# What has Jenna Elfman done to her face? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 20, 2006, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796 "2006-01-20T06:30:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/21 "2006-01-20T16:37:27Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Sorry for the stutter posts, but here’s a pic that makes my point: > > [http://www.deansplanet.com/images/celebs/broads/pam\_anderson/no-makeup\_tired.jpg](http://www.deansplanet.com/images/celebs/broads/pam_anderson/no-makeup_tired.jpg) She still looks hot ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/22 "2006-01-20T17:19:28Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > She still looks hot Never meant to suggest otherwise. Personally, I don’t think the blowup-doll look she usually adopts for the public is in any way an improvement on her actual human face. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/23 "2006-01-20T18:44:51Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Never meant to suggest otherwise. Personally, I don’t think the blowup-doll look she usually adopts for the public is in any way an improvement on her actual human face. agreed. In fact she looked much better when she was an unknown player the Tool Time Girl on Home Improvement ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/24 "2006-01-20T18:55:49Z")
> [@Kalhoun](#): > > Her face is maturing. I think she looks better than she ever did. > > Also, re: those without/with pictures. I can’t help but wonder how much of the “before” is airbrushed/photoshopped just to accentuate the negative. If half those girls were as unattractive as they appear, worlds woud collide! I know make-up makes a difference (I see it every day in my own mirror!) but we’re talking the difference between skid row haggard ho and Hollywood princess perfect! There’s no amount of spackle that can change the basic musculature and skin tone that much. I just picked those photos at random from IMDB. The before pic is from the movie Keeping the Faith, and the after was taken in January 2006. I didn’t come to my conclusion from the pics; I saw her on Jay Leno last night and she just looked SO different to me. Did anyone else catch her on Leno? ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/25 "2006-01-20T19:34:06Z")
[This page](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rigby/2005/04/retouched-photos.html) has links to two examples of the magic of photoshop. Take a look at the close-ups. I’m hotter than one of girls, why the hell aren’t I a model? ---
**Author:** ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/26 "2006-01-20T19:36:36Z")
I think she does look different, but the biggest change that I can see is in her eyebrows. Look at [this](http://imdb.com/gallery/granitz/0445-wit/elfmanje.nna?path=pgallery&path_key=Elfman,%20Jenna&seq=106) picture. She has those skinny, arched eyebrows. In the more recent pictures her eyebrows are much fuller and more natural, giving her eyes a different look. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/27 "2006-01-20T21:39:18Z")
> [@Ghanima](#): > > [This page](http://perso.wanadoo.fr/rigby/2005/04/retouched-photos.html) has links to two examples of the magic of photoshop. Take a look at the close-ups. I’m hotter than one of girls, why the hell aren’t I a model? Ahh! The blonde one freaked me out. It was like watching the vampire transformation in _Buffy_. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/28 "2006-01-21T05:27:56Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Her face is the same; it’s the hair and makeup that are so radically different. I thought it was the lighting, meself. The “before” image has more shadow and contrast, making her features look bigger, while the “after” has more uniform shading. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/29 "2006-01-21T05:42:31Z")
> [@iamthewalrus(:3=](#): > > Ahh! > > The blonde one freaked me out. It was like watching the vampire transformation in _Buffy_. No way! I thought the blonde was hotter before the touchups. Just a little older is all. The brunette, on the other hand…yeech! ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/30 "2006-01-21T05:58:33Z")
Blonde one freaked me out too. i think it’s just because it’s such a dramatic change, and the lights in her eyes Eeeeee :eek: _We all float down here_ ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/31 "2006-01-21T07:00:12Z")
A.R. Cane writes: \> She’s a few years older, her hair is different, she got married. Jenna Elfman has been married to the same man since 1995, two years before the series _Dharma and Greg_ began. Except for a couple of very early TV appearances, there’s no way you could have seen her in her single days. I don’t understand what you’re saying here. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/32 "2006-01-21T15:12:11Z")
Have any of you seen Jenna in her “_2-&-a-half Men_” guest bit? She definitely got better with age, and I never noticed how damn **long** her legs were in _D&G_ ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/33 "2006-01-21T18:05:55Z")
She has also lost weight. You can see it in the cheeks most noticeably. She **may** have had some work done around the bridge of the nose. It is decidedly narrower now in look, but that may again be a result of the weight loss, and maturity. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/34 "2006-01-21T18:31:44Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > She has also lost weight. You can see it in the cheeks most noticeably. > > She **may** have had some work done around the bridge of the nose. It is decidedly narrower now in look, but that may again be a result of the weight loss, and maturity. Dude, you can’t lose weight from the bridge of your nose. That’s in the running for the funniest thing I’m likely to read today. On the other hand, there are few parts of your body whose apparent weight is a dependent upon the specific lighting of the moment as the bridge of the nose. It’s far more likely that the culprit for her nosebridge’s “weight loss” is the angle of the light, than Slim Fast. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/35 "2006-01-21T18:34:13Z")
> [@Wendell Wagner](#): > > Jenna Elfman has been married to the same man since 1995, two years before the series _Dharma and Greg_ began. Demonstrable from the fact that “Elfman” is, in fact, her married name. Her maiden name is “Butala.” And whoever’s heard of “Jenna Butala?” ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/36 "2006-01-21T18:35:17Z")
> [@beowulf573](#): > > Too many sessions with an e-meter? Aw man! Not her too? ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/37 "2006-01-21T18:38:17Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > Aw man! Not her too? Oh yeah, she’s very defensive about it. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/38 "2006-01-21T19:33:18Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Ha! Look what I found! > > [MethodShop](http://www.methodshop.com/tech/articles/powerofmakeup/index.shtml) Good grief, I almost choked at the last picture. That was great. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/39 "2006-01-21T21:29:07Z")
> [@lissener](#): > > Her face is the same; it’s the hair and makeup that are so radically different. Don’t believe me, compare a pic of Pamela Anderson with and without makeup to see how utterly different makeup can make you look. Not just makeup, but bad photos. It seems like every star looks awful in those publicity photos at awards events; it’s amazing how bad a bad photo can look. Look at [Robin Tunney’s IMDB page](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000677/) publicity shot to see how awful a bad photo can look. Which is not to say that Jenna Elfman hasn’t changed - I haven’t seen her lately - just that between the icky eye makeup, the long hair, and the bad photo, it’s hard to tell. ---
**Author:** ![Shayna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shayna/32/17976_2.png) [@Shayna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shayna)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796/40 "2006-01-21T22:52:42Z")
Wow, my husband just pointed me to this, and given what she’s quoted as saying, I’d be less concered about what Jenna Elfman has done to her face, than what she’s done to her mind – as in, freaking _lost it_! [ > [@](#): > > **Scientologist Elfman wants to ‘clear the planet’** > > \ > > “I intend to make Scientology as accessible to as many people as I can. And that is my goal,” Elfman said. To do this, she says, it is my “duty to clear the planet.” By “clearing” she means to rid the world of “body thetans” — aliens who Scientologists believe inhabit the earth from a nuclear explosion 75 million years ago. She continued that “the more successful I became, the more suppression I bumped into … especially in the entertainment industry, which really is home to rabid suppression.” ]([http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6908975/](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6908975/)) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-has-jenna-elfman-done-to-her-face/340796.md?page=3)