By Vurdlak on May 3, 2006, with 193 Comments
In this edition of extreme home makeover, we can see some real optical illusions. Can you believe person on the right is the same women we see on the left side of the photo? Selected women have been changed drastically in terms of their sexuality after participating in the TV show aired on ABC called Extreme Makeover. Makeovers included everything: from plastic surgery, cosmetic surgery, weight loss surgery, face surgery, breast surgery, implatants, liposuction, sun-bathing, sport practicing, professional makeup, dentist visit, new teeth… For more unbelivable makeovers, jump inside this post!
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Most of them are still pretty ugly! Too much makeup is always a giveaway to what’s underneath!
I think they look terrific and what is so very compelling is how much energy and confidence seems to fill their faces! Andy dude, these are women (read: grown-ups), seems to me you would not know a good looking woman if she hit ya right on top of the head.
it is never bad to become a beauty
if it grows older, since it thinks so also by whom, however when young, the one as it is will be a beauty
whoa..i am amazed…especially the second from last..i think thats the best one.
I think in the post
“been changed drastically in terms of their sexuality”
would read better as
“been changed drastically in terms of their appeal” or appearance, you don’t have to bold it either. As much as I’d like to see a gender reassingment operation I don’t think broadcast TV is quite ready for that. :P
One of the biggest things about this show I wonder about is the physcological factor. Do these women not see them selves as worthy? Do they really believe that they are better with saline in their chests and so fourth and so on? Is this giving the impression to more people that prefection is only one surgery away?
Yes in all objective critisizm one could say that the after shots look better than the before shots and sometimes there is nothig wrong with changing a little here and there, but when we physically augment our bodies are we loosing somemthing?
Oh my god, that’s amazing! As a media designer I can truly understand that it can’t be quite easy.
muy buenas los trabajos, yo soy Diseñador grafico de Chile
It’s a shame. These women have raped by media. :(
Why isn’t enough to be a human? Why everybody wants to be “perfect”? Why we let to tell us who and what is perfect?
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2 things… and this is an illusion how?
and
they needed help. BAD and the poor things still didnt get it. poor things
TOTALLY EXTREME
Since when is plastic surgery an optical illusion?
this is what celebs and models do
this is amazing…i agree with t2….also to GreenDayGirl: u like Green Day?! omfg i LOVE Green Day!!!:)
Hillbilly to hollywood
wow thats pretty crazy
The last one down CLONED… Into a man… Creepy… But seriously… Those are creepy
I, honestly think it’s sad when you can’t stand your body enough that you have to go get surgery.
(Fear The Wall Of Text!!! XD)
I hate the media. It’s all the media’s fault. That’s why hundreds of thousands of Teenage girls are out there starving themselves or throwing up afer every meal. They always want to look like Britney Spears, or Hilary Duff, or even dip to Nicole Richie or Lindsay Lohan. Why not someone like Queen Latifah? She’s much more of a role model than any of the others. There are many other celebrities that are so much more admirable than the skinny, blonde ones.
That is all, you may sit down now.
Mat- I agree. XD
Hai- *Pokes Webbie*
Also, third from the top… Really needs to get a better fitting shirt.
im glad im beutiful!!!!!!!!!!
how exactly is this body paint?
Hey I still think that’s all of us…you guys are not excluded! Sorry! You can put on a large t-shirt or shirt say”Alen Jackson” or Brad Pitt style or Whatever and cover up and grow a beard& moustache..walaaa!
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OMG I LOVE THAT SHOW they do amazing thing BUT i dont belive you should have ur body surgicaly MODIFYED enless its a medical problem
LET ME TELL YOU WHO NEEDS AN EXTREME MAKEOVER ARE ALL THE GIRLS ON FLAVOR OF LOVE SEASON TWO.
Wonderfull how they can make 2 out of 1 (see last picture) :P
that is so wrong- God made you perfectly in his image and how he wanted you to look like- he didn’t want you to look like how the media is potraying you to dress/look like!!
