By Vurdlak on May 3, 2006, with 202 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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The beginning of the article states that these women were on a show called “Extreme makeover” ie: holy crap with the amount of things done (nose job, breast implants, face lift, lipo, etc) in one sitting
Plastic surgery will do that to a person. If you get, say, 6 procedures done in one sitting THEN doing the hair and make up thing, that *will* completely change how you look.
and the worst thing is, they’re all still not pretty. if they would give a little more about hygiene and have better haircuts, they wouldn’t need plastic surgery
I actually think that some of these women may have benefited from surgery, like #2 who had almost no chin and a rather wide nose, which makeup can’t really fix, and she also got lasik eye surgery so she didn’t have to wear glasses anymore. And the same with #6, she needed some help with her nose and eyes. And they were both under 30 years old I think, so it’s not about aging gracefully at all with them. I DO think that that is the case with #3, 4 and 7, they are just getting old and I think they look really plastic and fake after their surgeries. I still think they were doing a lot of unnecessary things to all of them.
And no…it’s not an optical illusion you stupid people…just a lot of plastic surgery and makeup
And their kids still would be ugly ;)
The magic of make-up and a little time is marvelous.
Yes, Carooooo better attention to hygiene will certainly change the shape of your face and improve your bone structure. Great thinking there.
Some of them are fake and some real i think
those are all the same people, if any of you were smart enough to look at the smaller features like the shape of their eyebrows or noses, or way they smile and how the rest of their face reacts to the smile.
while these are extreme differences i think it’s great because i bet most of these women didn’t even know they could be pretty.
They are all real people & are all the same people. I watched them on extreme makeover. And extreme makeover does surgical things as well which explains how their breasts get larger & their teeth get straighter. That should answer all the questions.
ok this is totally NOT an illusion, i mean it shouldn’t even be on the site.
It just shows you how close the line is between beauty and “plain-ness”. All women are beautify, each in their own way.
If they’re illusions then that’s cool, if they’re real makeovers, then so what. If that’s how people feel good about themselves then so be it. They look good and happier and surer.
Regardless of the visual outcome, I hate when women wear pounds of make-up because it’s just a cover-up and NOT REALLY WHO THEY ARE. What do you think they look like in the morning? Even if they don’t wash the make-up off before bed then it’s probably going to smear off onto the pillow. Unless they sleep like mummies or something so that they don’t roll over, LOL.
I’m not only talking about the women in this article…this goes for ALL women. You can try to bullsh-t yourself into thinking that if you can cover up your pimples or some other imperfection, then that’s who you really are…but it’s all a load of crap and there’s no substitute for actually taking care of your body rather than wasting a damn hour (or more!) every day covering things up with things like chemicals and ‘deceptive’ clothing. Maybe most men aren’t smart enough to see through all that, BUT THE MEN WHO ARE WORTH A SH-T DO SEE IT, and wouldn’t bother looking twice at a painted plastic party girl.
So in this case, I’m curious to see how the women in the ‘after’ pictures look without their make-up, or if they get caught out in the rain or something. Probably not so good…
Their makeovers should come with warning labels such as:
“Keep out of direct sunlight and away from damp locations”
or
“Store in an air-tight container away from sources of heat”
Of course it’s an illusion, plastic surgery is fake, you’re seeing something that isn’t reality. Same for the 385640 kilos of make up.
Morons, just because it’s common doesn’t make it normal or any less of an illusion.
Erm… The last picture is that woman is actually quite beautiful, she didn’t need anything done to her! D: Now she looks like an old woman trying to be in her 20′s in the after picture… -SIGH-
You’re all complaining about how fake they look and how ugly they are. Yes I agree that you don’t neccessarily need plastic surgery to look beautiful and just be your natural self. But wearing makeup is generally the same thing. It’s to give confidence. Plus I highly doubt any of you walk down the sidewalk and see someone attractive and say “I bet she has a great personality!” really. Rarely any does that. If you walked down the street and see one of these ladies, some of you people calling them ugly in the after photo wouldn’t. What you’re actually calling ugly is the fact they underwent so much surgery
which wasn’t needed. A little makeup wouldve help fairly well.
