Johnny Depp is marking a huge milestone as he turns 60 today, having started the prolific career he is now known for back in the early Eighties.

When the Jack Sparrow actor first stepped into show business he sported a clean look with slicked back hair and a shaved face.

However, he soon began experimenting with his looks as he started experimenting with different kinds of facial hair designs and hairstyles.

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His looks changed so drastically at times, that they led to rumours and criticism – with even a guest blogger for the New York Post, writing under the alias Regina George, taking aim at the star.

In the piece, titled “What happened to Johnny Depp?”, the writer penned: “The actor’s face, chiseled just a few months ago, had swelled into a puffy oval, and the rest of his body looked as if it had gotten just as round.

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“His hair appeared greasier than usual, and topping off his look, one of his teeth was red for some mysterious reason.

“A stain? A stray piece of cranberry? Some sort of pirate thing? We have no idea.”

Depp has previously opened up about his struggles with alcohol and substance abuse after some believed it played a part in his looks changing.

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“It has been well reported and I have been open about my challenges with alcoholism and addiction throughout my life,” he said in the witness statement, which was filed in December 2019.

“In fact, I started drinking and taking drugs when I was still a child. I am not in any way embarrassed to say this.

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“However, the way in which the Defendants have sought to portray this problem is not a fair or accurate reflection of the reality of addiction.”

In May this year, a plastic surgeon with 7.7 million TikTok followers went viral for speculating about whether the Hollywood star had gotten plastic surgery.

Comparing old pictures of Depp with more recent ones, Dr Anthony Youn said: “There are rumours he has had hair transplants but it’s not real obvious. And if he has done it’s quite modest.

“His eyes don’t appear to have changed. He may have had some filler injections into his cheeks but again pretty conservative.

“His nose looks like it might be a touch shorter so rhinoplasty is a posibility but I doubt it. So I would say Johnny Depp is pretty real and not sus.”

Johnny Depp’s changing face as he turns 60 – surgery rumors and hair transformation