When child actors and actresses shy away from fame in later life, it is their childhood aesthetic that is burnished into the public consciousness. Yet time neither waits for man nor precocious young thespian, and the reality is these once cherubic stars change just as much as you and me! This is certainly the case for the childhood prodigies of the ‘90s, a particularly abundant time for the breed. Discover which star lost his teeth to drug abuse, the Nickelodeon actress who opted for a face tattoo and wigs, and many more temporally-induced transformations as HELLO! reveals the ‘90s child stars who look completely unrecognisable.

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

© Getty Images Jonathan Taylor Thomas was a child star throughout the 90s

He once harboured aspirations to become the next Macaula

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