It's like a rite of passage - every celebrity in Hollywood (or
almost every celebrity) at one time or another will go under the knife. It's often a vain attempt to maintain youthfulness, or at least make the impression that you're younger than you actually are...but let's be honest. 'Sellability' is key in Hollywood. The moment you can't get the role, you're finished. So in a way, we can see how heavy the pressure must be.
Sadly, so many celebs don't know when to stop. Eventually it cascades into madness, and they end up mangling their faces beyond recognition. Listen up, A-listers! Aging gracefully is always better than turning into a robot/mannequin/freak.
Check out our gallery of Celebrity Plastic Surgery after the jump!
http://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,entry&id=757025&pid=757024&uts=1256581973
http://cdn.channel.aol.com/cs_feed_v1_6/csfeedwrapper.swf
Celebrity Plastic Surgery
Lindsay Lohan
It's a shame to see how cute Lindsay used to be. In seven short years, she's completely imploded into the wreck on the right. She hasn't gone nuts on the plastic surgery, but she's definitely mangled those lips.
Getty
Getty Images North America
Lindsay Lohan
It's a shame to see how cute Lindsay used to be. In seven short years, she's completely imploded into the wreck on the right. She hasn't gone nuts on the plastic surgery, but she's definitely mangled those lips.
Getty
Nicole Kidman
Nicole's face definitely looks pulled. No one can achieve that icy, wrinkle-free forehead with makeup alone.
Getty
Ashlee Simpson
She once had a look that was all her own. Now she looks like everyone else. Boring.
Getty
Cher
Cher is the queen of plastic surgery...well, at least in the music world. When someone doesn't age for 20 years, it's a definite clue.
Getty
Joan Rivers
Just as Cher is the queen for music, Joan is the queen for TV. She has never denied her surgeries, so for that we commend her. We wonder what she looked like waaaay back, in her pristine form. We couldn't find any pictures, it was that long ago.
Getty
Paris Hilton
Yup, Paris hasn't always been 'hot'. It's a little-known fact that the blonde heiress had work done during her formative years. Smart move: getting surgery before you're famous - that way nobody knows.
Getty
Tori Spelling
Tori's been under the knife since her starring role on Beverly Hills, 90210. You can see it on the nose, the cheeks, and the eyes. The lips (we think) remain untouched.
Getty
Meg Ryan
Meg emerged from a Hollywood hiatus looking like she'd been sucked and trimmed. Her lips have obviously had some work done, and her nose seems a bit thinner. From cutie to.....well....gross.
Getty
Jocelyn Wildenstein
Nightmare! We suppose that when someone reaches this point in plastic surgery, there's nowhere to go except for more. It can't really get any worse.
Getty
Mickey Rourke
Former hottie Mickey Rourke certainly destroyed the boyish good looks. Now he eeriely resembles The Joker. The ultimate irony is he may have been one of those age-well kind of guys.
Getty
