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How sad. . .
That's the cat lady!!! She's paying to be made to look more cat-like. Believe it or not, she has always sworn she loves the way she now looks and she's not done yet!!
OMG! She FREAKS me out! :o WHY, WHY, WHY..would anyone do that to themselves?
Have you seen the GUY who got his entire face tattooed and had whiskers put into his cheeks as well as piercing all over his face to look like a lion?
What ever floats your boat, I guess. :-\
How does a country that prides itself as being built on rugged individualism leave so little room for anything other than flaccid sameness? One person mutilates herself trying to fit in, and the other mutilates himself trying not to fit in. When a culture won't let people feel as though they belong for who they are, it forces them to become what they're not--which means, the most any of us can achieve is a state of graceful neurosis. :'( (Pay me no attention. I just need to keep slucking the java until Karl-the-Snarl goes back into his cage.)
Its okay, "Karl the Snarl". ;) I think it is the yucky weather that brings out the Snarl in all of us. Feelin' the same way. I'm almost through w/ cup o joe #1. You?
Seriously, I do agree with what you are saying. Just be yourself and if that isn't good enough for everyone else.....ta hell with all of them. Like I said, "Life is too short not to live your own truth". Your truth....not someone else's.
People are so busy trying to "re-invent" themselves that they forget who they really are. Some don't even take the time to figure it out in the first place.
When I was doing roller derby, I met a guy who was the mascot for one of the Texas teams (possibly Az, but I'm pretty sure it was Texas) Anyway, his entire body is tattooed w/ leopard spots. The girls kept him on a leash. Really nice guy though!
Wait, is this another turn the corner and see this, what do you do as an investigator?
Karl, you should not hold back your opinion. Your passion is respected.
I agree with Ellie....its very respected. :)
Awwww, you guys! :-*
Tim, I thought the same thing! LOL.
And Karl, I agree (once again) with your post. It is sad... especially having a 12 yr. old girl in this society. She is growing up where changing yourself to fit in is acceptable and almost today's "norm". Very scary...
Wait, she did this on purpose? Please no....
It looks like a botched job done in Mexico to me, or maybe someones storage shed.
I actually saw this woman interviewed about this (20/20, I think) many years ago. She's actually a wealthy socialite in New York City, and wife to a multi-millionaire. I would call her "bitter," given her comments in her interview.
Gosh Karl could you be any more mean. Ah ha just kidding.
You realize, I telling the truth, right? She really is the wife of a millionaire. She doesn't leave her Manhattan townhouse, from what I recall. :-\
With good reason, clearly.
I believe it. Can you feel sorry for her though?
She, like Michael Jackson, has such a warped sense of self. They keep thinking that more and more surgery will make them look better. The structure of the face can only take so much and then it begins to morph into the opposite of what they had intended. It is an obsession. We've all heard about these people, like the lady who gets surgery after surgery to look like Barbie. No joke. She wants to look like Barbie. I saw her on Oprah about a year ago. Just so sad. Her lips were the size of pontoons and she could hardly talk, let alone smile. The sad thing is, she was very pretty before having any surgery at all. Take Gene Simmons, for instance. I liked him with his wrinkles...it made him Gene Simmons. I never thought he was attractive, but now he looks like part Italian and part Asian. Basically, he totally looks like someone else.
Sorry, but I'd look like the backside of a cow before I'd let anyone touch my face with a needle or scalpel.
Like Tracy, I do think it's sad that someone had this horrible a self-image that they went so far as to obtain this horrible a self-image. What I don't pity her for is the fact that she's rich as Cresus and this is how she spent her money. I'm not saying a little vanity isn't in all of us, but this crosses the line into selfish. The real issue for me is whether or not she's become a better person from this experience: yes, warn people on national television not to make the mistakes she did, but surely there are other causes in life that would reach more than just other rich people with too much money to spend on anything but themselves and their Swiss plastic surgeons.
If this were the eleventh century, this woman would be a noble Lady who, after a tragic disfigurement, sequestered herself in a leper colony or a convent and spent her days helping the unfortunate. I'd want to know today what's she's doing to make the world a better place while she goes on hiding from it.
Yes, she is a Manhattan Socialite. I saw her a few times when I lived in that area. (A friend lives on Cental Park West in socialite-central) The rumor was that her husband loves cats so she wanted to make herself look more like a cat. (or she loved cats - one of those situations) From what I understand, she is still a socialite snob and loves her look. (I guess you would need a lot of money to convince any surgeron to risk their reputation to make you look like that) To each their own, I guess... :-\
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This woman has spent $4 million on plastic surgery. I would want my money back.
