These celebrities have openly gone under the needle and knife.
One of the last great Hollywood taboos is admitting to having work done. Whether it’s just a little jab of Botox or a more severe cosmetic procedure like breast implants or a face lift, stars have long since been going under the needle and the knife in complete denial.
But times are changing, and a handful of brave celebrities are opening up about their experiences—both good and bad—with plastic surgery and cosmetic injectables.
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Khloe Kardashian
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“For me, everyone says, ‘Oh my gosh, she’s had her third face transplant,’ but I’ve had one nose job,” Kardashian admitted during the KUWTK series finale reunion. “And everyone gets so upset, like, why don’t I talk about it. No one’s ever asked me.” On her talk show Kocktails With Khloe, the star also admitted to having facial fillers dissolved. “My face was so fucked I had to go and get this whole thing dissolved,” she said. “It was a bummer and now I’m afraid to do it again. And I’m almost like, I swear things are still in my face.”
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Dolly Parton
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“It is true that I look artificial, but I believe that I’m totally real,” Parton told CBS Sunday Morning back in 2019. “My look is really based on a country girl’s idea of glam. I wasn’t naturally pretty, so I make the most of anything I’ve got.” The country legend has admitted to a few cosmetic procedures, including breast implants, a brow lift, and eyelid surgery.
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Vanessa Williams
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Williams has long been an open book about cosmetic tweaks, admitting to both regular doses of Botox and multiple Ultherapy sessions. “It hurt like hell the first time I did it and I swore I would never do it again, but three months later my makeup artist asked what I did and said my face was really tight and looked great,” she told New Beauty in 2018.
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Olivia Colman
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The Oscar-winning actress opened up about trying Botox back in 2015. “I have done Botox and I LOVED it [but] I’ve done it when I know there is a big gap [between roles],” she said according to The Mirror. “I didn’t tell my husband and then for about six months he kept saying, ‘Hello, Pretty!’”
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Katy Perry
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“I’ve done lasers and got [filler] injections under my eyes for the hollowing — which I’d recommend for everyone who wants a solution for their dark circles — but all of my assets are real, Perry told Refinery29. “People tend to think they are fake, but it doesn’t really matter.”
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Tyra Banks
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“I had bones in my nose that were growing and itching,” Tyra Banks told People magazine in 2018 after writing about the idea of natural beauty in her book. “I could breathe fine, but I added cosmetic surgery. I admit it! Fake hair, and I did my nose. I feel I have a responsibility to tell the truth.”
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Yolanda Hadid
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“Fifty five and smiling from the inside out…finally back to the original 1964,” Yolanda Hadid wrote in an Instagram caption. “Living in a body free of breast implants, fillers, botox, extensions and all the bullshit I thought I needed in order to keep up with what society conditioned me to believe what a sexy woman should look like until the toxicity of it all almost killed me,” she wrote. Hadid has previously spoken out about how she stopped getting Botox injections and dermal fillers years ago after being diagnosed with Lyme.
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Ariel Winter
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Ariel Winter had a breast reduction to ease unnecessary pain—but she won’t stand for social media trolls accusing her of going under the knife for more than just that. “You’re also wrong about all of it by the way ? one breast reduction and I lost weight but you do you boo,” she commented back to a follower who accused her multiple surgeries.
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Britney Spears
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In a 2013 cover story interview with InStyle, the singer opened about a small cosmetic tweak. “A doctor I see, [Beverly Hills plastic surgeon] Dr. [Raj] Kanodia, does fun stuff to me sometimes—I’ve had lip injections before,” she said.
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Cindy Crawford
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Supermodel Cindy Crawford admits to having shots of Botox in the past. “I’m not going to lie to myself, past a certain age, creams work on the texture of your skin but, in order to restore elasticity, all I can really count on is vitamin injections, botox, and collagen,” she told InStyle Magazine. “I have a very simple, healthy life, which works miracles. I drink a lot of water, watch what I eat, and exercise… but I owe the quality of my skin to my cosmetic surgeon.”
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Cardi B
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The superstar has been vocal about her choice to undergo various plastic surgery treatments in the past. In addition to a breast augmentation, Cardi B admitted in an interview to getting illegal injections in her butt. “In order to get lipo, where they put the fat transfer in your ass and it gets bigger, you need to have fat. I did not have no type of fat,” she said. “But I was desperate to have a bigger ass.”
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Gwyneth Paltrow
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“I use organic products, but I get lasers. It’s what makes life interesting, finding the balance between cigarettes and tofu. I’ve probably tried everything,” Paltrow told BAZAAR in 2013. “I would be scared to go under the knife, but you know, talk to me when I’m 50. I’ll try anything. Except I won’t do Botox again, because I looked crazy. I looked like Joan Rivers!”
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Nicole Kidman
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“I did try Botox, unfortunately, but I got out of it and now I can finally move my face again,” Kidman told La Repubblica, reported by The Huffington Post, in January 2013.
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Chrissy Teigen
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“I had an armpit sucked out, which was one of the best things,” Teigen told Refinery29 in May 2017. “It’s a big secret, but I don’t care. It was nine years ago or so. And I had two inches to my armpit. Now it’s back though, so now I’ve gotta pay for [liposuction] again. It was so easy. It made me feel better in dresses, I felt more confident. It was the dumbest, stupidest thing I’ve ever done. The dumbest, but I like it, whatever. I have no regrets, honestly.”
In 2019, Teigen also announced via an Instagram post that she would be removing her breast implants. “They’ve been great to me for many years but I’m just over it. I’d like to be able to zip a dress in my size, lay on my belly with pure comfort! No biggie!” she explained. “So don’t worry about me! All good. I’ll still have boobs, they’ll just be pure fat. Which is all a tit is in the first place. A dumb, miraculous bag of fat.”
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Kourtney Kardashian
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“I have had breast implants, but it’s so funny ’cause it’s not a secret, I could care less,” Kardashian told Nightline in May 2010.
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Kylie Jenner
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“I’m not against plastic surgery. I’ve only been under [anesthesia] once before, when I went to the dentist and I didn’t react well; it really scared me,” the makeup mogul wrote on her eponymous app back in 2016. “I threw up and I was SO nauseous the next day. But as of now, I only have lip fillers…But I’m also someone who says ‘never say never.’ If, down the line, I get to a point where I’m really uncomfortable with something on my body, I’m not against changing it.”
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Iggy Azalea
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“I love them so much I had to talk about them…I’d feel better not to have some secret. It’s much freer to say it and then you don’t have to worry someone will dig it up,” the rapper told E! about her breast augmentation back in March 2015.
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Jessica SImpson
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Jessica Simpson wasn’t a fan of lip injections. “I had that Restylane stuff. It looked fake to me. I didn’t like that,” Simpson admitted to Glamour in 2006. “But it went away in, like, four months. My lips are back to what they were. Thank God!”