Surgery isn't always so successful... Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most notable celebrities who have openly admitted to regretting their decision to undergo plastic surgeries and/or other cosmetic procedures.
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00:00What things have you actually done?"
00:02I'm not sure if I can remember everything."
00:04Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most notable celebrities
00:08who have openly admitted to regretting their decision to undergo plastic surgeries and or
00:14other cosmetic procedures.
00:15You look different.
00:17Well, you know, you see a movie once.
00:19No, I saw it a few times.
00:20Ten years ago.
00:21No, I saw it again just last month.
00:22Oh, on television?
00:23No, I saw it in a huge revival.
00:24What, you didn't care?
00:25I sat right next to the screen.
00:26Close job!
00:2720. Joan Rivers
00:30Joan Rivers' affinity for plastic surgery was no secret.
00:33The legendary comedian openly discussed and poked fun at her fondness for cosmetic procedures,
00:38which she first had during her college years.
00:40I'm never without a bandage.
00:42The chapters with an asterisk means you've had it done.
00:47So there's asterisks, asterisks, asterisks, asterisks, asterisks, asterisks.
00:53Throughout her life, Rivers underwent multiple surgeries, including alterations to her lips,
00:57nose, eyes, arms, and breasts, most of which she remained comfortable with.
01:02However, she did apparently express some dissatisfaction with the results of her
01:06liposuction, saying that she failed to verify the doctor's skills beforehand and the result
01:11wasn't smooth.
01:12Additionally, despite receiving numerous Botox injections, Rivers ultimately decided to
01:17discontinue them, quipping that,
01:19Betty White's bowels move more than my face.
01:22Where's the famous Ostrovsky neck freckle?
01:26You had it removed.
01:28Oh, please.
01:29After five faces, it's on my forehead.
01:3119. Black Chyna
01:34Having gained popularity as a reality TV star and rapper, Black Chyna was renowned for her
01:39striking features, some of which were surgically enhanced.
01:42However, feeling disconnected from her authentic self, she turned to religion and later expressed
01:47regret over her numerous cosmetic procedures.
01:50I told myself, I'm gonna focus on three things.
01:52So I put in my mindset, workout, sobriety, and the Bible.
01:57That's it.
01:58So with those three things combined, that's where I think everything starts to trinkle
02:03down.
02:04By early 2023, she announced her decision to reverse some of these enhancements, including
02:08dissolving her dermal fillers, as well as removing butt injections and breast implants.
02:13She also advised fans not to emulate her, citing her own crazy facial appearance as
02:18a cautionary tale.
02:20Later that year, Black Chyna shared multiple pictures to her Instagram, showing a dramatic
02:25transformation from her previous look.
02:27So will you ever do any more surgery?
02:28Any more fillers?
02:29You're done.
02:29I'm done with it, y'all.
02:30You're done.
02:31I'm done.
02:31I'm done.
02:32No more.
02:33Okay.
02:3418. Katie Price
02:36Many individuals opt for plastic surgery to enhance their physical appearance and boost
02:41their self-confidence.
02:42However, even after several procedures, Katie Price has admitted to still not feeling beautiful
02:47enough.
02:47The British model and TV personality got her first operation at 18, a decision she now
02:53deeply regrets, believing that individuals under 21 should refrain from such procedures.
02:58To be honest, there was a lot of people around me who were like, yes, people.
03:01But my mum was always the one, what are you doing to yourself?
03:04And I admit, I look back at them and it's shocking.
03:06Absolute shock.
03:07Ugly.
03:07It's not even attractive."
03:09In 2021, Price accepted a free breast enlargement surgery in Turkey, only to regret it profoundly,
03:16deeming it the worst thing she's ever done.
03:18The botched procedure left her with no choice but to seek additional surgery to correct
03:23it.
03:23Despite her harrowing experience, Price seems unwilling to get off the plastic surgery train
03:29any time soon.
03:30Ten days ago, I had liposuction from here all the way up here, all the way up my back."
03:34From your knees up to your waist.
03:35Then I had my own fat put in my bum.
03:37You could call it a Brazilian bum lift, but I haven't had implants, and I haven't gone
03:40that big."
03:4117.
03:42Gwyneth Paltrow
03:43Hollywood actress and controversial lifestyle entrepreneur Gwyneth Paltrow attributes her
03:49youthful appearance to a balanced diet, rigorous exercise routine, oh, and the occasional assistance
03:55from her doctor.
03:56Indeed, Paltrow has been fairly open about undergoing multiple cosmetic procedures,
04:00such as chemical injections and laser treatments.
04:04Sometimes people will say, oh, that's controversial.
04:06And then six months later or two years later, everybody's kind of widely adopted what we
04:12talked about a long time ago.
04:13So I think it's kind of fun."
04:15However, among all of these, Paltrow most regrets her decision to get Botox.
04:20According to the actress, she was left feeling displeased with the results, even likening
04:24her appearance to that of Joan Rivers.
04:26That's not to say Paltrow won't be getting any plastic surgery in the future, just that
04:30for her, Botox seems to be firmly off the table.
04:33"'For a little bit of extra help, you know, I've been, I'm the global ambassador for
04:38MERS aesthetics.
04:39They have a little, you know, anti-wrinkle injection for right between the eyes, so that
04:45helps as well."
04:4616.
04:47Jessica Simpson
04:48In her 2020 memoir, Open Book, singer and fashion entrepreneur Jessica Simpson shared
04:54her experience with a cosmetic procedure that nearly cost her her life.
04:58"'Well, part of your journey was you got in the music industry as a teenager, and there
05:03was a pressure to have a perfect body, and you've been body shamed for what feels like
05:07your entire career.
05:07It's so cruel."
05:08Following the birth of her son in 2013, Simpson decided to undergo a tummy tuck to eliminate
05:13the excess skin, which had left her feeling insecure.
05:16Despite her doctor's warnings about potential liver issues, Simpson proceeded with the operation.
05:22Predictably, she later regretted this decision.
05:25Simpson suffered severe complications as a result of the surgery and spent nine days
05:30in the hospital, fighting for her life.
05:32Luckily, she made a full recovery, but we guess she'll likely think twice before considering
05:37another tummy tuck.
05:38"'Even though I had to work really hard to get the weight off, like, I did it, and I
05:42committed, and I think if you're disciplined, it can come off.'"
05:4715.
05:48Victoria Beckham
05:49Victoria Beckham reportedly got her first breast implant in the late 1990s, just as
05:54she rose to global fame as a member of the Spice Girls.
05:57She went on to have a few additional operations before finally deciding to remove her implants
06:02in 2014.
06:03"'Stop right now, thank you very much.
06:06I need somebody with a human touch.'"
06:11This decision was driven by a growing sense of regret and a desire to encourage her young
06:15daughter to embrace her natural features.
06:17Since then, she has been outspoken about her feelings regarding plastic surgery, even penning
06:22a letter to her younger self in British Vogue, advising against altering her appearance.
06:27If only she could turn back the hands of time.
06:30"'Out of the way, girls!'
06:32"'What are you doing?'
06:33"'Fasten your seatbelts.'"
06:3414.
06:36Mickey Rourke
06:37Early in his career, Mickey Rourke was renowned for his dashing good looks.
06:40However, in the 1990s, his appearance began to change after he took a break from acting
06:45to pursue boxing professionally.
06:47Although he achieved notable success in this new endeavor, it came at a price.
06:52"'He took a few punches to the face, that's for sure.'"
06:54"'He was like a great-looking, tough guy, and then he just got really weird and creepy.'"
07:00Rourke endured severe facial injuries, which required extensive reconstructive surgery
07:05to rectify.
07:05Unfortunately, these procedures left him nearly unrecognizable, and significantly affected
07:11his acting career.
07:12Reflecting on his dramatic change in appearance, Rourke admitted that he went to the wrong
07:16guy to put his face back together.
07:18Fortunately, he later staged a Hollywood comeback, portraying a character whose journey,
07:23ironically, mirrored his own.
07:25"'He's finished.
07:27He's a loser.
07:28He's all through.
07:31But you know what?
07:32The only ones who are going to tell me when I'm through doing my thing is you people here.'"
07:3913.
07:40Pamela Anderson
07:41Pamela Anderson became an international sensation in the early 1990s, through her role on the
07:47hit series Baywatch.
07:48Anderson's Barbie doll figure apparently sparked a surge in the cosmetic surgery industry,
07:54with patients even using her as a model for their ideal look.
07:57"'Oh, please, what are you talking about?
07:59CJ, you have modeled before.
08:01Okay, well, if they don't want a blonde, well, they'll probably see you and pick you anyway.'"
08:04Anderson herself got breast implants early in her career, but grew disillusioned with
08:09them as she began having children, and desired to return to her natural figure.
08:13Consequently, she had the implants removed.
08:15However, for some reason, Anderson reversed course and got another breast augmentation
08:20surgery years later.
08:21More recently, though, she has expressed contentment with her appearance,
08:24stating that she now looks forward to seeing herself age.
08:28"'You gotta just accept it.
08:28It's gonna happen, no matter what.
08:30We're gonna get old.
08:31So I wanna embrace it.
08:32I feel like it's kind of an experiment.
08:33It's kind of funny.'"
08:3412.
08:35Linda Evangelista
08:37The name Linda Evangelista commands profound respect in the fashion industry.
08:41Throughout the late 1980s and 90s, Evangelista walked runways around the world,
08:47becoming one of the five original supermodels.
08:50Her career endured well into the 21st century, until she suddenly withdrew from the public eye
08:54in the late 2010s.
08:56This was because Evangelista had undergone a fat-freezing procedure aiming to reduce
09:02her body fat.
09:03It was going to contour areas of the body that, as I age, you know, I have some fat deposits.
09:13And I understood Cool Sculpting would take care of that."
09:18However, this led to a rare side effect that instead caused her to gain weight
09:23and become unrecognizable.
09:25The aftermath plunged Evangelista into severe depression, prompting her to live as a recluse.
09:31She later filed a lawsuit against the founders of the procedure,
09:34resulting in an out-of-court settlement.
09:37"...having gone through this, which is affecting her livelihood or beauty,
09:41it can have profound effects on the psychosocial aspects of her life.
09:46And that's kind of what she's relaying."
09:4811.
09:49Cher
09:50Referred to by some as the poster girl of plastic surgery, Cher has never been one to
09:55shy away from her cosmetic enhancements.
09:57The iconic singer has openly admitted to getting multiple procedures done,
10:01including facelifts, nose jobs, and breast augmentation.
10:04"...I could accept getting older, but I don't plan to disintegrate."
10:09"...We all will at the end, though."
10:10"...Well, I mean, when I'm in the box, who cares?"
10:13Though generally satisfied with these changes, Cher acknowledges that not all of the procedures
10:18have yielded the desired results.
10:19Notably, she has expressed a deep disappointment with her breast augmentation, which she described
10:24as a nightmare and botched in every way.
10:28While she realizes her public status, Cher maintains that what she chooses to do with
10:32her body remains nobody's business but her own.
10:36"...And if people don't like me because of that, well then that's, I mean, this is America."
10:4010.
10:41Khloe Kardashian
10:43Socialite, model, and TV personality Khloe Kardashian, best known for her time on the
10:48reality TV series Keeping Up With The Kardashians, has never shied away from discussions related to
10:53her image.
10:54And while she admits to having some work done, it appears she wasn't entirely satisfied with
10:58the result, once remarking that her facial fillers looked crazy.
11:02"...My face was so f-----, I had to go and get this whole thing."
11:05"...That's a bummer."