Jocelyn is a wealthy socialite whose husband began cheating on her. To win him back she began undergoing plastic surgery to transform into a giant cat. Her husband likes big cats. Naturally.
Didn?t work however, and her husband said ?She seems to think that you fix a face the same way you fix a house?.
This one makes me think of a scene from psycho. "ree ree ree ree...."
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Quote from: Kristen on February 28, 2008, 11:28:36 PM
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This woman has spent $4 million on plastic surgery. I would want my money back.
Didn?t work however, and her husband said ?She seems to think that you fix a face the same way you fix a house?.
4 Million Dollars? OMG! That's a face that screams "REFUND!"
It just goes to show you that she has ZERO self esteem. If a man EVER spoke to me that way, it would be the last time he would ever speak to me. (I'd leave...or kick his ass out!)
Now Tracy I almost pissed my pants. You are too funny and not many people can make me laugh so morbidly
Glad I could be of service, Ellie! ;D ;D ;D
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*awwkwaarrdd*
tongue splitting. *shudder*
scary.
awww, he's Purrrrrdy. Purdy enough to feed him to the gators. yikes.
Somebody suffered from neglect as a child. :o
Quote from: PPI Ellie on March 18, 2008, 04:46:23 PM
Somebody suffered from neglect as a child. :o
By George, I think you've got it!
How would you like to have this guy in your family portraits? "Hi, this is my brother, the reptile. Just call him Snake".
Maybe he doubles as the family pet...
Now Now... lets just assume his friends did this to him when he was passed out drunk. LOL
Quote from: PPI Ellie on March 18, 2008, 06:06:06 PM
Now Now... lets just assume his friends did this to him when he was passed out drunk. LOL
Yeah...passed out drunk for a WEEK! :D
I'm just trying to imagine the excuses his family makes for him when he visits:
- "Yes, he works for Cirque du Soleil, and it's in the contract that he can't take off the makeup.?
- ?He's got that . . . uhm, . . . disease. Whatchamacallit? They have those infomercials about it.?
- ?No, really. We're so proud of him. We even wear the 'Idiot Pride' shirts and march with him in all the parades.?
- ?It's not his fault. I had an illicit affair with a Halloween costume when I was eighteen, and he's the love child.?
- ?It's a badminton accident. We should have sued the net manufacturers. Try not to stare. It only provokes him.?
- ?He claims this happened after going the full thirty seconds with Listerine, but I couldn't tell you for sure.?
- ?It's something from my husband's side of the family. I've never met a meaner pack of snakes in my life.?
- ?Oh, you mean you've got this problem too? Last year I had surgeons cut out the part of my brain that made him seem abnormal, but I don't think they removed it all."
Oh my god... too funny, Karl!!! LOL :D
Karl, Karl, Karl, Maybe he just had a tattoo of an ex girlfriend on his face and he wanted to cover it up with something less embarrassing.
Quote from: PPI Ellie on March 18, 2008, 07:45:02 PM
Karl, Karl, Karl, Maybe he just had a tattoo of an ex girlfriend on his face and he wanted to cover it up with something less embarrassing.
Maybe this
is the tattoo of his girlfriend. ;D
Quote from: PPI Karl on March 18, 2008, 08:12:24 PM
Quote from: PPI Ellie on March 18, 2008, 07:45:02 PM
Karl, Karl, Karl, Maybe he just had a tattoo of an ex girlfriend on his face and he wanted to cover it up with something less embarrassing.
Maybe this is the tattoo of his girlfriend. ;D
Wow...now there's a scary thought. :o
Quote from: PPI Karl on March 18, 2008, 08:12:24 PM
Quote from: PPI Ellie on March 18, 2008, 07:45:02 PM
Karl, Karl, Karl, Maybe he just had a tattoo of an ex girlfriend on his face and he wanted to cover it up with something less embarrassing.
Maybe this is the tattoo of his girlfriend. ;D
bahahaha! ok. that definetly made me bust up. but you guys should see his gf. shes normal and adorable
Quote from: PPI Jen on March 18, 2008, 05:43:21 PM
Maybe he doubles as the family pet...
ROTFLMAO! Thanks, Jen... I needed the laugh. ;D
Oh my God, this got really funny.
it's the Cat Woman of New York...or that's what they called her on TV.
There's been a few stories done about her. Her face is nothing now, but
scar tissue. She commented that plastic surgery has become an addition.
