Michael Douglas, the 78-year-old renowned Hollywood actor who starred in two of my favorite films,

Wall Street and The Game, has recently undergone a noticeable transformation, attracting the attention of the media.

Despite his age, Michael has proved his versatility over five decades in the movie industry, playing various roles ranging from unscrupulous Wall Street mogul Gordon Gekko in Wall Street to the downtrodden millionaire Nicholas Van Orton in The Game.

Michael alone won an Oscar for Best Actor for the groundbreaking film One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in 1975, which solidified his place as one of the industry’s all-time greats. After playing Gordon Gecko in the 1987 and 1993 versions of Wall Street and the 1996 remake, Michael went on to become a Hollywood A-lister.

Michael’s early exposure to the acting world, accompanying his father Kirk Douglas, who was a renowned actor, to film sets, gave him a leg up. By the time he was a teenager, he had already decided he wanted to pursue acting professionally. Michael made his acting debut as an unnamed driver in his father’s film Cast a Huge Shadow. Once producer Quinn Martin saw Michael Douglas in a small role on the TV show The F.B.I., he cast Douglas in the upcoming police drama The Streets of San Francisco, which debuted in 1972 and became Douglas’s breakout part.

Michael Douglas’s appearance has changed significantly recently, raising concerns among fans. The Spanish publication Marca notes that the speed with which his appearance has changed is astonishing. After Michael Douglas’s trip to France in 2022, Marca wrote about it. The actor was in Paris for a few days and was seen out and about in a gorgeous area, walking about on the cobblestone streets. He appeared skinny, and reporters said his face looked ”much more deteriorated.” Regardless of how one feels about Michael Douglas’s shocking physical metamorphosis, the reality remains that he has had a rough few years. Some may point to the seasoned actor’s diagnosis with tongue cancer in 2010 as the catalyst. Douglas had been battling for quite some time and was experiencing mouth pain, but multiple doctors failed to diagnose or treat the underlying cause.

Douglas sought advice from a Canadian doctor a friend recommended, but the doctor gave him news he didn’t want to hear. The actor quickly found that the level of his undiagnosed cancer required immediate, severe treatment. Michael had hit rock bottom after eight weeks of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. He lost 45 pounds while on a liquid diet and looked very different by the time his treatment was over. Michael and his family may now breathe a sigh of relief; his treatment was successful, and he was pronounced cancer-free in 2011. Michael blames his tongue cancer on anxiety, alcohol abuse, and tobacco use.

But, in a 2013 interview, Michael Douglas offered a fairly unexpected other rationale. Surprisingly, Douglas blamed his disease on his oral sex activities. Human papillomavirus (HPV) was the most frequently mentioned STD he discussed, and he claimed it was the cause of his cancer.

After the viral interview, a representative for Michaels said the actor was talking about HPV in general and not about his own diagnosis. Despite his ordeal, Michael Douglas seems to have kept in shape and enjoyed life, but the COVID-19 pandemic had multiple detrimental effects on his health. He confessed to losing a lot of energy throughout the pandemic and having difficulties with short-term memory and recalling things, which he is looking into.