# Extreme Makeover

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-makeover/142125>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 11, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-makeover/142125 "2002-12-11T22:47:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-makeover/142125/1 "2002-12-11T22:47:00Z")

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Well, now I’ve heard it all with regard to reality tv shows:

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> 9:00 PM Channel 7 WABC Wednesday, 11
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> **Extreme Makeover**  
> 60 min.  
> Plastic surgeons, hair stylists, personal trainers and cosmeticians work their magic on two women and one man, all willing to undergo whatever it takes to transform themselves.

:o

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**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-makeover/142125/2 "2002-12-11T23:05:15Z")

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I just did a search to see if anyone had posted about this yet.  
Absolutely sickening.

Here’s the link [http://abc.abcnews.go.com/specials/extreme\_makeover.html](http://abc.abcnews.go.com/specials/extreme_makeover.html)

Does anyone else see anything really -wrong- with these people? (The fact that they’ve just shred any dignity to be featured on a show like this notwithstanding)

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**Author:** ![alexandria2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f1d935/32.png) [@alexandria2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alexandria2000)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-makeover/142125/3 "2002-12-11T23:13:10Z")

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Oh, no. Someone will think of something far worse later on down the pike, you know it.  
I was reading an article about it this morning, and it sounded like they were getting people who would have done this anyway. But naah, I’ll stick with watching facelifts on “The Operation” and its ilk over on TLC, where you see the whole procedure in all its glory, and you find yourself going, “Ew. Am I _sure_ I want to do this?” 🙂

Personally, I’m looking forward to “Joe Millionaire”, the “Bachelor”-type reality show where women think they’re in competition for the hand of a millionaire…

Only to discover he’s a 20K/yr pipefitter, or whatever.

Should be fun watching.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-makeover/142125/4 "2002-12-12T02:45:06Z")

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There is another system…  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=149762](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=149762)