In all likelihood, that perfectly normal girl wears powder, foundation, whatever when she goes out to cover her ruddy complexion and that slight blemish - they probably scrubbed it off for the 'before' shot. Art is only imitating life. Women have been altering the reality of their appearance since the days of Cleopatra at least. Makeup, hair dye, waist cinching corsets, breast implants, fat sucking, collagen... Men are finally getting there too, hair plugs, skin treatments, elevator shoes, and how many guys have stuffed a sock in their pants at least once? :-)

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken