# Has Drew Barrymore had plastic surgery? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 23, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804 "2008-02-23T00:21:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/1 "2008-02-23T00:21:57Z")
She looks nothing like herself on the cover of the new [_Vogue_](http://justjared.buzznet.com/2008/02/18/drew-barrymore-vogue-march-2008/). ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/2 "2008-02-23T00:24:36Z")
Maybe she lost some weight. ---
**Author:** ![phungi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phungi/32/395_2.png) [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/3 "2008-02-23T00:25:00Z")
Photoshop: the poor man’s scalpel… ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/4 "2008-02-23T00:25:52Z")
Looks like it’s just a combination of makeup, airbrushing, and good angles. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/5 "2008-02-23T00:32:10Z")
[QUOTE=Troy McClure SF] Maybe she lost some weight. [/QUOTE] Not her body, her face – I took my copy out of the mailbox and honestly could not figure out who that was on the cover – even after I saw her name, I had to open the magazine and look at the feature to check whether it was her or not. And “good angles”? I don’t agree – I really like the way she (usually) looks, and think this look is much less interesting. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/6 "2008-02-23T00:33:34Z")
Judging from a new makeup commerical I saw her on this week, she’s changed color at the minimum. More yellow-y orange. I suspect fake tan, which isn’t a good idea when touting makeup that automatically adjusts to your skintone. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/7 "2008-02-23T00:34:17Z")
That looks more like makeup and airbrushing to me. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/8 "2008-02-23T00:47:37Z")
Wow…I’ve thought Drew was incredibly hot since…well I can’t even remember how long. That picture is a major step backwards in my mind. Most unfortunate. ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/9 "2008-02-23T01:41:47Z")
[Don’t think so.](http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/fug_the_cover/index.html)This site shows a lot of magazine covers where the star really doesn’t look like herself, as evidenced by later pictures. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/10 "2008-02-23T02:45:14Z")
Cool site, **Maastricht** – thanks! ---
**Author:** ![you\_with\_the\_face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ecccb3/32.png) [@you\_with\_the\_face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/you_with_the_face)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/11 "2008-02-23T02:48:44Z")
I saw this cover in the store. First impression: her arm looks photoshopped. Something ain’t right about it. It tapers oddly. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/12 "2008-02-23T14:34:09Z")
It’s her arm that looks weird to me. I get that they did extreme makeup on her face, it is Vogue after all. But her arm looks to me like it was shrunken to stick-like proportions and then freakishly lengthened to appear almost hollow, like a porcelain doll. I just re-looked at the link in the OP…did you see that side bar ad: **Susan Powter is back!!** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/13 "2008-02-23T14:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=HelloKitty] **Susan Powter is back!!** :eek: [/QUOTE] Yeah, but she doesn’t have the butch haircut anymore, so who cares. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/14 "2008-02-23T15:09:52Z")
[QUOTE=HelloKitty] It’s her arm that looks weird to me. I get that they did extreme makeup on her face, it is Vogue after all. But her arm looks to me like it was shrunken to stick-like proportions and then freakishly lengthened to appear almost hollow, like a porcelain doll. [/QUOTE] Yeah, her arm really does look weird. Part of it is the way it’s lighted – there’s a shadow in the crease of the elbow that’s doing some weird contouring – but … ew. I’m trying to figure out why I’m so bothered by this. Wouldn’t she have some kind of say in which picture they’d use? And if you were going to be on the cover of _Vogue_ (or any other magazine sold in supermarket checkout lines), wouldn’t you want it to look like you? ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/15 "2008-02-23T21:01:59Z")
These magazines are terrible about stuff like this. I saw Keira Knightly on the cover of Vogue, or some similar magazine, and through a combination of makeup and Photoshop they managed to completely destroy everything that is unique about her face. I didn’t even recognize her until I spotted her name on the cover, because she looked like a generic fashion model. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/16 "2008-02-24T08:23:41Z")
Another vote for Photoshop. Why? She looks, better, not worse. Plastic surgery, botox, and collagen ALWAYS make women look worse. For example, check out the latest pics of [Nicole Kidman](http://teamsugar.com/1062194). ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/17 "2008-02-24T13:10:22Z")
[QUOTE=The Shroud] Another vote for Photoshop. Why? She looks, better, not worse. [/QUOTE] But I don’t think she does look better – her distinctive features have been … erased. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/18 "2008-02-24T13:18:16Z")
[QUOTE=Asimovian] Wow…I’ve thought Drew was incredibly hot since…well I can’t even remember how long. [/QUOTE] Since you saw _E.T._? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/19 "2008-02-24T14:42:26Z")
Many of the fashion and celebrity mags are so heavy handed with Photoshop these days your inquiry is a running Joke on Paris Hilton’s site re “Who the hell is this?” features where a popular star’s magazine picture is posted without any names and he challenges you to name them. Sometimes it’s a real stumper, and when you hear the name your reaction is “What… Who?”. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804/20 "2008-02-24T15:19:01Z")
[QUOTE=Maastricht] [Don’t think so.](http://gofugyourself.typepad.com/go_fug_yourself/fug_the_cover/index.html)This site shows a lot of magazine covers where the star really doesn’t look like herself, as evidenced by later pictures. [/QUOTE] That page was just a load of fun! I will admit to saving the preggy Christina Ag pic- wow! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-drew-barrymore-had-plastic-surgery/438804.md?page=2)