Going Under the Knife

Did anyone watch SVU last night? It was a really great episode starring Matthew Lillard (with a scary 70's porn-stash) and the legendary Carol Burnett. Ms. Burnett was true to form as always, but what is up with her face?!


I don't understand why people can't just age gracefully. I can almost understand the whole botox thing for actresses in their 40's and 50's. Acting is a tough industry and you do what you have to in order to get work. But when you are in your 60's and 70's? Come on! That is just rediculous! No one beats Joan Rivers though. She is unrecognizable at this point. Her only grandson, sadly named Edgar, must be deathly affraid of her!

*In an unrelated note, I find it ironic and completely hysterical that Melissa Rivers married (then divorced) a horse trainer, ha!

To go to the other end of the spectrum, what is with young stars going under the knife? Scarlett Johanson (not my favorite actress anyway) admitted last year to undergoing plastic surgery. "I definitely believe in plastic surgery. I don't want to be an old hag. There's no fun in that." Insanity! Not only is it completely unneccessary for young people to have cosmetic surgery, but it is sending the wrong message to young people all over the world! It is hard enough with personal trainers and chefs, re-touching and airbrushing, but add surgery into the mix and we are creating a false sense of beauty for everyone to idolize. And there is no getting away from it! You see it in magazines, on TV, in the movies and Online.

I honestly think the cosmetic surgery thing has gotten out of hand. What do you think?