In Hollywood, plastic surgery is as commonplace as The Paleo Diet. There are a million different ways to tweak, chisel, or reconfigure one's visage as desired thanks to a laundry list of procedures.
The possibilities are so limitless these days, it's got us reminiscing about the golden age of celebrity. Even though they didn't live under the high-definition magnifying glass of today, Old Hollywood starlets were no less vain and thus had to get way more creative in the nip-and-tuck department.
From the up-and-coming ingénue looking to kick-start her career to the lauded actress hoping to freeze her face in time, here are a couple of ways classic Hollywood glamazons altered their famous faces.
1. The Hairline Electrolysis
Back in the heyday of Old Hollywood, hairlines had a lot of sway. In fact, Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Carmen Cansino, was of Spanish descent and decided to dye her hair red and get rid of her characteristically-Latina lower hairline.
To reshape it, Hayworth underwent a year's worth of electrolysis, which consisted of using a thin metal probe to "shock" the follicle and permanently remove the hair. In the end, her hairline was an inch higher and her new look, for better or for worse, helped launch her career.
Marilyn Monroe was also notorious for undergoing electrolysis, removing her widow's peak to change her face shape.
2. The Sans-Molars Cheekbone Trick
Marlene Dietrich was famous for her cheekbones that could cut glass, but rumor has it they weren't part of her born-with-it bone structure. According to folklore, the German-American beauty had her molars removed to emphasize the hollows of her cheeks. And you thought fillers sounded unpleasant...
3. The Croydon Facelift
In case you had your doubts, Dietrich had a very high threshold pain. In addition to her dentistry tactics, she was also a fan of the Croydon Facelift method, using both surgical tape and strategically-twisted piece of hair to pull the skin up around her face.
4. The Did-She-or-Didn't-She Nose Job
Unlike today, where every star and their mother has had a nose job (we're partially kidding), it was a less popular, and more risky procedure amongst the Old Hollywood crowd. This said, rhinoplasty did happen. And it's hard to say who definitely had work done, but X-rays of Monroe's skull (weird, we know) indicated she had some type of procedure to alter the cartilage around the tip of her nose.
(This original article was published on Marie Claire)
The possibilities are so limitless these days, it's got us reminiscing about the golden age of celebrity. Even though they didn't live under the high-definition magnifying glass of today, Old Hollywood starlets were no less vain and thus had to get way more creative in the nip-and-tuck department.
From the up-and-coming ingénue looking to kick-start her career to the lauded actress hoping to freeze her face in time, here are a couple of ways classic Hollywood glamazons altered their famous faces.
1. The Hairline Electrolysis
Back in the heyday of Old Hollywood, hairlines had a lot of sway. In fact, Rita Hayworth, born Margarita Carmen Cansino, was of Spanish descent and decided to dye her hair red and get rid of her characteristically-Latina lower hairline.
To reshape it, Hayworth underwent a year's worth of electrolysis, which consisted of using a thin metal probe to "shock" the follicle and permanently remove the hair. In the end, her hairline was an inch higher and her new look, for better or for worse, helped launch her career.
Marilyn Monroe was also notorious for undergoing electrolysis, removing her widow's peak to change her face shape.
2. The Sans-Molars Cheekbone Trick
Marlene Dietrich was famous for her cheekbones that could cut glass, but rumor has it they weren't part of her born-with-it bone structure. According to folklore, the German-American beauty had her molars removed to emphasize the hollows of her cheeks. And you thought fillers sounded unpleasant...
3. The Croydon Facelift
In case you had your doubts, Dietrich had a very high threshold pain. In addition to her dentistry tactics, she was also a fan of the Croydon Facelift method, using both surgical tape and strategically-twisted piece of hair to pull the skin up around her face.
4. The Did-She-or-Didn't-She Nose Job
Unlike today, where every star and their mother has had a nose job (we're partially kidding), it was a less popular, and more risky procedure amongst the Old Hollywood crowd. This said, rhinoplasty did happen. And it's hard to say who definitely had work done, but X-rays of Monroe's skull (weird, we know) indicated she had some type of procedure to alter the cartilage around the tip of her nose.
(This original article was published on Marie Claire)
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