Actors with Skin Conditions

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Actors may have skin changes independent of the roles they portray. The following screens show specific examples. The cast listing below is only a few of those to be seen...

 


 Starring:

Marilyn Monroe's mole. W.C. Fields' nose. Angela Bassett's hair loss. Not to mention Richard Gere's birthmark...

 Co-Starring:

Brigitte Bardot before and after a little sun. Schwarzenegger before mole removal. Bill Murray after acne. Patrick Stewart losing hair in a manly way.

 With:

Bo Derek's braids. Ronald Reagan's skin cancer. Pamela Sue Anderson's artificially implanted lesions (er, tattoos). And superstar Harrison Ford's chin.

 Featuring:

The forehead of Gorbachav. The weathering of Clint. The scarring of Mr. Jones. Cindy's beautiful mark.

 Honorable mention:

Bumps on Cosby, Poitier and Belafonte. A scarred Phoenix. Jack Nicholson's blue period. The elbow of Val Kilmer.

 Surprise appearance by:

A virtual gallery of beauty marked actresses.

 Unlisted cameo performance:

Mark Wahlberg's extra organ. Successful actresses with facial blemishes. Moles, hair loss, acne scars and the effects of collagen.

 And the Os-scar goes to:

A group of prominent stars with visible scars

 Playing against type:

Van Damme's darn lump. Love Hewitt, Liv and Leo make their mark. Brad Pitt's zits.

 

 Given the day off by their agent:

Stars getting too much sun.

 Introducing:

A list of Starlets with "scar-lets." Do the names Zeta-Jones, Stone, Shue, and Bullock sound familiar?

 

 Up and coming:

Teen quiz featuring actors portraying teens

 

 Worthy of face time:

Faces with character: Paltrow, Myers, Snipes, Lawless to name a few.

 

Screen test:

Hidden celebrity skin: Julia Roberts, Tom Cruise, John Cusack--what they don't want you to see!


Other examples of actors with conditions:

Discussion: Why are today's stars staying pale?

Discussion: Why are we fascinated by celebs?

Discussion: Should doctors meddle with culture?

Discussion: Why is adult acne a secret?

 

Dermatology in music: See Seal, Bonnie Raitt, Jerry Garcia and others in a new light...


 

© 2000 Vail Reese M.D.