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* Herr Flick from ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' went through such a procedure in the final season of the series (so he could escape occupied France after the war), when Richard Gibson was replaced with David Janson.

* ''[[Another World]]'' had a set of identical twins, Vickie & Marley, who went through a couple of recasts over the years. Near the end of the show's run, they had Marley get plastic surgery an she ended up looking like the actress who originally played the roles. Vicky was still played by the actress who'd been doing it over the last few years. The new Marley was noticeably taller and had longer hair than the actress playing Vicky.

* A failed pilot called ''Fugly'' begins with a radical plastic surgery that turns one of a pair of identical twins that looks like [[Hollywood Homely|5-foot-nothing, 150 pound]] [[Marissa Jaret Winokur]] with ugly prosthetics]] into 5'7'' bombshell Nikki Cox. Yeah.

* A failed pilot called ''Fugly'' begins with a radical plastic surgery that turns one of a pair of identical twins that looks like [[Hollywood Homely|5-foot-nothing, 150 pound]] [[Marissa Jaret Winokur]] with ugly prosthetics into 5'7'' bombshell [[Nikki Cox]]. Yeah.

* Morgan Edge in his ''[[Smallville]]'' incarnation was originally played by [[Rutger Hauer]], but when they wanted to bring the character back Hauer wasn't available so they said that Edge had gone into hiding and undergone plastic surgery. He was played by Patrick Bergin.

* Morgan Edge in his ''[[Smallville]]'' incarnation was originally played by [[Rutger Hauer]], but when they wanted to bring the character back Hauer wasn't available so they said that Edge had gone into hiding and undergone plastic surgery. He was played by [[Patrick Bergin]].

** At least Edge is rich enough to afford the very best.

** In another episode ''Facade'', plastic surgery is used to turn an ugly girl hot- but this being Smallville, [[Green Rocks|Kryptonite]] is used in the procedure, giving her the ability to give people life-threatening illusions.

* In the live-action ''Superboy'' series, Superboy's nemesis Lex Luthor was played by Scott James Wells in the first season. In the ~~2nd~~ season premiere "With This Ring I Thee Kill", Wells was replaced with Sherman Howard. The difference in appearance was explained by having Lex Luthor have plastic surgery to assume the appearance of Warren Eckworth, CEO of a company that created the "Superboy Gun", a weapon Luthor believes can kill Superboy. Luthor is even said to have used acid to burn off his fingerprints and alter his vocal cords.

* In the live-action ''[[Superboy]]'' series, Superboy's nemesis Lex Luthor was played by Scott James Wells in the first season. In the second season premiere "With This Ring I Thee Kill", Wells was replaced with Sherman Howard. The difference in appearance was explained by having Lex Luthor have plastic surgery to assume the appearance of Warren Eckworth, CEO of a company that created the "Superboy Gun", a weapon Luthor believes can kill Superboy. Luthor is even said to have used acid to burn off his fingerprints and alter his vocal cords.

* Averted in ''[[The X-Files]]'', where an evil plastic surgeon uses human sacrifice to transform his looks beyond the limits of science.

* Jo (Red Striker Borg) from ''[[Big Bad Beetleborgs]]'' also suffered from this, literally. But because of [[A Wizard Did It|all the hocus-pocus]] on the show, they were able to [[Justified Trope|justify it]] by executing the switch in a magical accident.

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* Done comically in ''[[Get Smart]]'' when Max gets plastic surgery, and gets played first by Martin Landau, then Phyllis Diller—the third try has him looking like Don Adams with facial prosthetics.

* ''[[Star Trek]]'' has perfected the art of magic plastic surgery. It doesn't matter what species it is. If it has two legs, two arms, and one head, doctors can make any species look like any other, though this is usually done by adding [[Rubber Forehead Aliens|pointed ears, weird forehead bumps, etc., to the same actors]]. Sometimes it can be implausibly perfect even allowing for futuristic technology. For instance, in one episode, Worf went undercover in a pre-contact civilization, requiring extensive surgery which removed his huge Klingon brow ridges. At one point, he returned to the ship and had his normal features restored perfectly, and then a few scenes later he had the extensive reconstruction surgery done ''again'' to go back down among the natives.

