# Could Michael Jackson's face be saved? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 24, 2003, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062 "2003-11-24T23:40:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/21 "2003-11-25T13:17:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > \*\*saved for what? \*\* Sandwiches! šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/22 "2003-11-25T13:54:30Z")
I would think he crossed the threshold of return eons ago. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/23 "2003-11-25T14:04:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FisherQueen \* > Can his face be saved? Or has all the surgery gone past the point of no return? Just trying to get this thread back on point . . . as far as I know, _any_ plastic surgery is past the point i.e. you canā€™t go back, itā€™s irrevocable. I suppose he could mitigate the damage somewhat, like, for example, by taking that house-brick out of his jaw but thatā€™s about all. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9dc877/32.png) [@Mr\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Jim)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/24 "2003-11-25T14:26:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanguineSpider \* > \*\*WHAT nose??? He scares meā€¦ in the deepest parts of my psyche, he scares me. He is almost as bad as the scary ā€œcatā€ womanā€¦ > [http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/000351.html](http://www.awfulplasticsurgery.com/archives/000351.html) \*\* That is so sad. She was gorgeous in her original form. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/25 "2003-11-25T17:34:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gadfly \* > **His nose is dead.** Michael Jackson has no nose? _How does he smell?_ ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/26 "2003-11-25T17:53:29Z")
Right now, I think he should worry about saving his _ass!_ * * * She told me she loved me like a brother. She was from Arkansas, hence the Joy! ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/27 "2003-11-25T17:55:31Z")
BAD! (ba-dum bum) (you know it) ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/28 "2003-11-25T17:59:12Z")
I posted here yesterday, but itā€™s gone. I suspect the staff is deleting my posts. šŸ˜‰ šŸ˜ƒ At any rate, I think MJ looks vaguely like Jack Nicholson as the Joker in ā€œBatman.ā€ Except the Joker is comparitively much more attractive. ---
**Author:** ![JohnM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/848f3c/32.png) [@JohnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnM)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/29 "2003-11-25T18:20:01Z")
Argh, must resist Monty Python referenceā€¦ Never mind. (And with apologies to Cleese et al.) > [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Gadfly_ > **His nose is dead.** Itā€™s not pining, itā€™s passed on. This nose is no more. It has ceased to be. Itā€™s expired and gone to meet its maker. This is a late nose. Itā€™s a stiff. Bereft of life, it rests in peace. If you hadnā€™t nailed it to his face, it would be pushing up the daisies. Itā€™s rung down the curtain and joined the choir invisible. This is an ex-nose. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/30 "2003-11-25T18:28:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JohnM \* > \*\*It has ceased to be. \*\* It has ceased to **sneeze**! šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/31 "2003-11-25T20:16:36Z")
Who knows where the nose goesā€¦ Maybe thatā€™s why the eyes are so bulging-wide-open ā€“ heā€™s looking for his wee niblet of a nose. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/32 "2003-11-25T20:34:11Z")
[Miranda Richardson voice] ā€œHis nosy _is_ tiny, and so wee, that I sometimes I think the pixies gave it to him.ā€ [/Miranda Richardson voice] ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/33 "2003-11-25T21:24:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Already in Use \* > \*\* > > [Look no further](http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/michaeljacksonmug1.html), Dr. Barker. \*\* Holy crap, Heā€™s nine inches taller and barely weighs more than me, and Iā€™m one of the smallest people I know. I thought it seemed that he was getting thinner over the years, too. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/34 "2003-11-25T21:35:38Z")
To me, MJ looks like the late Eve Arden in a black wig. ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/35 "2003-11-25T21:37:16Z")
After a really bad car wreck, that is ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/36 "2003-11-25T23:17:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Could Michael Jacksonā€™s face be saved? I donā€™t think thatā€™s much of a concern. Iā€™d rather find out whether the thing will actually ever _decompose._ ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/37 "2003-11-25T23:19:05Z")
Iā€™m surprised heā€™s even able to go out into daylight without bursting into flames. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/38 "2003-11-26T06:23:14Z")
I just think the whole thing is bloody sad. Sad that he had such a warped sense of himself that he would go through such dramatic surgery in the first place. Sad that the surgeries have been so botched (Iā€™m assuming they didnā€™t turn out _quite_ the way he anticipated). Sad that he has become a recluse with a penchant for keeping company with young children. Sad that a human life has turned into a veritable nightmare for both Michael himself, and those who have any connection with him. Even though Iā€™m squillions of miles away from the Jacko Phenomenon, I still sit and ponder what could possibly lead a person to screw up their body in such a fashion as he has done. And I havenā€™t come up with any clues yet. ---
**Author:** ![d\_redguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5fc32e/32.png) [@d\_redguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/d_redguy)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/39 "2003-11-26T07:44:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*Michael Jackson has no nose? > > _How does he smell?_ \*\* \ Horrible. I canā€™t believe I just posted that. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2003, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062/40 "2003-11-26T08:21:03Z")
Well, if all else fails, we can always go with a [facial prosthetic.](http://www.hollywoodjesus.com/movie/vanilla_sky/22.jpg) Hmmā€¦come to think of it, weā€™d better go with the [deluxe model.](http://members.aol.com/doomscribe/byrne2.gif) At least [for the nose.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a980717a.html) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-michael-jacksons-face-be-saved/215062.md?page=3)