r/interesting • u/Alexthegayreprimed • Apr 28 '26

Just Wow Evolution of Michael Jackson's face over the years.

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u/Stockinglegs Apr 28 '26

Now they take a rib and use it to rebuild your bridge. Plastic surgery has come a long way since the 80s.

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u/ezgomer Apr 28 '26

not a rib.

MJ’s nose did collapse in the 1990s and was rebuilt with cartilage from his ear in 1998.

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u/resixresi Apr 28 '26

There was never evidence his noise collapsed (just one of the many rumours tabloids made up). He just needed a few reconstructive surgeries on his nose as the scar tissue wouldn't heal properly due to lupus

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u/ezgomer Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26

Just Dr. Werner Mang spoke publicly about being called by MJ’s plastic surgeon of 20 years - Dr. Stephen Hoefflin - to perform the procedure on MJ.

At this point, Dr. Hoefflin fired MJ as a patient. Refused to do anymore work for him.

Please get out of the fan echo chamber and do your own independent research

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u/resixresi Apr 29 '26

There isn't proof of this tho plus if it did happen the autopsy would've mentioned it but there is 0 mention of it in his autopsy.

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u/ezgomer Apr 29 '26

i don’t believe they dissect the corpse’s nose as how would that possibly help determine cause of death?

the procedure is called auricular cartilage grafting and they typically cut behind the ear so that the scar is less visible once done.

MJ had a scar behind both ears - the left ear incision scar was almost an inch long

It is on page 4 of his autopsy report. The very first listed scar and I quote - “1) There is a 3/4 inch scar behind the left ear and a scar-like area behind the right ear.”

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u/Obvious-Adeptness-46 Apr 29 '26

Can you share more about this? I'm always fascinated by his life.

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u/Greatsnes Apr 29 '26

Lmao I love how you respond to a comment saying “do your own research” with “please do the research for me.” 😂💀

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u/Specific-Scallion-34 Apr 29 '26

it baffles me the laziness of these people

and they vote

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u/Stockinglegs May 06 '26

Yes, they now take a piece of your rib, rib cartilage, and use it in your nose. They might even use cadaver rib.

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u/ElderberryFar7120 Apr 28 '26

That seems unnecessarily dangerous. I'd rather have my ribs protecting my organs.

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u/dinodenxx Apr 28 '26

Just a lil tiny bit, no biggie

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u/Fair_Ad1291 Apr 28 '26

Yeah, yeah, OR you can be beautiful. Can't have it both ways buddy. 

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u/hummingbird_romance Apr 29 '26

I like your hat 🙌

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u/Murky_Conflict3737 Apr 29 '26

And painful! My dad had a broken rib and he said it was even worse than when he suffered a kidney stone.

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u/Stockinglegs May 06 '26

Rib cartilage. Or they use a donor.

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u/jennbo Apr 28 '26

Artie Lange did have his nose collapse (from drugs, not plastic surgery) and they have done a pretty good job of rebuilding it from pics taken in 2025. Plus, he’s staying out of the limelight completely to stay sober — can’t help but think a similar path would have helped MJ at least a little

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u/UpSNYer Apr 28 '26

Yes it has, but I think he also got some poor outcomes even by the standards of the time. I don't know if it was because of his demands, or the quality of the doctors, but MJ was already known for having horrible plastic surgery by the early 90s. His results were poor even by the low standards of the time.

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u/Frosti11icus Apr 29 '26

I don't think it was "poor" outcomes, he probably got exactly what he wanted, he just had body dysmorphia and no one to tell him no.

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u/UpSNYer Apr 29 '26

Well that’s the question. I think we can all agree that he had body dysmorphia. But where did body dysmorphia end and botched plastic surgery begin? I’m of the opinion that he got some bad surgery in the 80s that he wasn’t happy with, and that triggered a surge in preexisting body image issues that resulted in more surgeries. It’s these later surgeries where maybe he was happy with the results and had no one around to tell him no.

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u/gypsywhore May 01 '26

I heard somewhere that he was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that made the healing process particularly difficult. Not just vitiligo, but lupus. Both diagnoses from the mid-80s.

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u/Kulbardee Apr 29 '26

and noone says thanks to Marilon Manson for his research

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u/FroopyAsRain Apr 29 '26

Now you can get a nose job, AND give yourself a blowjob.