See Rarely Seen Photos Showing Michael Jackson and David Gest Before the Extensive Plastic Surgery (Photos)

 

According to Dailymail, these are rarely seen photos of David Gest and Michael Jackson showing the friends before the extensive plastic surgery for which they both became known.

 

Gest - who was found dead in a London hotel yesterday - has previously told how Jackson first convinced him to have plastic surgery, which he later regretted.

 

He met Jackson at Walton School in Panorama City, California, when Michael was 10 and he was 15.

 

 

The popularity of the Jackson 5 was spreading and Gest, a music obsessive, was keen to meet the young talent.

 

Gest became close friends with Tito and Michael lived with the Jackson family for some time as a teenager.

 

The photos of the pair are believed to have been taken when Jackson was in his early 20s and Gest was slightly older.

 

 

They show the friends joking around in a photo booth and posing for a picture with singer Paul Anka and Michael's brother Tito's ex-wife Dee Dee.

 

By this time, Michael had already had one nose job, reportedly after breaking his nose during a complex dance routine, but had not undergone the extensive work he had done in the late 80s.

 

Gest said that Jackson convinced him to have surgery on his face and he had a nose job and facelift in the early 1980s and a hair transplant in 1990.