It was the last thing I wanted to do: re-bring that all up it’s just been such a nightmare in my life,” she said. “I just didn’t want to go back under surgery because it was just so traumatic and something I never - I’m so sick of being the surgery girl. After getting some of her enhancements reversed by a different plastic surgeon, she told Us in 2013 that she had even considered not doing that. Montag, for example, had developed health problems from her surgery and had changed her mind about beauty ideals.

In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesĪt times, stars admit they’ve gone too far with face-lifts or have had plastic surgery nightmares. And in still other instances, stars such as TV journalist Julie Chen were told changing their features would help their careers. In other cases, the reason is purely aesthetic - liposuction for better abs for the best beach body possible injections for plumper lips chin implants for a balanced look. Sometimes, a little nip/tuck or some facial fillers can help with aging but other celebs have talked about getting nose jobs at a young age or breast enhancements or reductions that have helped with everything from confidence to pain relief.

Then, of course, in cases like Heidi Montag’s 10 procedures in one day, the before and after pictures would have made a denial impossible! Others simply don’t want to perpetuate the stigma of shame that can come from getting aesthetic procedures and see no point in keeping them a secret. Some Hollywood actors and reality TV stars - hello, Real Housewives! - who have gone under the knife are proud of it and love to celebrate the fact. But as stars from Ronnie Ortiz-Magro and Ariel Winter to Kelly Rowland and Courteney Cox have shown, that assumption isn’t always right. It’s often thought that celebrities who have had plastic surgery hide that fact at all costs.

Time To Let Go by Christoph Fischer