# Are Cosmetic Procedures Really About Looking Younger?

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**Created:** [July 18, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cosmetic-procedures-really-about-looking-younger/1004405 "2024-07-18T03:52:15Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 19, 2024, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-cosmetic-procedures-really-about-looking-younger/1004405/58 "2024-07-19T23:11:26Z")

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> [@Atamasama](#):
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> Michael Jackson is the one that comes to mind. He looks so radically different before and after, and it certainly didn’t make him look younger. I always had the impression that he just wanted to look different.

Interesting thread convergence when I was looking at [a cite](https://www.oed.com/dictionary/liver-lips_n?tl=true) related to [this concurrent thread:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finally-alcoholics-get-the-respect-they-deserve/1004469/13)

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> > Michael Jackson…was called ‘big nose’ and ‘liver lips’ by his father and siblings.  
> > Independent 30 September [2002]

Yeah, I’m guessing that Jackson’s cosmetic-surgery aims were not exactly rooted in a “healthily developed body image” mental framework.

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