New York magazine’s New Face
Do you recognize this woman? (Looks a bit like Nicolette Sheridan or Uma Thurman, no?) She’s a composite of Angelina Jolie (straight, narrow nose and full lips), Madonna (almond, wide-set eyes and plumped cheeks), Michelle Pfeiffer (smooth brow and high forehead) and Demi Moore (angular jawline), and she is emblematic of The New Face, as identified by New York Magazine. In an article titled “How Plastic Surgery Can Give An Older Woman the Face of a Baby,” the old adage that, after a certain age, it’s either your butt or your face, is turned on its ear: guess what? You can be scary skinny and unhealthily obsessed with keeping your body slim through punishing workouts and increase facial volume to avoid the Skeletor face: plumpers are the name of the game!
Photo from NYMag.com
Although the article only conjectures as to what certain Deal With The Devil actresses have had done, it does raise the possibility of face lifts, which–like many plastic surgery procedures–are only as noticable as the woman/surgeon wants them to be. You know that late-fortysomething, early-fiftysomething actress…the one who still looks thirty-two? It’s not just good genes. It’s not just a great diet. It’s not simply lighting and magic. She has had work done. The sooner women grappling with their maturing faces realize that we are supposed to look older as we age–so you cannot compare yourself to Academy Award Winner X, because it took her three surgeries, anesthesia and $23,000 to look that way–the healthier, happier and more realistic we’ll be. At least my friends will stop looking wounded when I burst their “She’s aging well…and, and, I really think it’s natural!” bubbles.
Tags: aging, FILLERS, PLASTIC SURGERY
August 7th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
looks kind of like scarlett johanson
August 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
This is a really disturbing message to be sending to all women, especially young girls. “Guess what girls, you have to take a composite of six different women’s faces in order to make up the ‘perfect’ face. I’d like to see a cover with the reality of plastic surgery on the front. For example, women who have eexperienced the side effects associated with plastic surgery such as:Skin Death or Necrosis,
Asymmetry, Slow Healing, Numbness/Tingling, Irregularities, Seroma and bruising. It really is all so very appealing. And, we all know celebs appearances are not due to good genes.
August 9th, 2008 at 6:10 am
When I read the issue, I totally thought it was Nicolette Sheridan, albeit an air-brushed version of her. Thanks for pointing this out!