11:06"...Like, dissolved. It was a bummer. So now I'm, like, afraid to do it again."
11:08In 2017, the youngest Kardashian sister began helping others overcome their body image issues
11:14as the host of the reality series Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian, which ran for three seasons.
11:219.
11:22Reid Ewing
11:23"...It's found its place, cause baby, baby, I just wanna do you, do you."
11:32Reid Ewing made us laugh as Hailey's on-again, off-again boyfriend Dylan on Modern Family for
11:37years. But we bet you didn't know that he's had to cope with body dysmorphia for much of his life.
11:43In fact, the affliction drove him to undergo multiple surgeries,
11:46including cheek implants and a chin implant, before the age of 21.
11:51"...I think at one point I took a photo and I remember looking at that photo and that was
11:55the moment where I said I had to get, you know, cosmetic surgery because, like,
12:00no one was allowed to be that ugly."
12:02He spoke candidly about his experiences in a piece for HuffPost,
12:05going into detail about his procedures and the mental and physical toll they took on him.
12:10Regret barely scratches the surface, as Ewing once confessed,
12:14"...I wish I could go back and undo all the surgeries."
12:18"...I wish I could just, you know, um, talk to my younger self and tell him,
12:23just, don't go through with it, you really don't need it, you look fine,
12:26it's just not necessary, you know, it's not, it's not gonna make your life happier or better."
12:318. Tori Spelling
12:38Spelling rose to fame playing Donna Martin on the 90s teen drama series Beverly Hills 90210.
12:45And while that would ultimately prove to be her most enduring character,
12:49she has appeared in dozens of films and TV shows throughout the years.
12:52It was during her time on 90210 that she got breast implants. Unfortunately,
12:57this would be something that she would come to regret, as she later remarked,
13:01"...if I had known it would or could possibly impact production of breast milk,
13:05I would never have had them done."
13:07Spelling, who is a mother of five, was clearly speaking from experience.
13:11"...they always say it takes a village, but I literally have a village,
13:14so I put them to good use."
13:167. Priscilla Presley
13:18In 2003, Priscilla Presley, the ex-wife of the legendary singer Elvis,
13:23received cosmetic injections from a man she thought was a plastic surgeon. This individual
13:28attracted a roster of high-profile clientele by claiming that his treatments were,
13:33"...better than Botox."
13:34However, it later emerged that he was a fraud, who wasn't even a registered doctor,
13:39and had been injecting his clients with industrial low-grade silicone,
13:44a substance similar to car lubricant.
13:46"...a lot of those things, again, are warning signs. Be careful, you don't necessarily want
13:50to have a doctor come to your house if you don't know who they are, don't know their education,
13:54don't know what they're injecting your face. All of these things are warning signs,
13:58big red flags that maybe you shouldn't be doing this."
14:01As a result of the botched procedure, Presley was left with deformities in her face
14:05that required corrective surgery. The imposter doctor was later sentenced to prison
14:10after pleading guilty to conspiracy, smuggling, and use of unapproved drugs.
14:15"...a lot of these patients came back with lumps and hard rocks in their face,
14:19holes in their face, and then worst of all, it's very hard to get the silicone
14:24out of the face once it's injected."
14:266. Nicole Kidman
14:28Academy Award-winning actress Nicole Kidman has been a Hollywood mainstay for a better part of
14:33the past few decades. However, she too has dabbled with cosmetic procedures, candidly admitting in
14:392013, "...I did try Botox, unfortunately, but I got out of it and now I can finally move my face
14:45again." Based on that quote, it's painstakingly clear that Kidman's experiences were less than
14:50positive. When asked how she managed to maintain a youthful appearance over the years, the actress
14:55attributed it to wearing sunscreen, not smoking, and generally taking care of herself.
15:00"...you'll just have to wait and see, won't you?"
