Hollywood
Scar Wars
Using the power of Photoshop (and the guidance of noted plastic surgeon Dr. Tony Youn), we've improved some famously imperfect mugs. Which is better—before or after? You decide
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Rachel Dratch
Reviving Rachel Will smoothing out the lines on the
former SNL star launch her into dreamgirl territory?
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With fuller lips and a cookie-cutter nose from Dr. Youn, Dratch could be cast as "the cute friend," but loses most of the funny.
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Will Smith
Can the Fresh Prince be ... fresher? Would pinning back
Big Willy Style's ample ears improve his sex appeal?
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Youn's small adjustments to Smith's ears and temples leave the Fresh Prince looking good. (And, more importantly, aerodynamic.)
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Owen Wilson
His nose, himself Would losing his surfer-guy smashed sniffer mean more serious roles for Wilson?
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Straightening Wilson's nose results in a more classically handsome profile, but the wonky schnozz makes the troubled Wilson brother seem more approachable and adds to his comic appeal.
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Adrian Brody
De-schnozzing Adrien Brody Before: a nose only a mother could love. Click to the next page to see how Michigan-based plastic surgeon Tony Youn digitally whittled Brody's beak.
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By giving Brody an overly tiny, feminized nose, Dr. Youn turned the "distinctive" Oscar winner into, well, Zac Efron.
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Kirsten Dunst
Cheesing up Kirsten Dunst What if the thin-lipped star went where Courtney Love and Meg Ryan have gone before her?
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Meryl Streep
Genericizing Meryl Streep What would America's greatest actress look like minus a few wrinkles and her signature ski-slope nose?
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Dr. Youn performed this makeover only under duress. "You don't mess with iconic faces. Now she's unrecognizable."
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Bill Clinton
Erasing Bill Clinton's credibility Would Bubba look better minus his Jabba the Hut eye bags and bulbous nose?
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Clinton's charisma easily overshadows his flaws, says Dr. Youn. Carve him up and he'd be perceived as vain, not venerable.
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Kelly Clarkson
Selling out Kelly Clarkson What if the American Idol star took a page from Ashlee Simpson's book and opted for rhinoplasty?
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Clarkson's attempt to distance herself from bubble-pop may have bombed even worse if she traded in her real-girl nose for a pert plastic one as seen here.
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Zach Braff
Adonizing Zach Braff Would a few nips and tucks make the Garden State class clown a leading man?
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As Dr. Youn points out, Braff uses his unusual features to nail earnest, goofy roles. Deprive him of these humanizing characteristics and he became less castable (but, we think you'll agree, way more doable).
Posted by: lostgirl on November 17, 2007 2:16 PM
She ended up looking like Faye Dunaway. Not good.
Posted by: trilbynhiss on November 17, 2007 3:07 PM
What the heck is up with thicker lips (you guys did it to Rachel Dratch too)?? There's more to looking sexy than having thick lips. Yeah... there's nothing more sexy than a chick with big lips but mess-up teeth according to that picture up there Radar.
Posted by: webbie on November 17, 2007 3:12 PM
Concentrate on her chin instead of her lips you angelina-generic makers.
Posted by: webbie on November 17, 2007 3:13 PM
that looks absolutely horrendous...who the heck is doing these "makeovers"? they should really go back to art school...kelly you are beautiful the way you are...
and btw you made rachel dratch look like she has no jaw...all of these have been total downgrades...
Posted by: simintel on November 17, 2007 5:19 PM
She doesn't need a nose job!
Posted by: Zoe on November 17, 2007 10:30 PM
Seriously? How can I focus on the difference to her lips and nose when you sucked half her chin away?? Whoever did that needs to turn in their license to photoshop and promise to never use the liquify tool again.
Posted by: blueeyedmonster on November 18, 2007 3:53 AM
Here, fixed that for you:
http://i18.tinypic.com/6u613zn.jpg
Posted by: blueeyedmonster on November 18, 2007 4:13 AM
How is digitally removing her jaw an improvement?
Now she looks like that tiny person in the movie Freaks. That's why you have to go to Med School to be able to operate on real people.
Posted by: zerocola on November 19, 2007 12:26 AM
This one actually looks better than the original, but it wouldn't be Will Smith without his famous flapper ears, I guess I've become acustomed to his face.
Posted by: zerocola on November 19, 2007 12:28 AM
Hmmm...Is it really appropriate right now to include Owen Wilson in a feature called "Scar Wars"? Just sayin'...
Posted by: Calliope10 on November 20, 2007 12:13 PM
no to all of them. why not just make everyone look the same like in "Brave New World"? then we can start the conditioning so we all think the same too. This obsession was one standardized is disgusting...
Posted by: green_bug on November 20, 2007 1:15 PM
Lol Calliope :}
Who ever wrote this is a special kind of stupid -- 1/2 of those people listed ESPECIALLY Kristen Dunst hardly rate as ugly. And whomever done the "makeover" should have their medical license revoked.
Posted by: Staci on November 21, 2007 4:04 AM
What makes people beautiful is not their perfection, but, rather, their imperfections. A gap in the teeth, or Brody's nose, Kick Douglas' chin cleft are all characteristics that make these people unique and not cookie cutter models. I used to see Charleton Heston walking in Manhattan near the Equity offices. He was striking based on the cragginess of his features, not a first sight, handsome, but definitely someone to catch your attention.
Posted by: gitano1 on November 22, 2007 10:56 AM
Kudos to Kirsten for not shaving her hairy arms in all Spidey close ups and not fixing her teeth; those are her only issues (which make her look like a real person).
You make Owen look like 3's Company; the boring realtor vs. a funny character actor. A nj might help his personal life, but not his career. Look at Jennifer Grey.
You guys suck at Photoshop & makeovers btw--they all look much worse!
Posted by: underneathsideways on December 4, 2007 6:54 PM
Clinton looks freakish; a scary android. He loses all sex appeal
Posted by: underneathsideways on December 4, 2007 6:57 PM
Smith,Wilson & Clinton look waaaay better!!!
Posted by: missdelite on December 12, 2007 6:01 AM
um...who's editing this piece? you need to take another look. I don't think Will's chin is what you think needs fixing (it doesn't). take a look at the EARS...hello!!! can you see the difference? regardless, Will is perfect (looking), either way!