep lines that form the number 11 between my eyes. I would never botos my whole face and am deathly afraid to get the sides of my eyes or anywhere else done.
[...] star, for being in a verbally and mentally abusive relationship, and for undergoing an astounding 10 surgeries that essentially rearranged her face and body to live up to some whacked-out idea of perfection. [...]