I’m sorry,but I think we have one “tiny” problem here.. WHO,ON EARTH,DO YOU THINK YOU ARE,TO GIVE YOURSELF THE RIGHT JUDGING THOSE PEOPLE??? these ladies,lived their whole life being judged and rejected by the society BECAUSE of their looks.. these are REAL women with a lack of confidence who just wanted to feel better ’bout themselves. and no make up,no hair-do would make their teeth healthy and strong ( btw, bad teeth are ONE of the main reasons health problems can occur), or remove those ” imperfections” in bone structure they are so unhappy with! so they went to a surgery!! what’s so freaking wrong with that?? all they wanted is to look good and most IMPORTANT of all,FEEL MENTALLY GOOD!
some you EVEN know,(and those with more luck don’t know) ,how it feels like when you couldn’t find a date for prom or you weren’t invited to some party couse you just “don’t look so good”..(or any other example)!! you think that doesn’t hurt?? you think, you would in that position say : oh,nevermind,at least I’m NATURAL?? BULLS***!!!!!
either way just put yourself in their position,and imagine how would you feel if you couldn’t get a better job,and your colleague did,only because she looks better than you.. this is not an example of righteousness in our world, but unfortunately,these things happen,whether you liked it or not!
and all they did with their plastic surgery,they said NO MORE!! NO MORE to judgment, to pain in the heart caused with ugly words, to days filled with sorrow! and they are all HAPPY now!! HAPPY AND SATISFIED!!
ISN’T THAT WHAT YOU ALL WANT?? WHAT WE ALL ATTEND TO ACCOMPLISH IN OUR LIVES??
and if they need a surgery for that, THEY SHOULD DO IT! and no one,no one should judge that!
so PLEASE STOP posting this moronic post filled with NO UNDERSTANDING because you make me feel down. because of you who think that way,world has become a sad and condemning place to live in.
I agree that some of the results are less than spectacular but I respect these women for trying to be their very best. Far too many women let themselves go after the first kid. It is nice to see that some have enough self-respect to be all they can be, even if that is not enough for some of the people who commented.
All such a bunch of hypocrites. Most of you would rip the sh*t out of women who look like the befores and tell them to ‘go get plastic surgery’, yet when they actually do improve their appearance you still criticise. Pathetic.
They all look amazing after. But ultimately it’s how the person’s self confidence is improved.
Don Richardson, these results are exceptional considering their starting points. You are being way to critical in that regard.
Also these women were all given FREE cosmetic surgery due to appearing on national tv. The vast majority of women who look like the befores do not have the option to get 50k of cosmetic procedures.
Some are good and some are just too fake to be beautiful. I always wondered what the pitch was to these women to be on the show.
Producer: Excuse me sir…err maam, you are completely rancid but I think we can do something with you.
Woman: Really, you can make me less homely? Sign me up, I have no self-esteem, no boobs, bad teeth, a hairy back, and my husband will only make love to me with the lights off.
Producer: Awesome! Can you repeat all that in front of a camera? Maybe add some tears?
Woman: Sure, but only if beautiful people mock me and you get lots of interviews with my friends and family calling me fugly and telling everybody in America that my childhood name was Chunky Monkey?
Producer: Consider it done!
BTW, I like pasty women, tan skin is only attractive if you are born that way.
The first girl ended up looking somewhat like Milla Jovowitch (hahaha, spelling…?)
But uh. I cannot honestly say there was anything wrong with them before the change o.O besides. Lol. What if a guy goes get a kid with them, and the kid turns out real ugly? It’s like fooling people XD
I’m not going to say the before pictures were beautiful because they aren’t, but most of them look like they dug around for the worst picture of these women that they could find. I have photos of myself where I look awful, and I have photos of myself that a little make-up, and good camera angles and lighting make me look like a million bucks! What most of these women appear to have done just to look “better” is excessive and frivolous. I’m sure with a little clean up they all looked fine before.
To be fair, a lot of the problem before was that the women simply did not understand what beauty tips and tricks to apply to create the look they wanted. Now they do. Hopefully the only “surprise” kids they produce came from the ones who got drastic plastic surgery.
i completely agree with Debra.
The first and the fourth women from the top already look fine. Just some makeup and hairdo and they would look great.
