Denise Richards&x27; &x27;shocking&x27; facelift and why celebs should be honest Charles Trepany, USA TODAYWed, March 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM UTC 0 Denise Richards is opening up about her transformative facelift. And more celebrities should follow her example and embrace that level of transparency. The former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star, 55, revealed in a new interview with Allure that she underwent the procedure eight months ago. At first, she said, she was worried what people would think if it went wrong. "I wanted to put things back up, where they were before," she told the outlet.
Denise Richards' 'shocking' facelift and why celebs should be honest
Charles Trepany, USA TODAYWed, March 25, 2026 at 5:45 PM UTC
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Denise Richards is opening up about her transformative facelift. And more celebrities should follow her example and embrace that level of transparency.
The former "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" star, 55, revealed in a new interview with Allure that she underwent the procedure eight months ago. At first, she said, she was worried what people would think if it went wrong.
"I wanted to put things back up, where they were before," she told the outlet. "I was terrified."
While Richards got a breast augmentation in her late teens, and then later had a revision surgery, this was her first major cosmetic operation for her face.
"Being in the public eye since my 20s, people know what I look like − a facelift is not something that I could hide," she continued. "It is night and day," she added of the facelift. "It's shocking, actually."
Denise Richards is getting honest about her transformative facelift. More celebrities should follow her example and embrace that level of transparency.
Mental health experts previously told USA TODAY that transparency around celebrities' cosmetic procedures is crucial. By speaking out and being honest about the changes they've made to their bodies, celebrities like Richards can help curb unrealistic beauty expectations and give fans a more healthy view of body image.
Why celebrities should be transparent about cosmetic procedures
When celebrities get real about their cosmetic procedures, experts say it can benefit fans who often look to famous people as they analyze their own self-image. According to a 2014 study, those who "worship" celebrities may "harbor concerns about body image, be more prone to cosmetic surgery" and were more likely to struggle with their mental health.
Other big names who have opened up about their choices include Megan Fox, who revealed on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast in 2024 that she got her breasts done when she was 21 or 22 and then had them redone after breastfeeding her kids. She also said she had a procedure on her nose in her early 20s.
Kaley Cuoco has also been lauded for openly discussing her cosmetic surgeries, and Dolly Parton famously said "if something is bagging, sagging or dragging, I'll tuck it, suck it or pluck it." Courteney Cox admitted to "looking really strange with injections and doing stuff to my face that I would never do now," and, in October 2023, Sia revealed she got a facelift and then she later said she underwent liposuction. In a 2022 American Society of Plastic Surgeons article, Amy Schumer received praise for opening up about her liposuction after she had surgery to treat endometriosis.
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Experts agree plastic surgery and other cosmetic procedures are nothing to be ashamed of and transparency from celebrities is critical to dismantling unhealthy beauty norms. Embracing such vulnerability reminds people, particularly young girls, they weren't supposed to be born with the fuller lips or chiseled jaws they see in media.
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When celebrities conceal they had work done, they risk deceiving people into thinking certain aesthetic features are obtainable naturally.
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"Many celebrities look good naturally, but many also have work done. And when they're not honest about it, I think they're being unethical because they're in the spotlight," Dr. Daniel Barrett, a plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, previously told USA TODAY – unlike average people who can benefit from and take advantage of keeping their body alterations private.
"They… have a moral obligation to be transparent about anything they've had done that helps them achieve a certain look," Barrett added.
Deceiving the public about plastic surgery can cause problems
Concealing cosmetic procedures can have detrimental and long-lasting consequences on people's mental and physical health, experts added. The pressure to be perfect can also contribute to disordered eating.
"The psychological pressure to meet societal beauty standards can be difficult to manage, especially because it can leave you feeling like you're never good enough," Naomi Torres-Mackie, a clinical psychologist and chief clinical officer at the Mental Health Coalition, previously told USA TODAY.
Torres-Mackie called these beauty comparisons "a rigged race that's unwinnable," adding it's still the norm to "hide all imperfections at any cost" despite the push for body positivity. She also said admitting to cosmetic work "takes a certain level of vulnerability."
"It's a brave thing to do that could potentially help others," she added.
Instead of shaming others, or ourselves, for what we look like, we should prioritize shifting the conversation around beauty and body image, Elizabeth Daniels, a professor of psychology at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and the director of the Centre for Appearance Research at UWE Bristol, previously told USA TODAY: "We should be encouraged to celebrate the differences and think about beauty more broadly. There is no one way to be beautiful."
Contributing: Anna Kaufman, Katie Camero, Morgan Hines and Jenna Ryu
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