Why Do Celebrity Facelifts Look So Bad?

You only see bad bad plastic surgery. There are plenty of celebrities who have had plastic surgery and you will never hear about who their doctor is, because they quietly get their work done and don't publicize it. They just look great for their age.
Many well publicized cases of plastic surgery gone wrong are the result of silicone face and lip injections performed by dermatologists or unscrupulous practitioners.
Celebrities in the limelight live under tremendous pressure to be beautiful and thin. They will literally do anything to maintain the spotlight. Plastic surgery is a mainstay of many of their programs. Hopefully they will choose an ethical surgeon who doesn't prey on their insecurities and tells them no when it is appropriate.
Los Angeles in general and Beverly Hills specifically area is a big area and there are many good plastic surgeons who quietly do their work on celebrities and you will never know it is happening.

The most important thing to recognize is you only notice the facelifts that look bad. Plenty of celebrities and non-celebrities have facelifts and even some of their close friends and family are unable to tell. There are some patients who simply go too far and multiple procedures that are unnecessary can give an unnatural appearance - this is especially easy for celebrities who have nearly unlimited budgets. Finally, just because a celebrity goes to a certain doctor does not mean that doctor has any more skills or experience than less well-known surgeons. In fact, in some cases, these doctors might not even have the basic credentials expected of a physician in their specialty.
In summary, there are a number of different factors that may contribute to noticeable plastic surgery in celebrities. Be sure to find a surgeon that you trust and can show legitimate before and after results.
All the best,

Although we might assume that all celebrities are wealthy and can hire the best facial plastic surgeons when they are seeking solutions to aging, that is not always the case. First, not all celebrities are wealthy. Second, even wealthy people sometime shops for “bargains.” However, when it comes to facial plastic surgery, price should never be the primary or even secondary consideration. The cost of a bad facelift is higher than just the embarrassment of having that “wind-swept” look you refer to. Patients who are unhappy with their initial surgery often need to purchase revision surgery, which of course obliterates the “savings” from the prior procedure and still may not result in a natural look.

I believe many celebrities look poor secondary to having to many aggressive surgeries.  Many Times, they will have 2-4 facelifts.  

Whether you are a celebrity or a layperson, take the time and energy to interview several board-certified facial plastic surgeons who have training in facial aesthetics and choose the one you believe will give you the best results. The time you expend on finding the right person to perform this complicated and potentially life-changing procedure is the greatest “bargain” you can find

The truth is the good ones look very natural and you can't even tell any lifting was done.  Bad ones get all the bad attention.  Good plastic surgery is "invisible".

This is a question I get asked out a lot. I do point out that you are only noticing the bad results and that very many celebrities, actresses and models have had a stick surgery that goes unnoticed. The type of results you are talking about usually occurs after either poorly performed surgery in patients who continue to push for more and more change, leading to multiple procedures. Whilst these celebrities may have sizeable disposable income is and can afford 'the best', most of the mistakes made in plastic surgery occur before entering the operating room. Celebrity status and significant wealth are no guarantees of sound judgement.

A well-performed facelift will notresult in a “pulled look”. There are many celebrities who have had faceliftwith youthful and natural results. The bad one are so obvious that become a hottopic and joke for media. Things can go wrong once there is a miscommunicationbetween the doctor and the patient. Expectation are not properly addressed orchecked. Some of the facelift surgeons apply too much tension and impropervector on their muscle tightening sutures resulting in pulled look. I apply agradual tension during my muscle (SMAS) tightening. At the temple region I onlyapply about 20% tension to the muscle, and as I descend toward the mandible andthe jawlines tension on the muscle reaches 100%. Neck requires much highertension, depending on the amount of laxity. In 2011, I published my uniquefacial tightening technique in the AJCS evaluating 1500 of my patient’s results.
Please look at the before and afterpictures of your doctor, that is a good indicator of how they perform theirsurgeries. Be aware of the surgeons who give you a menu list of things that youactually don’t need and those extra suggestions may lead to artificial look.