People forget that most of the beauty in society today is completely fake. Being yourself isn’t enough anymore and it’s made people forget what real people look like.
now i now why some ppl don’t ever want to have children.wwuuaaahahahaha!!
They look much better, why the hate about them looking good?
these people volunteered, they werent told they were ugly and to come on the show
1st and 6th is da best
These women look BETTER on the right hand side, but not actually “good”
Some people are pretty some ARE NOT!!
These people were born loosers. Why cant we let people be what they are? We live in such a messed up society.
these are from “the swan” a FOX tv show from 2003
So to look “good” you have to acquire a fake tan and become blond and lose your glasses?? What an illusion, indeed.
well I agree with most some ladys just need to be pionted in the right direction
That show should be called “Who wants to become a whore on tv?” These women went from looking like average, every day people to looking like they just came from a whorehouse. Good job America!
The pictures on the right show these women before marriage. The pictures on the left show these women after marriage, when the guy is locked down with mortage and kids.
Wow! Would be nice to think that they could be comfortable as they were, but I think those kind of stories only happen in films. Hard to believe that they are not photoshopped.
Loving Joe Normals comment though…. “The pictures on the right show these women before marriage. The pictures on the left show these women after marriage, when the guy is locked down with mortage and kids”!!
People fair to mention that this transformation destroyed their relationships at home. Almost all the woman that were married filed for divorce and went on to become slam pigs to fill that void in their lives. True story.
Thats just sad, personally they would have all looked better if they just cleaned them selves up. They all look like trannies after. On the before picture they looked like they had some personality. Now they just like every other women with fake tan and heavy make-up ect
That first girl, especially, was WAY cuter before they told her she didn’t look enough like the tee-vee models for someone else’s taste. I kind of have a crush on her ‘before’ picture.
Damn, why is everyone hating on a few homely girls who just want to look a little better? What’s so wrong with wanting to be blond and tan? It doesn’t make you stupid, watching shows like this and not caring about the world around you do that. And i know plenty of nerdy brunettes who are neither pretty nor intelligent… and that ain’t a sexy combo. These women look 10000 times better! Botox for everyone!
i mean especially the one with the falling off the bosom blue dress?! Honey went from a crack whore to (a slightly more manish) Susan Sarandon!
What these women show in before pics is that they were once frumpy, ignorant to beauty secrets, didn’t know how to wear or apply make up to bring out their features, knew nothing about doing the hair be it a hair style that works for their face shape, hair products to tame frizzy hair or accentuate their curls or hair volume or highlights, etc. ANY woman of any weight, size or race can look like a slob or a nerd if they have no clue how to beautify themselves.
And to Rose who posted above, they don’t look like trannies, they look like women who now know how to play up their feminine beauty…instead of looking like plain janes…let’s remember that trannie are the ones that took these things that are exclusive to women (hair, make up, fashion) and used it to make themselves appear as women. Do not marginalize women in their choices to look beautiful, and label it like that. Any woman that looks sharp and feminine knows how to dress to the nines and apply make up and style their hair. It’s not their fault that you are plain.
Oh and lighting and camera angles make a huge difference too.
Yeah, lighting and angles make big difference. They also looked for the worst photos of these people to begin with.
Troll #5 is horrible no matter what. I feel really bad for her. Hope she has a ‘great personality’.
By gum! People take a breath! We’re all made in different shapes and sizes, each appealing to someone, somewhere. What naffs me off is the idea that we all have to be skinny, flawless, flumptuous haired and have the ability to save the world in our spare time, having created a new drug to cure the common cold.
As a tall person with standard Celtic traits, I can’t tan, my conker coloured hair will never be flumptuous, my green eyes will never be blue (natch), my freckles will always get worse in summer and I will spend most of my life photographing wildlife. I’ll never cure anything, but I’ll document the creatures that might.
Let’s not fall prey to the advertisements and their idea of ‘beauty’. I spent a small amount of time trying to get a curl into my hair only to be told by my daughter (21) that my impossibly straight hair looked ‘fabulous’. See?
I’m off to pick the slugs off my lettuces.
Enjoy life.
Sz
x
there is a saying, there is no ugly women, only lazy women. that is if they go and touch up themselves and make themselves beautiful.
Some of those are incredible! But some just really needed a new set of clothes and they would’ve been just fine without going to the extreme of surgeries and such.
Nicely done :D
Soendoro Soetanto
For the record, being not fake a) Prevents getting laid b) won’t make you famous c) keeps you from being taken seriously. About six months ago, I started going to the gym, never told girls I met about my writing, and never showed them my drawings or paintings. Now the girls want to sleep over, go for rides in the mustang, and invite me to their parties. I hate it, but hey, all the guido’s and fratbags out there are getting the hot girls, why not me? I love them all, no matter how deep or shallow they are, and I respect their bedroom privacy, so I figure I’m a step up from the usual springbreak cro-magnon! Woohoo for not being real!
the pictures are real, i remember seeing one of those women in an ad for the show. those women were pretty ugly before but if they just got haircuts that actually suited them and clothes that weren’t so daggy they would have looked waaaay better… the surgeries are absurd
OMG!!!
DAV YOU’re a douche! they are REAL. its a freaken tv show something called Extreme Makeover SWAN
I think its awesome !
They can choose after a while whether they maintain the fake tan or not, they just got it so the end result looked even better.
They all look very happy, and I think it helps
them to feel better about themselves.
Why not work on your inside as well as your outside ?
I’m sure they were happier after the surgeries, and you know what? Good for them. That being said, the fact that they had to physically change themselves to feel good about themselves, it says something about the way our society is prioritizing physical perfection.
Looking decent is one thing, and yes, it should be a priority sometimes. Most of the those ladies would have looked wonderful had they just been taught to clean themselves up. Instead they felt like they had to look PERFECT- and that’s incredibly sad. I don’t think plastic surgery is a magic cure for not being proud of yourself. These things are rooted deeper than looks.
Oh I feel sorry sorry for some poor guy that
breeds with them & has some ugly baby.
They look like drag queens.
So what ?
Who does’t….
The 6th one
No wonder the guy in the bottom picture is smiling – he looks like he’s won the lottery :-)
I go to school with the first girl. Bad news…she still looks like the “before” picture. The 5th woman is fake though; the “after” picture is a celebrity.
most of the before women look like regular, everyday women! and the last one, the only thing wrong with her was her greys coming in!
The magic of cosmetics.
Unfortunately this seems to be a rule here, people feel better than any other just because they fakened their look with tan, big muscles and anything’s just an illusion. What poachers!
[So to look “good” you have to acquire a fake tan and become blond and lose your glasses?? What an illusion, indeed.]
PFFH! All they had to do was exercise, practice good hygiene, and use a better camera. Voila! No surgery required. I hate these kinds of things. Surgery was made to heal people and solve REAL problems. Not whether or not your boobs are big enough. Some women are so selfish.
Funny that I happened upon this site, b/c I was just talking to someone this weekend about the beauty ideal. And truth is EVERYBODY IS BEAUTIFUL–it’s simply a matter of perspective. All the differing viewpoints here in the these comments prove my point. Every person on the planet is thought beautiful by at LEAST one other person on the planet, therefore, NO ONE IS UGLY. If just ONE person thinks another person beautiful, that person is NOT ugly. If even one person thinks a person is beautiful, that person doesn’t become UNbeautiful if someone else doesn’t see the beauty. Just like if you steal something for the first time, you become a thief. If you never steal again, you’re still a thief; you can’t UNbecome a thief just b/c you no longer steal. One person may not see another’s beauty, but that still doesn’t make a person ugly, b/c, again, someone else sees something different. Remember those digital pictures in the early 90s that if you stared at for a few minutes, you could see a completely different image. There were people who no matter how long and hard they stared, they just couldn’t see it. BUT that didn’t mean the image wasn’t there. They just couldn’t see it. But once they relaxed and accepted that the image was in fact there, they could then see it. Same thing with beauty. If you look at a person with a view toward seeing the beauty, accepting that it is there, you’ll “get the picture.” EVERYBODY’S BEAUTIFUL. Have a nice day! :-D
I was a career police officer and I have seen it all. But this beats it. If a makeover was needed to make them feel beautiful or worthy of something then why judge them? You need to know that you have never walked in their shoes so you don’t know what their lives have been.
