Are we better at sharing when we’ve had a cosmetic treatment or surgery these days? It sure looks like it. “I’m not sure I know why people are more open today,” says Stanford, CA facial plastic surgeon Sam P. Most, MD, who specializes in rhinoplasty. “Maybe social media has made it harder for them to hide it anyway, so they think they might as well be honest.”
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One reason people may feel more comfortable talking about their surgeries, or nose jobs in particular, is because of the natural results that make them look more like themselves. “A good rhinoplasty results in a nose that looks like it belongs on that person’s face. It’s not just one shape that’s ideal,” says facial plastic surgeon David W. Kim, MD, San Francisco, CA. Dr. Kim only performs nose jobs in his practice and says that in the past, beauty standards emphasized narrow, slanted, small noses on women. “These features also came at a cost—obvious signs of surgery, such as harsh highlights and shadows, pinched edges and exposed nostrils. Over the last two decades, there has been a steady movement towards more natural results,” she adds.
The hallmark of a good rhinoplasty is proportion, notes rhinoplasty expert Campbell, CA plastic surgeon R. Laurence Berkowitz, MD. “The width, height and projection should be perfect for that face,” he explains. “The entire structure should appear as one fluid unit—from the root of the nose between the eyes to the tip of the nose. Bone segments and cartilaginous segments should appear as a single structure. The tip should appear to blend with the nostrils and not appear isolated, which is an unfortunate common finding after rhinoplasty.”
If celebrity behavior is any indicator of how far we’ve come with transparency, stars no longer need to spend time off-camera to avoid coming clean about a surgical fit. More and more we’re seeing A-listers open up to a little help, whether it’s for cosmetic or more “functional” medical reasons. Here, 15 celebrities who have gone public with their rhinoplasty surgery, which according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, happens to be the most common facial plastic surgery procedure.
Celebrities who were honest about rhinoplasty
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JStamos
The “Full House” star revealed in his memoir “If You Would’ve Told Me” that he had a nose job in the ’80s after years of being called “Big Nose Stamos.”
“That nose,” he wrote, “It bothers me.” The actor shared that his new nose looked “kind of like Peter Pan or something.” On his next break from filming his TV soap opera gig, he declared that he had “had it redone by Michael Jackson’s plastic surgeon”.
“Who better to handle the delicate job of reshaping my nose than the man who created a whole new face for MJ?” wrote the actor.
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Cardi B
“Everybody said there’s a non-surgical way to make your nose smaller, and that’s fillers,” Cardi B told Jason Lee on his podcast in 2019. “So I had fillers on my nose and that [messed] my nose up.” The rapper said the fillers lengthened the tip of her nose, leaving her with “no choice” but to get a nose job in 2020.
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Megan Fox
“I got my nose done when I was in my early twenties,” she told the She called her dad podcast, adding that people assume she’s had a lot of rhinoplasty. “I haven’t had a rhinoplasty since I was, I’ll say, 23. It’s been over a decade. I haven’t touched my nose since.”
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Gypsy Rose Blanchard
The infamous gypsy underwent rhinoplasty and septoplasty three months after her release in 2024.
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Amanda Bynes
“I had a nose job to remove the mesh-like skin between my eyes,” the star tweeted in 2013. “I wouldn’t tell anyone, but I look so much prettier in my new photos that I don’t want to. no more using old photos! I’m sick of magazines and blogs using old photos! When will they stop? I will never look like this again! The surgery was the most amazing thing for my confidence!”
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Jennifer Aniston
In 2018, Morning show The star shared that she underwent a revision rhinoplasty to correct a previous surgery that was intended to correct a deviated septum. A representative for the 52-year-old actress said US Weekly the original surgery was “in error” more than 12 years ago, which puts her first rhinoplasty on the calendar somewhere around 2006.