19.– obesity is just as much of a problem as anorexia and bulemia. And many more people are obese than unhealthily thin, so, it’s a -bigger- problem.
Also, how is plastic surgery an illusion? They are big changes, impressive, yes, but not an optical illusion…
that makes me sad somehow– i wonder how healthy it is to place conceptions of beauty and confidence on mear physical appearance… luckiy there is no body paint to cover up what really makes us pretty or not pretty
Why do/did they do it? You’re kidding, right? Coyote ugly is reason enough. Some of them could have cured their own hiccoughs by taking a quick peek in a mirror. Thank God there are treatments for CBU (congenital butt ugliness)!
nice
Can u say fake?!
I still think most of them look pretty ugly. I wonder how they looked after they went home, washed their faces and washed their hair? You know without the makeup and the blowed hair…
Mat i so agree with you…frankly it was pointless doing that to peole
First of all these women are not Ugly I totally agree with sebastian and surf 24/7 However, this is the cold hard reality about society,not just the media. Men like andy and are contributing to this as well. Don’t you think? If there weren’t shallow men in the world like that they would not have to do this. They just want to fit in and be loved,Nothing wrong with that.
this is sick
think of how many people NEED plastic surgey to save there life
nd its bein wasted on them
half of them only needed hair straighteners, good clothes and confidence.
sheesh
the third one is a man
I can’t believe those women felt they needed to go to such extremes to aspire to superficial labels such as ‘pretty’ or ‘beautiful’ (which are subjective ideals anyway). Most of them could have improved their looks with a better understanding of what to wear, and a haircut. But most of all, it was their lack of self esteem that made them ‘unattractive’, and most of all, the unattractiveness in their perception fed into the befief that they were ‘ugly’ by sucking the happiness out of them.
Plus, psychologically, these women are still scarred by their slavery to the ideals of ‘perfection’, and probably try not to think about how their ‘improvements’ aren’t parts of their actual bodies, thus meaning that the person other people ISN’T REALLY THEM.
It’s tragic, really.
“I, honestly think it’s sad when you can’t stand your body enough that you have to go get surgery.
(Fear The Wall Of Text!!! XD)
I hate the media. It’s all the media’s fault. That’s why hundreds of thousands of Teenage girls are out there starving themselves or throwing up afer every meal. They always want to look like Britney Spears, or Hilary Duff, or even dip to Nicole Richie or Lindsay Lohan. Why not someone like Queen Latifah? She’s much more of a role model than any of the others. There are many other celebrities that are so much more admirable than the skinny, blonde ones.
That is all, you may sit down now.
Mat- I agree. XD
Hai- *Pokes Webbie*”
I want to grow up to be a plus-size female African-American celebrity!
Some of them are Australian.
The first is the the daughter of the fourth. They both spent thousands and thousands of dollars on surgery “together” as a “mother daughter” thing…
The amount of money these women spend is so clearly not worth it… For less than $AU200, you could give them a complete makeover with a new cut, colour, and style, and some well chosen and well applied makeup, and that is already 3/4 of what their “transformations” rely on to “look better”.
The other five figures or more (of cash) only give 1/4 (max) of their overall aesthetic improvement…
The third one down looks like a man! haha
Whoah, a lot of them got some implants up there. And I get that they felt ugly but some times I really don’t get why people just aren’t happy with what they are….. I mean it what’s inside that matters, not your looks.
amen, surf 24/7!!!!!!!!! O yeah, what’s the illusion?
dude, it probably took 7 years 2 get all that SICK makeup off
# six is the best of ‘em all shes very pretty… I never knew that!! How she can go from that from… THAT!!!!
i agree
The last one was a little pretty before!
Ugly woman doesn´t exist. Only the poor ones!
perfection is overrated, these women are just as ugly before and after. its a shame that they believe that simply changing their appearance makes them any better of a person.
milfs
i have to say good for them! but on the other hand i wonder how many of them left there husbands or wives afterwards because they thought now they could do better!
i don’t get how this is an optical illusion.
like, is this supposed to be a joke?
cuz there is no illusion
How did the last woman turn into a man?
