How Much Plastic Surgery Is Too Much?

If you had been reading my blog on a regular basis, then you already know that I'm a big fan of Barry Manilow. He was on 'American Idol' this week and, I believe, did a great job coaching the contestants in interpreting the songs from the 50s. Now, I'm reading lots of comments about how bad he looks. One internet news site called him "scary facelift guy". At some point in time, he crossed over the line from looking natural to looking like he went a bit too far with all the pulling and stretching. There's only so much you can do to a face before a person begins to look like they need a plastic surgery intervention. I was watching Lifetime's series on Women and one segment was on women who are addicted to it. One woman had so much surgery that she literally ran out of doctors who would operate on her. Imagine, being blacklisted from plastic surgeons in Beverly Hills! I feel bad for anyone who needs to continuously 'touch up' their face with surgery and injections in order to feel good about themselves, but it makes me wonder if the face they see in the mirror is the same face that everyone else is looking at. I would never compare Barry Manilow to Michael Jackson, but I would use MJ as a perfect example of what can happen to a person who has lost touch with reality regarding his own image, which can only lead to a conclusion that too much of a good thing for one person can end up being another person's nightmare!