There is also the idea that if he is still on chemo etc. that he might not be able to go through drilling, oral surgery, or even have a tooth pulled because of the risks of infection due to an immune system weakend by the chemo. That might be it as well. Fixing the teeth (which would require pulling them or drilling on them at the least) could be deemed “cosmetic” and not necessary, so it’s been put on a back burner.
Not to dwell on what is already a touchy issue with many, but smoking (which likely played a role in his oral cancer) does some of this too. If you ask a doctor how to preserve your youthful good looks without surgery or invasive treatemnts, the first thing he’ll tell you is to stop smoking.
http://www.dentalplans.com/Dental-Health-Articles/Identical-Twins-Plastic-Surgeon.asp
Actually, Eddie doesn’t look too bad on that page in pictures 1 through 5. If he got some cosmetic dentistry done, and got rid of that wicked witch hair with a decent haircut (and have the gray removed), he could still look good.
That’s funny, I’d say exactly the opposite.
That’s not Axl Rose, that’s that Tiger Lady from NY. Holy shit that’s some bad plastic surgery!
When did Carrot Top get dreads? And why are you calling him “Axl Rose”?
Strangely enough, Jimmy Page doesn’t look shaby at all. Pic from 2004.
Looks like Valerie got out just in time.
Wow, that sucks. he was so cute when he and Valerie Bertinelli looked alike.
Compared to the goof on the right, neither does Eddie. (Page looks like he just won a Jr. High spelling bee or something in that picture).
You want to look tall, hang around with short people. Want to look skinny, hang around with fat people.
There once was an Edward Van Halen
Who would wow all the kids with his wailin’
But those butts in his mouth
Caused his tongue to go south
And now his marriage is failin’
This is priceless. I keep reading it, and I keep laughing.
I kind of feel bad laughing at how poorly people have aged, but I can’t help myself.
Eddie kinda has a Charlie Manson look going on…
I think we can cut Plant some slack. He is 58 years old.
My Dad is 62, but he doesn’t look like Eric Idle with elephantiasis.
Wow, I went to a seriously butt-rocker type of junior high school. I still remember a school-wide day of mourning among the rocker girls because Eddie had cut his hair . They organized a candle procession, black arm bands, the works. Gotta love rocker girls 
I can’t imagine the shattered hearts resulting from this!
How do you know they don’t still look alike? :eek:
Hey, I think Robert Plant makes a kind of cute old man. Sort of like a Froud creation, or something from the Dark Crystal, crossed with my aunt Judy. In a cute way.
Check out what the nuts on Fark did to Eddie: http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1947000