Has John Kerry Had Some Plastic Surgery Or Botox Treatments To His Face?.....

[global1]

He looks more alert or younger in the face than I recall.

[Cleita]

1. Maybe caught up on his sleep while on vacation?

[global1]

2. I Guess Maybe He Had Talked With Sen. Barbara Boxer And Asked Her Who Her Plastic Surgeon Is.....

because Boxer looks younger than I recall as well and I met Boxer in person a couple of years ago and she looks a lot younger now.

I'm wondering if this is the new thing for politicians to do.

[Inspired]

3. He's had something done.

And sorry but I don't like it. His face looks odd to me.

[SoCalDem]

7. He does look odd, doesn't he?

Puffy..maybe he's on some meds that changed his looks.. ..prednisone can do that

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

12. He's had work done. Take a look at before and after photos if you have time.

Also, plastic surgery isn't always an improvement. He looks like a muppet now: especially since his upper lip seems to be frozen at times.

But it is his life, and he can do what he wants with it.

[Awknid]

28. I was just commenting to my hubby yesterday

That John Kerry looks like a corpse now. I find it sad. I used to really think he was handsome and smart-what happened?

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

32. It's Kerry's life so if he has gone under the knife it is his choice.

For the life of me there is another politician, Not Edward Musky, but another politician (US) that looks a lot like John Kerry, but is older.

I can't remember his name, and it is driving me

[MNBrewer]

38. Looks like half his face is affected. Stroke?

Bell's palsy?

[SoCalDem]

41. Maybe Marfans?

He has that super elongated face/chin..

[Ruby the Liberal]

18. SOmeone posted before/after pics of him a few months back

It looked like a combo of botox and a chin/jaw job. I've had botox done. Not to the frozen face point, so maybe wasn't enough, but thought the result was just 'meh' for the money it cost at the time.

If it makes him happy.

[a kennedy]

42. me too, I think he looks odd also......

not real sure what it is either....plastic?? perhaps.

[11 Bravo]

4. What, Enquiring minds want to know?

You have got to be kidding me.

[truebluegreen]

5. Thank you.

[Summer Hathaway]

29. I'm just waiting on the OP

about "who" he was wearing at his last press conference.

The TV news outlets seem to be editing out the red carpet chit-chat that precedes these events, so we may never know the answers to today's most pressing questions.

[Enrique]

6. it's causing him to sound stiff and unnatural n/t

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

33. I believe you are confusing that with present US policy.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

8. I wonder if he is on a medication --

that causes facial bloating like a cortisone.

I first thought face lift, but face lifts don't cause your face to be fuller, just tighter.

[chimpymustgo]

16. Looks like a combo of steroids, botox and sandblasting. Not a good look.

[kittykitty]

25. You might be right about Cortisone. Remember Jerry Lewis several years ago when he hosted his

His Muscular Dystrophy telethon? He was blown up like a fat frog. He had the classic "moon face". A year later he was back to normal.

I hope Kerry doesn't get the "moon face" if is is Cortisone.

[Safetykitten]

9. It's really not him...it's a clone.

[Control-Z]

10. I've been noticing his right eye -

something I've never noticed before. It looks lazy or different in some way. Is that new?

[Delphinus]

17. His eye

was the first thing I noticed - but, for me, it was his left.

[Control-Z]

23. Looking at him on TV

it is the eye on the left side. But that would be his right eye, wouldn't it?

[Delphinus]

36. Oh, yeah.

Gosh, I'm kind of embarrassed.

[Autumn]

11. I think he looks a lot different. I commented on that

the other day. It looks like he's had something done.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. I think he's looked different for some time now.

I liked the old John Kerry better. I liked old Cher better, too.

[Autumn]

14. Yeah me too. Maybe he's gearing up for a 2016 run.

I like Cher at any stage though

[kittykitty]

26. I liked the old Dolly Parton better, too! N/t

[trueblue2007]

19. SO WHAT IF HE HAS??????

Gees, stop counting every little wrinkle on people's faces.

Criticism of a person's face I think is shallow. Are we like the National Enquirer here??

[Autumn]

22. Oh my, yes, let's don't lower ourselves to discuss our SOS

on a discussion board. It's kind of hard to count his wrinkles when they are gone.

[RebelOne]

24. Definitely agree. It is not a beauty contest. n/t

[Skittles]

31. so if someone looks different we should pretend we do not notice

got it

[morningfog]

46. He was getting ready for his limelight.

He wanted to look good for his role in the march to war.

[Autumn]

50. I think maybe he might be planning a run in 2016.

I hope not, that would be quite the dilemma for me.

[trof]

15. You beat me to it by a couple of hours. Link to my OP:

'John Kerry looks different to me.'
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023589163

[RebelOne]

20. Why is it important to know if Kerry had Botox? n/t

[KoKo]

49. It's a sign that his appearance is super important to him.

Sometimes that can be a sign of a character flaw. He did like to show off his Wind Surfing in his 2004 Campaign. I remember being horrified when that photo was put out by the campaign. I felt he was "showing off."

[woo me with science]

21. They all seem to become corporate pod people.

Blood and despair and war for profit fucking pod people.


Something about the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

34. .

Thnx!

[bluestate10]

27. Looks like something was done. Botox causes swelling for a while after it is applied.

Kerry also seems to slur his words.

[MineralMan]

30. How is that relevant to anything?

That is what I wonder about.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

35. Perhaps this post would have been better if there was a beach shot of Kerry?

I'm sure that some would find that more relevant to something.

[JimDandy]

53. Looking and sounding like you had a stroke

does not inspire confidence in somone in such a high-powered position on the world stage. The slighty slurred speech, the droopy eye, and the slight droop in the mouth are all on the same side of his face.

[rug]

37. That portrait in the closet is screaming.

[pnwmom]

39. Good grief, people. He's just gotten older and put on some weight in his face.

Like many of us do.

Your time will come.

[Inspired]

43. There's more to it than that.

He's had work done.

[pnwmom]

54. Yeah, there is. His jawline and neck have gotten saggier, too. n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

40. It's that 'deer in the headlights look' that's all the rage in the Beltway these days.

Always such a fashionista!

[KurtNYC]

44. perhaps that was in the deal when Kerry sold his soul

It was in Greta Van Sustern's deal when she went to Fox.

[olddots]

48. Yup you have got it right

souls or hearts and ethics/human decency are bought and sold in the military media industrial complex .

[GoCubsGo]

45. Don't know. Don't care.

How is this important to anything?

[Nye Bevan]

47. Don't they all, pretty much? (nt)

[zazen]

51. I'm glad we're asking this about men, because it illustrates the absurdity of it

And I'm not putting down the OP for asking--I think we should examine men's appearance as much as we do women's for a while, so that more folks will wake up to how viscerally ridiculous it is when the MSM focuses on women leaders' "looks" and blames them for aging and blames them for spending money to look more youthful.

In that vein, it looks like he's had a neck/chin lift and at least an upper bleph--the latter of which can be done for medical reasons, because sagging eyes can begin to impede vision in one's 60s/70s, esp if you've got a connective tissue disorder, in which ptosis can be common (and the Marfan's look does seem plausible). They haven't done a forehead lift, it appears, to compensate, which may be why his brows are hanging so much closer to his eyes now. OTOH, forehead and mask lifts on men do look pretty jarring (see Kenny Rogers or Mickey Rourke), so I can see why he held off.

I hope he's not on steroids for anything too serious.

[pampango]

52. Didn't the Bush camp use those insinuations in the 2004 campaign? n/t