Paris Vogue 1979 - Janice Dickinson
Some of you may have heard of the world’s first “Supermodel,” Janice Dickinson. I went to high school with Janice in Hollywood, Florida.
We had nothing in common, except that we shared a drama and humanities class, and went on one double-date together. Also, we each made Senior Class Superlatives….Janice – Best Sense of Humor, and me - Most Dependable. We really were opposites of everything. I’ll say this for her, the raunchy sense of humor she has now was present in high school.
1971
Janice Dickinson was ordinary and pretty in high school. She had those great cheek bones. I don’t ever recall her saying a word about wanting to be a model. She was more of a tomboy. When girls were finally allowed to participate equally in sports (Title IX), she actually tried out for the boy’s varsity baseball team. She didn’t make it. But we all watched her try.
Anyway, we’re the same age. And from what I know about Janice Dickinson after high school, she, let’s just say, partied pretty hard. I guess that can take a toll on your looks later in life.
Janice has admittedly had quite a bit of cosmetic surgery. I’m all for cosmetic/plastic surgery…to an extent. Let’s just say I’m for it if it makes you look better and/or feel better. The problem is, some people have been going just a little bit too far. So far, that they end up looking abnormal.
Janice while on the show
I’m a Celebrity, Now get Me Out of Here
"Just prior to having a facelift in 2004, Dickinson explained the appeal of plastic surgery to Entertainment Tonight: "I consider plastic surgery important because I'm in front of the camera, I still model, and, quite frankly, I was noticing my skin looking like a turkey wobbler. I'm just trying to hang on to what I got."
We all know Michael Jackson went too far. He appears to have become obsessed with it. He even had to have part of his nose replaced from another area of his body because he had so much removed.
Jackson is among the 15 worst celebrity plastic surgery disasters you will ever see. Be warned...some of the last ones, including the one of Jackson which we have all seen, is still shocking to look at.
The lip thing that women are doing is the one that mystifies me. The huge, puffy lips that have lost all shape and can look grotesque. I assume the original point was to have plump, pouty lips. It's just not working.
We’re all going to get old. Many of us don’t want to look it. If you’re going to have cosmetic surgery I would think you would want to really check out the past of the doctor who is going to do your procedures. And then I would think you would want to get done as little as possible to get the results you want, which really should be to look like you didn’t have cosmetic surgery.
And ladies, did you know you can have your eyeliner, lipstick or eyebrow color “tattooed” on permanently? That is also done at a plastic surgeon’s office. Michael Jackson had that done…but it should really look like daytime makeup!
I don't know how many of you watch the FX channel and the show Nip/Tuck. It's been on now for about four seasons. It started out about two Florida plastic surgeons and their crazy patients, and their escapades. Now they've moved to California. It's one wild show, but the cosmetic surgery scenes are pretty real. It's such a popular show that some stars are begging for cameo roles on it.
Here's something interesting I found. Now younger women are having procedures done. It’s not just for middle aged and older women. A book just came out for women with young children to use to help them explain to their children why mommy looks different. I guess that can be pretty puzzling to a young child…seeing mommy come home with her large nose now a little button or with that new Barbie figure. This just never occurred to me.
Mom's getting a tummy tuck and a new nose. But how does she tell her kids?
A Florida plastic surgeon [Dr. Michael Salzhauer] has written the first known picture book aimed at 4-7 year-olds that seeks to reassure them about mom going under the knife.
Read the article on Reuters Mom's having a tummy tuck? What to tell the kids à here