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Lisa Kudrow
Aniston isn’t alone The friends star to admit she had a nose job, as Kudrow’s co-star once said she also had a nose job in her teens. Kudrow, 58, once called the procedure “life-changing” in an interview The Saturday Evening Post. “I went from, in my mind, disgusting to not disgusting,” he said. “I did it the summer before I went to a new high school. So there were a lot of people who wouldn’t know how hideous I looked before. That was a good, good, good change.”
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Kaley Cuoco
The flight attendant said the star People that getting her nose and breasts done was the best thing she’d ever done. “As much as you want to love your inner self… I’m sorry, you also want to look good. “I don’t think you should do it for a guy or anyone, but if it makes you feel confident, that’s amazing,” the 36-year-old actress said.
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Khloe Kardashian
To end it Keeping Up With the Kardashians In season 20, Khloe told reunion host Andy Cohen that the only surgery she’s ever had is a rhinoplasty. “Well, to me, everybody’s like, ‘Oh my God, she’s had her third face transplant,'” he said. “But I had a nose job.”
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Iggy Azalea
No stranger to keeping it real, in 2016 Azalea publicly thanked her plastic surgeon, Dr. Ashkan Ghavami on social media for her “beautiful nose and breasts. After publicizing her surgeries, the famous plastic surgeon shared most of the focus on improving the shape of her nasal tip. “The tip was too twisted and too wide and boxy, so I had to do a lot of plates to narrow and perfect the tip without it looking finished. She had a tiny lump that I reduced, and she was also very deviated and had a blocked breath, so we really killed four birds with one stone,” the doctor said.
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Courtney Love
The “The Hole” singer has been open about plastic surgery for years, and her nose job is no exception. While in Jimmy Kimmel Live! show in 2014 she said she did it to further her acting career and help her get more roles. “Yeah, I got my nose done,” she said. “In six months, the whole world changed.”
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Tyra Banks
The queen of smiling with your eyes highlighted her nose in her 2018 memoir Perfect Is Boring. Early in her career, Banks said she had a rhinoplasty for cosmetic reasons. “I had bones in my nose that were growing and itchy,” she wrote. “I could breathe well, but I added the cosmetic surgery. I admit it! Fake hair, and I got my nose done. I feel I have a responsibility to tell the truth.”
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Kyle Richards
“Since so many of you are assuming what I did or didn’t do to my face… here’s your answer. I fixed my nose,” he wrote Real Housewives of Beverly Hills starred on her Instagram stories in 2020. Richards took to social media to explain to fans why her nose now looked inexplicably sculpted. The reality star said she broke her nose last year, causing the bone to stick out. “So I fixed the bone, fixed my breathing problems and improved the top.”
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Ashley Tisdale
In a personal exhibition for her lifestyle blog French, Tisdale opened up about the emotional upheaval she faced after her 2007 rhinoplasty, which prompted much speculation from blogs, tabloids and High School Musical fans. “It was a very traumatic experience for me and it makes me very emotional to this day,” she wrote. “To be clear, it wasn’t about changing my appearance. After several visits to the doctor about my health issues, they also suggested I shave my “bump”. I was young and didn’t think much of it, so I decided, why not?’ The experience gave her a unique perspective on the negative stigma surrounding cosmetic surgery, which she says is an individual choice she supports. “It wasn’t a big deal to me and it wasn’t like I was dreaming of the day I would get a nose job,” she added. “On the other hand, I have zero judgment for anyone looking forward to that day — your body, your choice.”
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Teresa Giudice
While speaking as a keynote speaker at the New Jersey Ultimate Women’s Expo, Giudice admitted to getting a nose job shortly after her 20-year-old daughter Gia Giudice got hers. “I don’t know if anyone knows this, but I got the tip of my nose done and I was so nervous about doing it,” said Real Housewives of New Jersey star. When she was thinking about the procedure, she shared that it was about whether or not it would make her feel better about herself. Mission accomplished: “After I did it, it made me feel better,” he told the crowd.