SAD, SAD PEOPLE… apparently they are ugly inside as well as outside.
I knew a woman who died of cancer when she was 35. Do you think there would be ANYTHING she wouldnt have given for the opportunity to live long enough to be old and ugly like these women?
And all they care about is how their precious SELF-CONFIDENCE has been restored!
Talk about SELFISHNESS!
Wake up, people, you have it better than you think!
Nobody needs friggin surgery to look beautiful!! All you need to do is be happy with what you got or make it look better without surgery!! It makes me mad how people do this everyday!!
Wow, I like illusions and everything, but I think that’s pretty much the coolest one I’ve ever seen.
I am, of course, referring to the last one. With all the others, sure, they’ve changed each lady’s appearance drastically. The last one, however … they’ve even managed to make it look like she’s with a bloke!
I can’t work out how they did it, but they did it goooood. The others should take note, they too could make it look like they are with a man.
PS people are stupid.
Yeah, I wish I could get made over to look like I have a hot-ass supermodel next to me 24/7.
On the 3rd one her boobs grow so much, i doubt any of them are actually the same people
what a bunch of uglies!!
I think the 4th (after done) looks like a mix of idina menzel and rachel ray.
3 7 and 3 look worse than normal
and #4 looks about the same
I agree with the comments 13,and 19 completely
How iS THIS AN ILLUSION??!!
That money which was spent wasnt worth it
I THINK THE SECOND TO LAST ONE IS THE BEST!! =[)
uhhhhhhh? wat? if that was me i'd wanna refund> they look like little plastic barbies. its ok ladies ken still wants you.
i think the best transformation is the sixth picture, and these women have alot i mean ALOT of guts to change themselfs so much.
Can’t be the same people.
If they are imagine all the plastic surgery they would need
Unbeleivabe, but believable.
….
Wow o____O
That last one looks like a guy!
And who’s that girl she’s with? xD
What the hell is wrong with some of you people?
The “illusion” here is that these women were given a makeover and were completely re-done.
There’s nothing wrong with a good makeover to boost someone’s self confidence at all.
You’d be surprised at what a good foundation powder and a bit of makeup can do to a person. ..Maybe along with a slight tan to get rid of pasty looking skin.
The most these women have gotten is a hair cut and style, hair coloring, some makeup, a really good push-up bra, and a good photographer.
I think this is bull crap…. stop acting like dang posers
and the optical illusion in this is???????
i honestly don’t get the whole illusion thing. i found at least 3 things that make this not good.
1. the title kinda gives it away.
2. the pictures on the right are TOTALLY different people.
and last but not least………..
3. on the last one, why put a GUY in the picture. is that the real trick?
is this suppoosed to be a joake and if it is it is NOT funny lol NOOOOO
I think I missed the “illusion” part…
ok i have one question for u guys where is the ILLUSION part???????????? :(
honestly. i do agree about the personality, about how much surgery is ridiculous (in certain cases) ok.
yet, if i looked like the first picture, i would be hell happy being so beautiful after surgery.
probabbly none of you look as bad as some of these women did, so all you can say is “no no no plasitc surgery is not good bla bla bla” which is pathetic because im sure these women felt so unhappy and insecure because of their looks that it will infact affect their psycology.
i think that in these cases, not all the women upthere , but most, should get this surgery done. i do not believe in a barbie plastic look, but in this case is necessary for a better living and psycology.
uhm, for example the last pic with the woman and the husband., well that was not neccessary at all.
Why a very beautiful woman(in the right) make a plastic surgery to be like that(in the left)??!!
HOW ARE THESE ILLUSIONS? IDK!!!
These are real transformations and not Photoshop made!
great recap
umm…it’s a joke…”real life illusions” means that they aren’t.So if anyone wonders where the illusion is,I think the person who wrote this is just commenting on the dramatic changes of the women, NOT implying there’s an optical illusion.
The surgery looks ridiculous on nearly all of them- they look fake and plastic. I think people should try and grow old gracefully :D
how is that an illusion