appearance altering technology theme

There is technology by which someone can be physically altered to look notably different. Typically this means that the shape of their face is changed. Application of makeup does not count.

30 total · 4 major · 26 minor

StoryLevelMotivation
ds95x01 major Benjamin and his crew altered to look like Klingons; Julian offered to alter Odo to have a human face but he declined
movie: FaceOff (1997) major The FBI Special Agent Sean Archer underwent a cocktail of experimental surgical procedures, including a face transplant most notably, in order to take on the physical appearance of his sworn enemy the terrorist Castor Pollux.
shortstory: The Superperfect Bride (1929) major Broderick was made to believe that Doctor Goddard had created in Eve a composite woman (with a Norwegian's hair, dancers' legs, a tennis player's arm, etc.) who was both physically and mentally perfect.
tz1959e5x17 major The story is set in a future where people had their bodies surgically altered to look identical to one out of a set of physically attractive models.
ds91x19 minor Cardassian file clerk altered himself to look like Darhe'el
ds92x25 minor Cardassian was surgically altered to look like Raymond Boone
ds93x05 minor Kira altered to look like a Cardassian
ds95x06 minor Arne Darvin was a Klingon surgically altered to look Human
ds95x17 minor Arissa was surgically altered to appear Human
ds97x17 minor Dukat changed his appearance to look Bajoran.