Remember when we all wanted to look just like Meg Ryan?

From When Harry Met Sally to Sleepless in Seattle, it was not all that long ago that she was America's Sweetheart, giving women like Julia Roberts a serious run for their money.

And then she had that affair and fell from grace.

And then she made a few films that bombed.

And then she sort of disappeared for a while.

And then? Oh, Lord. You won't believe what's happened now.

Check out "The New Meg Ryan" after the jump ...

It's Meg all right, and yet it's ... NOT Meg.

Something's happened to her face. Something bad.

If she's in the running for a part in the Batman franchise as the Joker's wife, then her new look is understandable. Otherwise?

Eek.

Surely age spots and wrinkles would be preferable to this?!

I'm sad, really, that so many of Hollywood's most beautiful women begin allowing their faces to be altered the moment they begin to age. Botox and collagen injections are absolutely ruining women who would still be very beautiful if they had simply aged gracefully.

Meg will be 50 next month. I think she'd still look fabulous if she'd used her money to find a great facialist.

What do you think?

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