A marvel of modern medicine?
Based on this photo, a plastic surgeon concludes that Ann Coulter has gone under the knife:
If I had to venture a guess, I would bet that she’s had Botox injections to smooth the wrinkles of her crow’s feet, frown lines, and forehead. She’s also likely had chemical peels or laser treatments to tighten the skin and improve her complexion. Finally, her eyes look more alert and refreshed. This can be a sign of a browlift.
This photo, on the other hand, looks more like Photoshoppery.
I have no idea whether any of this has to do with the broken jaw she reportedly suffered last fall. And anyway, when I stumble across video footage of Coulter, my usual practice is to turn the volume down a couple of steps and focus on her perhaps-undernourished but nicely-deployed gams to the extent that the camera permits.
(Via Kathy Shaidle.)
Disclosure: A week doesn’t go by that I don’t get at least a couple of Googlers looking for stuff like this, and I’m obviously not above baiting Googlers.
Lisa Paul »
9 January 2009 · 9:30 am
She’s most definitely had surgery. Living in California, you learn to know the signs. What I can’t figure out is why she never has her adams apple corrected. The trannies and drag queens here in San Francisco will tell you, it can be done.
CGHill »
9 January 2009 · 10:04 am
Maybe she’s amused by the Democratic Underground types who cite that particular feature as “evidence” of her Hidden Masculinity.
Tatyana »
9 January 2009 · 10:19 am
So what if she does? Why is that the liberals are of dual outlook on plastic surgery (well, you might say – as on everything else, Cheney daughter’s lesbian orientation comes to mind)? Either you consider is a private business of a patient, an extension of lipstick and tatoos, or you oppose it unilaterally, on religious or “organic” grounds – but do it consistently, regardless of the person who practices it. So if it’s OK for Hollywood illuminati – why it should be off limits to a writer and journalist, just because she is of opposite political orientation?
And where are the feminists on that? Isn’t a woman’s body her own business? Whatever she does to it should not concern anybody else. Isn’t it?
CGHill »
9 January 2009 · 10:38 am
To some people, “opposite political orientation” trumps everything. The rest of us have more sense than that, but we don’t count.
My own position is fairly clear: I don’t think much of it personally, but so long as I’m not being asked to pay for it, it’s fine with me.
fillyjonk »
9 January 2009 · 11:00 am
My only concern with plastic surgery, hair dye, and other anti-aging panaceas is when it gets to the point where someone who chooses not to do that for whatever reason is seen as somehow having “let themselves go” or finds they experience subtle pressures from friends and acquaintances (e.g., being slipped the business card of someone’s “colorist”).
There was an exceptionally appalling program I saw on one of the networks my folks get (Fine Living, maybe?) that talked about women’s “Best Before” dates and the observation that that date can only be “pushed back” via surgery and other extreme measures.
“Best Before” date? Hell, what are we, cartons of milk?
Otherwise, I’m 100% laissez-faire on it. If someone wants to get shot up every six weeks with Extract O’ Paralytic Toxin, that’s fine with me. Just don’t expect me to join in at the Botox Party.
Tatyana »
9 January 2009 · 3:06 pm
“Best Before” date? Hell, what are we, cartons of milk?
Pretty much.
If you want to appeal to men.
That’s a simple truth. Not pleasant, not fair, but it is what it is.
Tatyana »
9 January 2009 · 3:10 pm
Chaz, I don’t believe Ms.Couter have sent you a bill for the services rendered for her. Or Ms. Clinton did (there were rumors of her undergoing “adjustments”, too). Although I’m totally prepared when the latter starts her new job after Jan.20 she’ll attempt to introduce some government measure to that effect.
Unlike Ms.Coulter.
CGHill »
9 January 2009 · 3:24 pm
At State, she’d be in no position to introduce new legislation, although her successor in the Senate would.
It might be worth noting here that most insurance plans don’t cover cosmetic surgery, which may (or may not) have something to do with the fact that it’s a lot easier to get an over-the-phone price quote on a boob job than on, say, a colonoscopy.
And I don’t expect a bill from Ann Coulter, though if we go to dinner I’ll buy.
Tatyana »
9 January 2009 · 4:29 pm
Judging by the lady’s [failed] medical reform proposal, she might still have the zeal – if not the legal means for legislation. But Washington ways are never straight…
Insurance plans don’t cover cosmetic work – but she might want to change that, that’s what I meant.
Taking Ann Coulter to dinner might be the best investment at the moment: spend a tiny bit (and I mean – tiny – look at her!), enjoy huge return in entertainment value.
fillyjonk »
9 January 2009 · 5:28 pm
Ah, Tat, you have killed whatever fragile hope I have remaining.
Time to go out and look for 15 stray cats.
I suppose I should be happy I don’t live in some Arctic cultures where all I would have to look forward to would be a short trip on an ice floe.
Tatyana »
9 January 2009 · 6:06 pm
I know, FJ *sigh*. Imagine, I can’t even look forward to feline companionship: I rent!