Plastic Surgery: Celebrities why do they do it??

A lot of people have already pointed out that celebrities are under tremendous pressure to look good. I won't repeat it. But I'd also like to point out that plastic surgery doesn't always look bad afterwards. When plastic surgery goes well and looks good... you don't hear about it. You don't notice it. Marilyn Monroe had plastic surgery, and did you ever hear about it? Even suspect it? And I think Cindy Jackson, the woman who holds the world record for the most cosmetic procedures, looks pretty darn good for her age. ( www.cindyjackson.com ) Granted, she's not nearly as old as Joan Rivers. I think that plastic surgery can be done well, but there is certainly a limit to what it can do even if it is in the hands of the most elite professionals in the world. That's the reason I think many celebs opt for it, because they honestly believe it's the best move for them and that it can make them look better. Obviously, sometimes things go wrong for whatever reason... whether it's because they had a doctor who botched it or they just pushed the surgery past it's natural limit. I think that's the reason Michael Jackson and Joan Rivers look so bad to people... they had so much done. If I was a famous celebrity, I'd probably have plastic surgery up to a certain point. At that certain point, I think I'd just have to accept that I'm getting older. But, I'm not a celebrity and I don't have hordes of cash lying around. And I'm not really aging yet either, so I won't worry about it!

Maybe the actress and actor want to make there self more attracting on tv but honestly i don't like artist that make some operation on their face..i think their face become mature after the surgery and it will take a life time treatment for that operation.. If im an artist i will show my natural face and i will not take any operation..

I think that being a celebrity puts you in a different light from others in the world. Celebrities make their living on how they look and how the world perceives that look. keeping the fame and popularity going for them can depemnd on appearance. getting plastic surgery can keep celebrities in the realm they need to be to keep their success alive. it should not have to be that way but it is often how it happens.

Robswife: By sharing the images of before & after of Knots Landing, you have driven the point home very well! I reckon that being their primary means of making a living at the level that they see for themselves, they must be feeling tremendous pressure to look attractive all the time. It looks ridiculous having seen those two shared photos though that the pressure can get on them so much that they only get driven by the intensity of desire without pausing to assess what they have made of themselves! That's a pity for sure. If I were a celebrity, I would have followed the few that are content with staying as they are & depending more on characterization roles which requires actors to just the make up for the specific roles.

I remember seeing Joan Rivers interviewing celebrities with her daughter. When we cut off our cable TV I haven't seen shows where I usually see her and her daughter. And that was 6 years ago and she looks like an old lady those times. So is this her latest photo? She looks really odd.

Joan Rivers must have had a better surgeon than most, she doesn't look nearly as bad as most do. Most look really really bad! Hers isn't as bad as I thought it was going to look before I looked at the picture of her. BUT Joan Van Ark! now that is another story! Oh my goodness! I could believe how bad she looked! How disappointed she must have felt afterwards! She should be taking that doctor to court! He ruined her! She was so beautiful before! I hope she can find a better surgeon to help her to look better! I feel so sad for her... But there is a lot of pressure in the hollywood circle to have plastic surgery. Some just go too far and have too much done!

In fact most celebrities earn money by their look. So they will try all methods to look better. Having the plastic surgery is a shortcut. As nobody was born to have a perfect face. So they want to take a risk to have the plastic surgery to have the nice look immediately. As to the result, they haven't thought so much about it. They care to the present much more. I love China

Aging can have some rather bad psychological affects on people. Not to mention the fact our society really does have a disturbing emphasis on looks. Almost to the point of a disturbing level to say the very least. There are a lot of times where celebrities get this the worst all, and they are going to be shoved right underneath a microscope for the entire world. And they get desperate and try to change some things. Often times, it is a slight change. Then they tend to get more desperate and there are times where they overcompensate. To the point where they contain more plastic than a toy factory. There are times where celebrities just go over the top and they look like something out of a horror movie, which is sad.

Some people look better as they get older and their personality starts to show on their face. The problem with people who have had PS is that their real personality never shows on their face. They just look like they are in a wind-tunnel, with their huge, out of proportion, mouths, upward-slanting cat's eyes and Barbie-doll plastic skin! Give me a real face to look at any day!

The main reason celebrities alter their appearence to appear younger or "ehance" their beauty ultimately boils down to their own insecurities and fitting society's picture perfect image of how a celebrity "should look." If I were a celebrity i would not endure plastic surgery unless it was absolutely necessary. For example, getting into a car crash or some accident where my face was disfigured.

the face and body of an actor/actress are their bread and butter. And i think it's addicting to them to have a plastic surgeries, it makes them very confidence with their self.