Sacre bleu-tox!..has Carla Bruni had a little help keeping up appearances

Daily Mail Online ^ | 03/16/2010 | Jenny Stocks

[autumnraine]

She was once lauded as one of the world's most beautiful women. Before becoming the First Lady of France, her dazzling good looks had captured the hearts of Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton. But, it seems, age and lifestyle - not to mention those infidelity rumours - have taken their toll on Carla Bruni. An unflattering close-up shot this week has revealed how the once radiant former model's face is looking tight and stretched, while her skin appears dull and lifeless. To get to the bottom of 42-year-old Carla's curious look, JENNY STOCKS asked beauty experts to give us their opinions on how she is ageing and what she may be doing to combat the passing of the years..

[autumnraine]

Oh my! She looks like that cat lady Jocelyn Wilderstein or whatever her name is.

[autumnraine]

[sodpoodle]

She looks very worn for 42. Her hair coloring is the work of a DYI amateur.

And what’s up with all the layers on her forehead? Skin or spackle?

Not impressed at all.

[mlocher]

Hellen Thomas has nothing on her!

[avacado]

OMG! Make it go away! It’s scaring me!

[poobear]

Brow lift, injections around her smile line (under cheeks), her nose is different, maybe some rounding out there on the tip and definitely Botox in the forehead area. Next.

[Clink]

She’s no Michelle Obama /s

[wilco200]

Yikes! Looks like one of the Manson crew.

Could someone please post a pic of her in one of those see-through blouses? Ahh, the good ol’days

[Vendome]

I am pretty sure that picture is perspective shot and enhanced.

No way her eyes look like that, with wrinkles. The several other features are probably also enhanced.

I have many friends, who for some strange reason have taken to plastic surgery at what I feel is a still youthful age, 40’ish.

Waste of time and I couldn’t tell the difference in the before and after pictures. The alterations were done in a very minor way so as not to be noticeable to others. Frankly, they are beautiful and I didn’t see a problem with how they looked before and after the healing, couldn’t discern what they had fixed.

Waste of time and money.

In other News Carla is still Not Guilty!

[Vendome]

LOL, OMG, LOL!

[stylecouncilor]

ping

[Moose4]

AAAAAAAAH!

Uh...either that’s a Photoshop, or...wow. Yeah.

}:-)4

[Lazamataz]

I question whether I would hit that.

[La Lydia]

She has definitely had filler injected. This picture looks like it was taken the next day.

[RU88]

Standards need to be maintained! LOL

[Doomonyou]

Got a “before” picture?

[a fool in paradise]

Catperson starter kit:

[JPG]

The only thing stretched tighter is a drum skin.

[a fool in paradise]

I found this, but it looks airbrushed:

[llevrok]

It's always good to have a baseline for reference