15+ celebrities who opened up about undergoing cosmetic surgery

Not too long ago, Kylie Jenner and Khloe Kardashian admitted to undergoing cosmetic surgery, which instantly made headlines. Undergoing cosmetic procedures and plastic surgery is still very much a controversial topic. In the cutthroat entertainment industry, the pressure to look perfect is crushing and many celebrities have opened up about opting for cosmetic corrections that help them feel more comfortable in their skin. Whether one is for or against getting surgical enhancements, celebrities opening up about such procedures takes them down from the pedestal the public puts them on and humanises them, showing that they too experience the pressure that society places on everyone's shoulders. While the court of public opinion is divided, many celebrities now openly accept and talk about getting cosmetic procedures done openly.

Recently, Uorfi Javed got her lip fillers dissolved after a period of 9 years, which got people talking about these procedures once again. Indian celebrities like Priyanka Chopra, Shruti Hasan, and Rajkumar Rao have spoken about opting for cosmetic surgery to achieve the looks they desired. From Hollywood, veterans like Jane Fonda to it-girls like Bella Hadid and Ariana Grande, have opened up about going under the knife. 

1. Priyanka Chopra 

In her memoir, Unfinished, Priyanka Chopra spoke about her experience with an unsuccessful rhinoplasty that led to depression as it negatively impacted her career in its early years. The procedure, originally intended to remove a polyp, drastically altered her appearance. Later, during an interview on The Howard Stern Show, she shared how her father supported her throughout the period of her corrective surgeries.

2. Bella Hadid 

Bella Hadid had her first run-in with plastic surgery at 14, when she got a nose job which she later came to regret. "I wish I had kept the nose of my ancestors; I think I would have grown into it,” she said to Vogue in 2022. 

3. Kylie Jenner 

When a British YouTuber posted a public callout on TikTok to Kylie Jenner asking her what she had gotten done, Jenner responded as “445 cc, moderate profile, half under the muscle!!! silicone!!! garth fisher!!! hope this helps lol.” 

Back in 2016, the makeup mogul opened up about her lip fillers in her eponymous app, "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, 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."

4. Kim Kardashian

When Allure asked Kim what she had done to her face during her 2022 cover interview, Kim Kardashian admitted to "a little bit of Botox." Back in 2011, she also addressed rumours about having butt implants by having her backside scanned during an episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

5. Khloe Kardashian 

Recently in an Instagram post shared by a plastic surgeon speculating about her cosmetic work, Khloe revealed, "Here’s a list of things that I have done. I’ve been very open in the past about what I have done, so here we go—nose job, laser hair for the hairline and everywhere else, Botox and Sculptra where my face tumour was removed in my cheek, soft wave laser for skin tightening, and filler in the past but not any over the last few years (I hear it never goes away, so I’m sure it’s still there but calmed down), collagen baby threads underneath my chin and neck, salmon sperm facials/regular facials, peptides, vitamins, and daily skin care."

6. Cardi B 

In a video interview in 2017, she talked about her breast augmentation and illegal butt injections. "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, but I was desperate to have a bigger ass," she said.

7. Shilpa Shetty

Shilpa Shetty admitted to getting a rhinoplasty, stating that she did it because she felt her nose "could be better" in the early 2000s when such a confession was deemed taboo in a Seedhi Baat interview. After winning Big Brother 2007 in the UK, she once again addressed it in The Real Shilpa Shetty, a documentary that followed her victory.

8. Gwyneth Paltrow 

During a 2013 Bazaar interview, Gwyneth Paltrow said she was open to everything, except for Botox again, "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. 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!"

9. Nicole Kidman 

In January 2013, the Huffington Post reported Nicole Kidman's comment about plastic surgery to La Republicaa, where she said, "I did try Botox, unfortunately, but I got out of it, and now I can finally move my face again." 

10. Kris Jenner 

Kris Jenner has been honest about the plastic surgery procedures she has undergone over the years. The matriarch of the Kardashian-Jenner clan documented a facelift on Keeping Up with the Kardashians in 2011. She first tried her hand at it when she got breast implants in the 1980s after giving birth to her first four children. In 2025, she once again debuted a newly-lifted face. 

11. Khushi Kapoor 

One of the newest Bollywood kids on the block, Khushi Kapoor openly admitted to getting cosmetic procedures. When a user commented on her changed appearance on an old video posted by her on Instagram, Khushi responded, "lip filler and (nose emoji) hahaha." Her admission was well-received by many as it was a rare moment of honesty in Bollywood. 

12. Selena Gomez 

After a TikToker posted a side-by-side comparison of Gomez’s face as a teenager and as an adult, the Only Murders in the Building star commented bluntly, “Honestly I hate this. I was on stripes because of flare up. I have Botox. That’s it. Leave me alone.” Other commenters are assuming that “stripes” is an autocorrect and was meant to be “steroids.” In December 2023, she clapped back at a commenter telling her to dissolve her “implants” with a straightforward, “Hahahaha I’ve had Botox bb girl.” 

13. Megan Fox 

“My boobs have been fake, by the way, since I was…21? Or 22? I got them done in between the first and second Transformers. But I had them done ‘conservatively,” admitted Megan Fox to Alex Cooper, the host of the Call Her Daddy podcast, during an episode in March 2024. 

14. Sofia Vergara 

While talking to Glamour in 2023, the Modern Family star, Sofia Vergara, opened up about her cosmetic procedures: “I do micro-needling, little lasers for capillaries because I have rosacea. I do Botox (under) my eyes and in my neck regularly.”

15. Anushka Sharma 

Anushka Sharma faced a lot of flak for a drastically different appearance due to a lip job around the year 2014. In 2017, she opened up about her botched surgery, "I am not perfect." After initially rejecting the claim, Sharma admitted to Vogue that she did indeed get a lip job done, and her admission led to her feeling braver.

16. Uorfi Javed 

"My fillers were quite misplaced. So I decided to get my laugh lines and lip fillers dissolved. After 2–3 weeks, I’ll get them done again—properly and naturally", says Uorfi Javed in a recently posted video where she is seen dissolving her lip fillers.