"Schnozzageddon" Dirty Dancing star Jennifer Grey wrote that after her rhinopolasties, "I lost my identity and my career." Vestron Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Back in 1996, Howard Stern peered over Private Parts director Betty Thomas' shoulder as she reviewed dailies and didn't like what he saw. He felt his nose looked too big. "He wanted me to remove one shot taken from his 'bad side,' " Thomas told The Hollywood Reporter in 2020. "I said, 'I can't remove the shot.' Then he went and got a nose job right after that - and it was before we did the reshoots. You can notice [his nose change] in the movie." Stern is hardly the first star whose aesthetic tweaks have thrown curveballs mid-production. Some have even derailed careers entirely. Most famously, Dirty Dancing's Jennifer Grey saw her incipient stardom go up in smoke after two rhinoplasties, undertaken in the early 1990s at the urging of her mother, left her unrecognizable to people who'd known her since childhood. Related Stories Lifestyle Ulta's Newest Roster of K-Beauty Brands Just Brought Some of the Most Innovative Skin-Care Ingredients to the U.S. Lifestyle The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles Debuts Five-Star Beauty Room Service Ahead of the 2025 Emmys "Overnight I lose my identity and my career," Grey wrote of the chapter she refers to as "schnozzageddon" in her 2022 memoir. To adapt, Grey veered toward supporting roles and voice acting. Grey's was a cautionary tale, and her name became synonymous with taking plastic surgery too far. In 2007, The New York Times referred to Ashley Tisdale as suffering from "a minor case of Jennifer Grey syndrome" after the High School Musical star underwent a deviated-septum procedure, the results of which shocked fans. Far more common problems, however, are fillers and Botox, whose plumping and paralysis can read as uncanny and emotionless on camera. "I have done fillers and it's been good, and I've done fillers and it's been bad," And Just Like That star Kristin Davis said in June 2023. "I've had to get them dissolved and I've been ridiculed relentlessly. And I have shed tears about it. It's very stressful." Freakier Friday star Jamie Lee Curtis, meanwhile, raised eyebrows with a July 26 Guardian interview in which she decried a "genocide of a generation of women" who have "disfigured themselves" through "chemicals, surgical procedures and fillers." Curtis says she regrets undergoing an eye procedure in her early 20s at the urging of a cinematographer, who complained of the "bags under her eyes." Even for reversible procedures, production schedules don't have time to allow faces to return to normal - leading to awkward, sometimes devastating moments on set. "We brought back a fan-favorite character a season later for an episode and they had obviously gone overboard with Botox and lip fillers," says one leading Hollywood casting executive. The shoot went on as planned. "But the producers were not happy and we never brought that actress back. They just would not consider her," the pro says. "She was young, so what she had done was even more jarring." "The biggest issue is females who have had face work taking themselves out of the running for projects that are time-period specific," says another top casting director. "Just for the obvious reasons that eyes didn't get done then and filler wasn't invented yet." The executive adds that it's not a woman-only thing, citing one male star "who had his face completely redone and looked unrecognizable. Unfortunately, he took himself out of the running for a lot of work." This story appeared in the July 30 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Travel Traveling Soon? Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale Is Filled with Stylish Luggage and Bags from Tumi, Away, Beis, Samsonite and More Love Island: Beyond the Villa 'Love Island USA' Stars JaNa Craig and Kenny Rodriguez Break Silence on Their Split James Gunn James Gunn Reacts to Social Media Star Trisha Paytas Naming Her Son Aquaman: "That's Cool" Tesla Elon Musk's Nostalgic New Tesla Diner in Hollywood Will Please Tourists, His Cultists and Trend Chasers Sydney Sweeney Doja Cat Mocks Sydney Sweeney's American Eagle Ad Amid "Genes" Versus "Jeans" Controversy Podcast Craig Mazin, John August to Release 'Scriptnotes' Book Based on Hit Podcast (Exclusive) Travel Traveling Soon? Nordstrom's Anniversary Sale Is Filled with Stylish Luggage and Bags from Tumi, Away, Beis, Samsonite and More Love Island: Beyond the Villa 'Love Island USA' Stars JaNa Craig and Kenny Rodriguez Break Silence on Their Split James Gunn James Gunn Reacts to Social Media Star Trisha Paytas Naming Her Son Aquaman: "That's Cool" Tesla Elon Mus