She obviously has low self esteem, and believes that cosmetic surgery will fix her skewed sense of "self". I think Micheal Jackson suffered from this same malady. Tons of money, and nobody around them with the guts to tell them they're out of control. It's extremely sad.
Just my two cents.
Quote from: PPI Brian M on March 31, 2008, 11:43:11 PM
She obviously has low self esteem, and believes that cosmetic surgery will fix her skewed sense of "self". I think Micheal Jackson suffered from this same malady. Tons of money, and nobody around them with the guts to tell them they're out of control. It's extremely sad.
Just my two cents.
I think you hit the nail on the head, Brian.
What also amazes me is the fact that some surgeon was willing to do this. Come on...4 million sure is a lot of money, but what self-respecting doctor would want to be known for doing this kind of thing?
I guess the key word here is 'self-respecting'
Quote from: PPI Glenn on April 01, 2008, 02:17:44 AM
What also amazes me is the fact that some surgeon was willing to do this. Come on...4 million sure is a lot of money, but what self-respecting doctor would want to be known for doing this kind of thing?
I guess the key word here is 'self-respecting'
Glenn, while I agree with that, it's probably not that cut and dry. Sure some Doctors may refuse, not because they actually "care," but because they wouldn't want their name linked with such disfigurement. Others may have the mentality of "well if I don't do it, she will get somebody else, even if it is some hack in Mexico." Then lastly you get ones that actually do "care" in a warped way, because it is what makes her happy. How many people get liposuction, implants and other surgeries, not because something is wrong, but because it makes them "feel" better. Where do you draw the line?
I would like to think that a responsible surgeon would send someone like that to a mental health pro first.
Glenn & Jen,
I think you both hit the nail on the head: "Self Respecting & Responsible". Unfortunately, money is more important to some people than any values or morals.
There are many ways to help a person who is suffering, but supporting their dis-ease isn't doing anything but perpetuating the illness and becoming a catalyst for further dysfunction.
Quote from: PPI Jen on April 01, 2008, 12:43:29 PM
I would like to think that a responsible surgeon would send someone like that to a mental health pro first.
While personally Elle, I agree with you, the question is just where do you really draw the line? Do you send somebody who wants a set of massive implants to a mental health provider, but not smaller? Where do you draw the line and say "those are too big, you must be crazy."
I'm all for corrective plastic surgery for disfigurements, burns and such, but there is a huge market in plastic surgery for people who just want to improve their self esteem. Some could argue that anybody who wants actual surgery to improve their self esteem should seek a mental health professional. I'm not saying that some people arn't over the top like this woman, they are. I'm just saying that some Plastic Surgeons already cross that line as soon as they start doing surgeries that are not "needed."
Don't get me wrong, I want to clarify before I piss anybody off. I have no problem with people getting plastic surgery at all. I just think it's hard to draw an actual line saying what is to much.
When to draw the line:
1. When your nose has been operated on so many times that it finally abandons ship and falls into the cavern otherwise known as your face
2. When you can't get a cold because it has nowhere to "set up shop"
3. After 20 million surgeries, you still sound like your sister, dance like your sister, but you still don't look like her....but maybe you should redo the "Thriller" video now ("hee hee, Shah-mon")
4. Your cheekbones have gotten so large and so high from implants that putting blush on them now totally blocks your field of vision
5. You cannot sleep because your eyes won't close and you continuously look like a deer in headlights :o
6. You constantly drool because you can't feel your lips anymore due to the "super size me" collagen implants
7. One tube of lipstick is used per application because it?s barely enough to go around
8. And the number one reason to draw the line: You used to be Gene Simmons and you now resemble Bruce Lee
ms. presely may be
Quote from: bellalaghoste on April 02, 2008, 05:59:47 PM
ms. presely may be
OMG, I know! It just came out that she was the "victim of a botched plastic surgery". Ya think? Apparently, the doc that did the surgery really wasn't a doc at all. Just a nurse. I guess (according to Pricilla Presley) he injected her face not with collagen, but with something mechanics use that is basically carburetor oil or something just like it.
I guess she had the surgery 4 years ago (I kinda doubt that one) and it is now just starting to warp her face. She really looks bad. I find it really hard to even look at her. She was such a pretty lady. Both she and Dolly Parton. Now they just both look like cartoons. It is really sad.
To check out other horrible messes, or what I like to call ?soup sandwiches?, you can go to www.awfulplasticsurgery.com
Prepared to be frightened?..really frightened. :o
so said isn't it.
Quote from: bellalaghoste on April 03, 2008, 06:44:53 PM
so said isn't it.
Yes, it is very sad, but they do it to themselves.