** Overlaps with [[Easy Sex Change]] in the ''Deep Space Nine'' episode "Profit and Lace", in which Quark can undergo complete sex reassignment surgery to appear female ''within a few hours'', then be changed ''back'' into a man the very next day.

** Overlaps with [[Easy Sex Change]] in the ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'' episode "Profit and Lace", in which Quark can undergo complete sex reassignment surgery to appear female ''within a few hours'', then be changed ''back'' into a man the very next day.

** ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise]]'' plays with this. Naturally being less advanced, they haven't perfected magic surgery yet, instead using stick-on prosthetic ridges and such. It backfires when one of them gets rifle-butted and the stuff peels off.

* In ''[[Dream On]]'', the hero, Martin Tupper's [[Black Best Friend]], Eddie Charles, is [[The Other Darrin|replaced by a different actor]] partway through the first series. This is explained away by having him get surgery to change his eyelids. So he gets a whole new face and several extra inches of height! Devilishly clever, these eyelid surgeons!

* Alexis Meade of ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' is a male-to-female ~~transsexual~~. Played by Rebecca Romijn. ~~And~~ an unnamed manly-looking actor in [[Flash Back]]s.

* Alexis Meade of ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' is male-to-female [[transgender]]. Played by Rebecca Romijn... and an unnamed manly-looking actor in [[Flash Back]]s.

* In ''[[The Young and The Restless]]'', Sheila gets plastic surgery to look like Phyllis, explaining her actor change to the same as Phyllis.

** And the evil Matt Carter gets plastic surgery so that he can return to Genoa City (where he was still wanted for rape charges) and ingratiate himself into the lives of his unknowing victim and her husband and start wreaking havoc.

** Soaps have often done when they've recast a character in order to explain the complete change in appearance, particularly for a "bad" character who would need to conceal his identity. Another example of this is Todd Manning on [[One Life to Live]], who was played by Roger Howarth until 2003. When his character was severely beaten and left for dead, he returned to town several months under a new identity, now played by Trevor St. John.

** Soaps have often done when they've recast a character in order to explain the complete change in appearance, particularly for a "bad" character who would need to conceal his identity. Another example of this is Todd Manning on ''[[One Life to Live]]'', who was played by Roger Howarth until 2003. When his character was severely beaten and left for dead, he returned to town several months under a new identity, now played by Trevor St. John.

* On '''[[The Bold And The Beautiful]]''', Taylor was burned in a house fire, yet doesn't have a trace of scarring. Ironically, this might a subversion, as the burns she received were not particularly bad and therefore might not have caused extensive scarring anyway.

* On ''[[The Bold And The Beautiful]]'', Taylor was burned in a house fire, yet doesn't have a trace of scarring. Ironically, this might a subversion, as the burns she received were not particularly bad and therefore might not have caused extensive scarring anyway.

* In ''[[The New Adventures Of Beans Baxter]]'' episode "There's No Place Like Omsk," Beans hides a Russian defector, who via one plastic surgery session, looks exactly like Miss Universe Shawn Weatherly.

* In the ''[[Green Hornet]]'' ~~Series~~, a criminal uses this to take the place of a reclusive ~~millionare~~ to avoid capture. Unlike most versions, the look of the person is similar enough to be believed. Also the Green Hornet points out that there ''are'' hairline scars that if a person was observant enough would notice.

* In the ''[[Green Hornet]]'' series, a criminal uses this to take the place of a reclusive millionaire to avoid capture. Unlike most versions, the look of the person is similar enough to be believed. Also the Green Hornet points out that there ''are'' hairline scars that if a person was observant enough would notice.

* Used in the second season finale of ''[[Highlander (TV series)|Highlander]]'' to turn an escaped con woman into a Tessa lookalike to try and bring Duncan down.

* Done at least twice on ''[[The Wild Wild West (TV series)|The Wild Wild West]]'', once by recurring villain Doctor Loveless to turn one of his henchmen into a perfect double of James West, and once by a villain of the week to make [[Why Am I Ticking?|explosive]] doubles of both James West and Artemus Gordon.

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