For reasons, here's the 101 on Bajoran nose wrinkles. 😅
In "Ensign Ro"↖️↗️ and very early #StarTrekDS9 episodes↙️↘️, the Bajoran make-up was still a little more complicated and featured additional brow ridges. Keeve Falor, the Bajoran girl, Tahna Los and Zayna all have them.
None of the later #StarTrekDS9 (Vedek Winn ↖️, Shakaar ↗️) and #StarTrekVOY (Gerron ↙️, Tal Celes ↘️) Bajorans have these brow ridges, however. The make-up was simplified very early on DS9, maybe to speed up the make-up application with so many Bajoran extras.
After it had been modified during early #StarTrekDS9, this simplified Bajoran make-up was also seen in two #StarTrekTNG season 6/7 episodes, worn by a Bajoran security officer (played by @VaunWilmott) in "Descent I"↖️↗️ and by uncercover Riker in "Preemptive Strike"↙️↘️.
The change came right in the middle of filming "Emissary"↖️ and was completed by the time "Past Prologue"↗️ was shot, explaining Kira's different appearance. That also explains why Sito Jaxa and Ro Laren had different nose wrinkles in their season 5 ⬅️↙️ and 7 ➡️↘️ appearances.
Ro's Bajoran wrinkles in #StarTrekPicard's "Imposters"↖️ properly match the later and established Bajoran look and closely matches the way she looked in her last appearance in "Preemptive Strike"↗️ and not her early season 5 ("Ensign Ro"↙️) and 6 ("Rascals"↘️) Bajoran wrinkles.👌
I hope you enjoyed this little excursion as much as I did putting this together on a Sunday afternoon. This is an appreciation of the work the make-up artists put into designing and applying this make-up and of the actors wearing the prosthetics during the last 30+ years. 🖖
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