Facial Plastic Surgeons Reveal Top
Celebrity Faces Through the Decades
                  

Peace, love, happiness and wide eyes marked the sixties. Legendary actors Elizabeth Taylor (38 percent) and Paul Newman (42 percent) defined beauty during this decade. Taylor's porcelain skin and well-proportioned eyes as well as the defined features of Newman's eyes and lips epitomized timeliness beauty.

Disco, bellbottoms, polyester and thick eyebrows characterized the seventies with icons Farrah Fawcett and Robert Redford both receiving 70 percent of the facial plastic surgeon votes.

Eighties glamour; big hair and bold makeup represented the beauty ideal of this time. Model Christie Brinkley (49 percent) and actor Mel Gibson (33 percent) embodied the best facial features during this decade.

The decade of minimalism, grunge and supermodels indicated a change in the ideal face of beauty. Fashion icon Cindy Crawford (40 percent) and legendary bachelor George Clooney (29 percent) symbolized attractiveness in the nineties. “Supermodel Cindy Crawford was likely chosen by our members because of her flawless skin, attractive nose and recognizable lips. Clooney possesses a strong jaw and straight, masculine nose,” said Pearlman.

Catherine Zeta-Jones (31 percent) and Hugh Jackman (26 percent) epitomize the current ideal faces of beauty. The present faces of beauty represent many features of the ideal. “Zeta-Jones has a short delicate jaw with small chin and nose, all of which are desirable for an attractive female face,” said Dr. Pearlman.

Facial plastic surgeon experts agree that facial skeletal proportions are the true determining factors when analyzing facial attractiveness. A well-proportioned face should be divided into equal thirds, with horizontal lines drawn through the anterior hairline, the brow, the base of the nose, and the edge of the chin.

With the celebrities selected, all possessing desirable facial features that represent beauty of yesterday and today, the AAFPRS stresses the importance for prospective patients to have realistic expectations of facial plastic surgery and should seek cosmetic surgery only to enhance features rather than to look like someone else. “Patients who are seeking facial plastic surgery do not necessarily want to ‘look' like a celebrity, but rather want to enhance their own features. The AAFPRS urges patients to make an educated choice when selecting a surgeon if he or she is considering facial plastic surgery,” adds Pearlman. A surgeon should be board certified by boards affiliated with the American Board of Medical Specialists (ABMS) or equivalent boards like the American Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.