15:035. Tara Reade
15:05Perhaps the most infamous case of celebrity plastic surgery gone wrong,
15:09Tara Reade's experiences under the knife have been well-documented. The actress has admitted
15:14to undergoing numerous operations, many of them corrective. Due to complications with her 2004
15:19breast implant surgery, Reade was forced to undergo a number of other procedures,
15:24which ultimately resulted in more problems.
15:27She later admitted that the whole thing was a big mistake, and that she
15:43"...lost a lot of work because of it." It's stories like this that make a person think twice
15:48before getting any work done.
15:50I mean, the body shaming that's going on right now is just to a degree that it's so bad."
15:544. Courteney Cox
15:56"...I just saw his daughter last week. Said he was fine. Her, on the other hand? Much Botox."
16:02The former Friends star has had some work done, plain and simple, and over the years,
16:06it didn't yield the most graceful results. This isn't something that has gone unnoticed by Cox,
16:11who has expressed regret over her numerous fillers and injections quite frequently in recent years.
16:17All it takes is one look at her from back in her Friends days to notice that her face
16:21has changed dramatically. After coming to the conclusion that things just did not look right,
16:26Cox opted to have all the fillers dissolved. While she remains open to less invasive procedures,
16:31Cox says she is now learning to be more comfortable with her natural appearance.
16:36"...I have done things that I, you know, regret, and luckily,
16:40they're things that dissolve and go away, so, um, that's good because
16:46it's not always been my best look."
16:483. Kathy Griffin
16:49"...I've been very open about what I call my dental work. You know, I'm not gonna lie to
16:56you about that. I've got staples in my head right now."
16:58The subject of much controversy in recent years,
17:00Kathy Griffin has experienced the trials and tribulations of plastic surgery firsthand.
17:05The comedian and actress, who has often used plastic surgery as a talking point
17:09in her stand-up routines, has had numerous procedures done over the years,
17:13including a nose job and liposuction. The latter went horribly wrong,
17:18with Griffin claiming that it was life-threatening. She later published
17:22pictures of the botched procedure to teach other women about the pitfalls of plastic surgery,
17:27and what can happen when it's done incorrectly.
17:302. Heidi Montag
17:43It was night and day after longtime reality TV star Heidi Montag decided to get some work done
17:48in 2009, and by some, we mean she got 10 procedures done in the same day.
17:55The laundry list of surgeries included a breast enhancement, her second,
18:06rhinoplasty, also her second, brow lifts, and a chin reduction, just to name a few.
18:12I had my back scooped, and I had a mini eyebrow lift, and I had lip injections, and then I had my
18:20chin sawed down, and then I had liposuction, and then I had implants, and then I've had
18:24two nose jobs, and breast reduction recently, and arm surgery last year to add to it."
18:31She eventually admitted that the whole thing was a big mistake, and in a macabre statement revealed,
18:36People have fewer scars from car accidents than I have on my body. Yikes.
18:41Is that vanity worth potentially harming yourself? And for me, the answer is no.
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19:041. Jennifer Grey
19:06Nobody puts baby in a corner.
19:09Back in the 1980s, Jennifer Grey was one of Hollywood's hottest actresses,
19:13with roles in hit films like Ferris Bueller's Day Off and, of course, Dirty Dancing. Grey appeared
19:19poised for a lengthy career in the entertainment business, but seemingly out of nowhere,
19:24she began to fade away. So, what happened? Well, in 1990, she had two rhinoplasty procedures that
19:32left her with a face that was unrecognizable, to not just fans, but to even her own friends.
19:38You're like my oldest friend in the world, except for maybe Lori Schafer,
19:41who I don't talk to anymore, because she's all bitter now that she lost the weight,
19:45and it turns out she doesn't have a pretty face.
19:47To say she regrets the procedures is an understatement. As she once remarked,
19:51I went into the operating room a celebrity, and came out anonymous.
19:55Plastic surgeries gone wrong don't get much worse than this.
19:59What other celebrities do you think shouldn't have altered their looks?
20:03Let us know in the comments below.
20:05If I want to put my t---- on my back, it's nobody's business but my own."
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