Celebrities Who Realized Their Plastic Surgeries Were A Huge Mistake And Reversed Them

Charlie Golsley | November 29, 2024 7:00 pm

In this day and age, celebrities with plastic surgery aren't exactly one in a million. From facial reconstruction to breast implants and everything in between, getting plastic surgery is commonplace in an industry that relies on a youthful image.

Sometimes the surgery can go horribly wrong, and the star immediately regrets it. Other times, the plastic surgery is done at such a young age that as the celebrity grows up, they realize the mistakes they made. Check out all your favorite celebrities that had some major regrets about their plastic surgery, so they reversed it.

Victoria Beckham Famously Refused To Admit To Her Boob Jobs

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For years, Victoria Beckham a.k.a. the legendary Posh Spice refused to admit to tabloids or interviewers that she had undergone a breast augmentation surgery. But any Spice Girl fan could tell.

Beckham has a very petite frame, but her breasts seemed to grow out of nowhere in both 1999 and 2006.

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She Eventually Admitted To Removing The Implants

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Posh Spice had her implants removed three years later in 2009, but it wasn't until more than five years later that she admitted to it all. In an interview with Vogue, she told girls "don't mess with your boobs," and her implants were a sign of insecurity.

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Courteney Cox Felt The Pressure Of Being A Woman In Showbusiness

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When Courteney Cox burst onto the screen in Friends, she was who every 20-something wanted to look like. But after the show ended and she began to age, she started to worry if she could keep up in the entertainment industry.

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Cox began to see specialists frequently for fillers and botox to smooth out wrinkles and marks. But eventually, she changed her tune.

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She Says She's Gotten More Confident With Age

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One day, enough was enough. Cox told New Beauty that she didn't even realize how bad it was until a friend saw her in photos and said that she had to stop.

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Cox also wanted to inspire her teenage daughter to feel comfortable in her skin, so she stripped herself of all her fillers and began to embrace her appearance.

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Kylie Jenner's Lip Kits Are What Made Her Famous

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Aside from being part of the ultra-famous Kardashian clan, Kylie Jenner made a name for herself thanks to her luscious lips. She started Kylie Cosmetics based on her lip lining kits so that girls around the world could get the same look.

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After years of the internet questioning her, she finally admitted that her plump lips are from fillers, not from her makeup skills.

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Now The New Mom Has Said Goodbye To Her Plump Lips

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The internet was also quick to notice when she posted a photo in early 2018 that her lips seem to back to what they used to look like. Jenner responded to a fan's comment that she had all her fillers removed.

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We're not sure why, but it's likely got something to do with Jenner being a new mom to a beautiful baby girl, Stormi.

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The Hills Star Heidi Montag Famously Got Ten Surgeries In One Day

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Back in 2010, Heidi Montag openly admitted to getting ten plastic surgeries in one day. The operations included everything from a boob job to having her ears pinned back and even getting her back scooped out.

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The surgeries caused a massive backlash with fans of the show, and many of her friends and co-stars were openly against it.

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By 2016, She Admitted She Was In Over Her Head With Surgeries

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Three years after her ten surgeries, she had the breast implants removed, but the rest of the surgeries were permanent changes.

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In 2016, she told People Magazine she was "no idea what I was getting into" and that all the backlash against her surgeries was a lot to overcome.

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Courtney Love Doesn't Like To Talk About Her Surgeries

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Courtney Love has never been secretive about her multiple plastic surgeries. She has been very open about her breast augmentations and facelifts, but she's also criticized those who suggested it to her.

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Love told Fashion Magazine that Goldie Hawn was the one who told her to get a facelift when she was only 35 years old.

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As She's Aged, Love Has Now Begun To Embrace Her Beauty

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Courtney Love's criticisms didn't end with Goldie Hawn. As early as 2007, she has gone on rambling blog posts about wanting to get her surgery reversed and seeing specialists in France to fix her lips. It seems like she finally got her wish because at age 54 she's looking more youthful than when she was 30.

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Continue reading to see which Glee star caved to the pressure of newfound fame.

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Heather Morris Got Breast Implants Before She Rose To Fame

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Even though she's best known for her role of Brittney on Glee, Heather Morris' passion is dancing. At some point between age 18 and 21, she underwent surgery to enlarge her breasts.

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She opted for the surgery while she was still working as a backup dancer for Beyoncé's world tour.

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It Only Took A Few Years For Her To Realize The Mistake

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It only took a few years for Heather Morris to regret her breast implants. In 2011, after she had landed her starring role on Glee, she had the implants removed. Morris said it was hard to be active with the implants because her chest hurt. It would definitely be difficult for a dancer to be in pain while they moved.

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Kim Kardashian Was Very Open About Her Botox Disaster

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Even though Kylie was secretive about her lip fillers, Kim underwent her first botox surgery in front of the camera for Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

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Thanks to the show, we all got to watch Kim completely freak out. The episode aired in 2010 when Kim got botox injected into her face, but the bruising that resulted made Kim flip out.

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Her Freak Out Has Kept Her Away From Any Fillers

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Bruising around the eyes and face is normal for botox procedures, but Kim admitted that she didn't do her homework and didn't expect the bruising and pain. Thanks to her bad experience, Kim has shunned botox saying that it "wasn’t necessary for me at that age."

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Lisa Rinna Admits That Getting Silicone Lips Was A Huge Mistake

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Lisa Rinna from The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills got the silicone implants when she was only 24. She always had plump lips, but she went over-the-top while starring on Days of Our Lives.

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Even though the star always been known for her lips, 25 years later she's had a change of heart.

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She's Tried Her Best To Get The Lips Reduced Over Time

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Lisa Rinna is aware that she's had her silicone lips for her entire career, but now at age 55, she's over it. She said it was a "stupid thing to do at 24" and that a doctor removed everything they could. It may be weird to see the star without the lips, but the star is happy her lips are no longer "yucky."

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Mickey Rourke Went To The Wrong Plastic Surgeon

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Mickey Rourke was a bonafide hunk back in his early acting days. He left acting in the early 1990s to become a professional boxer, but that choice left him with a broken nose and smashed cheekbone.

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When he returned to acting, he underwent full facial reconstruction surgery to fix his features, but he went to the wrong surgeon who left him even more disfigured.

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He Has Spent Years Trying To Fix His Face

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Since his surgeon messed up his facial reconstruction to a point where people called him "appallingly disfigured," Mickey Rourke has spent years redoing the botched surgery. He's had to get cartilage scraped from his face because the scars didn't heal properly, and has had more than five nose surgeries.

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Tara Reid's Botched Plastic Surgery Was On Full View For The World

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In the early 2000s, Tara Reid went under the knife to prepare for an upcoming role. She got a boob job to fix her uneven breasts and liposculpting to get a six-pack.

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Unfortunately, her breasts ended up even more uneven, and the lipo left her with a disfigured stomach.

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She's Vowed To Never Have Surgery Again

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Tara Reid spoke out about her plastic surgery mess in 2006 when she admitted that she has had another surgeon fix her past mistakes. Now, her stomach is toned and tight, and her breasts have returned to their original size.

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Reid said that the original botched surgeries left her with no self-esteem, but after the corrective surgery, she's back to her usual self.