All of you need to find a life and something to do besides judge others. Whats wrong are you jealous that you weren’t picked? Better yet were some of you turned down by one or more of them?
Everyone judging others is what is wrong with this world now. We all need to learn to accept each other and keep our opinions to ourselves. The only one who is supposed to judge is the guy that will be back at the end of this earth and world.
where can I sign up???
btw Lura, I so love you, you made my day. even if I myself feel like a fat pig with a pointed nose and pointed chin. my daughter told me I smile like that grinch once, I dont smile much anymore and even though she was kidding it sort of still sticks with you. who wants to look like the grinch? really?
people who will tell you your beautful and only want to go to bed with you and then theres those who tell you and you never believe them for fear that all they want to do is go to bed with you. I have this happen all the time. This world has become to shallow, you have to look one way to even get a second glance. if your not super skinny, have boobs that stand out like rockets, silky hair, blue eyes, big lips and look like a cartoon character, your not even getting the time of day from guys. It’s the honest truth cause I see it every day. I’ve been single for over 7 years now, who wants to date the wicked witch of the west that smiles like the grinch? The only thing I have going for me is my boobs that I HATE!!!!! but attract all sorts of attention, (hence the your beautiful, now lets go to bed part) Shallow world….and it sucks for us normal people.
if I could get my nose, my chin, my neck and my boobs done (meaning taken down in size), I would be a happy camper, maybe then I would feel better about myself and boost the ole self esteme. But until I win the lottery that’s never gunna happen.
I didn’t read your whole comment,but the part where you said guys say you look beautiful so they can sleep with you,is stereotypical at best. There are genuine guys out there of whom that does NOT apply. I’m one of them. So with that,there is only one thing left to do.I think you are beautiful.I really do.Watch out though,someone somewhere may just surprise you! xo
“blah blah blah, men are opportunistic liars, everyone is shallow, everything sucks. p.s. I’ve been single for over 7 years now because I’m so gross.”
Well you sound like a super-fun, positive, happy person, so it must be your looks keeping you single. There’s just no other possible explanation. :/
Anyone can be “beautiful” with the help of cosmetic surgery, but it doesn’t fix anything. Because the standard to beautiful is ever constantly changing (with time and different cultures). And everyone has a different idea of what beautiful is. There is someone for everyone, as I always say. So I do not believe in plastic surgery. Don’t get mad at me either, just voicing my opinion… As I rarely do…
Hell, I know men who PREFER women will small breasts, and I know others who LOVE a chubby woman. It all depends really. If you smile a lot and are warm hearted, you will light up the room!
Isn’t the 2nd to last pic the girl that was on Paris Hilton show on MTV?
I would love plastic surgery for my crooked chin and lop-sided cheek bones, my crooked smile and disgusting teeth and broken nose. I hate looking in the mirror!
I’m sorry but the last woman looked hot before, she just needed some hair and make up advice… not surgery
Tiara, I pity you. Stop caring so much about how you look and what other people think about how you look, and enjoy life. You’re not around forever.
Taria,
don’t be so negative, dear. I have little boobs, brown eyes and extremely large hips (11 inches larger than my waist), and fried hair that takes a lot of work to make look shiny and cute and not so frizzy and guys still dig me. It’s the confidence. I also have muscular dystrophy and have a little limp and a huuuge scar up my back from a spinal fusion and dudes still dig me. It’s the females that are shallow. When I go out, women watch the way I walk and guys look at my face etc. and smile. They don’t care. More men care about personality and confidence than you would think. Just be happy with who you are and you’ll find someone that’s equally as happy with who you are, the way you are without all that fake bs.
So, what if those women happened to be your wives?
Would you think “OH FUCK YEAH SHE’S HOT NOW” or think “oh man this woman is totally different it’s awkward :( :(“
I would love to have a rhinoplasty and make my eyes look bigger. My eyes are too deep set it looks like I wanna kill someoone…permanently.
Because of my eyes children and boys are afraid to approach me…because of my nose people call me names and all.
I like every other part of my body they are perfect just my eyes and nose…one is too small and another is too big.
I hate looking at models…plastic bitches.
oh wow they’re beautiful after surgery and all! too bad it won’t change the way your babies come out. what a surprise that will be to your future husbands.