Before and After

How many of these have you seen? A celebrity of a healthy weight seems to lose all contact with reality and goes on an insane diet/exercise/drug program and loses a ton of weight.


Typical reactions: "But she was so HAWT before! Now she looks disgusting! Why did she do that?"

Now let's take a slightly different perspective. Compare:









These are before and after shots from various retouching studios.

How many of the same men (and many women) who react with disgust at the "after" picture of Amy Winehouse will gawk or drool when presented with the "after" pictures of the second set—whether on (or in) a magazine, poster, billboard, advertisement or otherwise?

Bombarded with images like these, is it any wonder that so many women follow Amy's path?

Via Shakes.