Ariana Grande has admitted she’s stopped using Botox and lip fillers in recent years.
Grande made her remarks in a Vogue beauty tips video, where she was frank and emotional about how her relationship with beauty has changed over time.
The actor and singer have not previously disclosed getting cosmetic surgery. Being up in the spotlight and having to cope with criticism of her beauty from an early age, she stated, “it’s really hard to know what’s worth hearing and not.”
Grande, 30, said she used to frequently accentuate her beauty looks with bigger hair or thicker eyeliner “as a disguise or something to hide behind,” but as she gets older, she doesn’t “love that being the intention behind it anymore,” thinking of it “as self-expression and accentuating what is there” instead.
She continued by saying that she applied cosmetic procedures the same way. “I’ve had a lot of Botox and lip filler over the years. Because I felt so – too much, I quit in 2018,” she added. “For me, beauty used to be about hiding, but now I feel like maybe it’s not,” the person said.
“I want to see my well-earned cry lines and smile lines,” she continued. “I hope my smile lines get deeper and deeper and I laugh more and more. Aging can be such a beautiful thing.”
Unusual admission
Even with less invasive, more widely recognized procedures, it’s uncommon for celebrities to be honest about how they’ve altered their appearance, despite the fact that the ubiquity of injectables and other treatments among renowned faces is a well-kept secret in Hollywood.
A few celebrities, including Chrissy Teigen and Cindy Crawford, have been open about having cosmetic procedures. This year, Blac Chyna took such openness a step further by using social media to share pictures of her lips, cheeks, and jaw facial fillers dissolving over the course of many months.
Grande is one of a growing number of young people who have had cosmetic procedures. The American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery found that in 2022, 27% of patients receiving Botox injections were 34 years of age or younger, an increase of 6% from 2015. The number of patients under 30 seeking cosmetic surgery or injectables grew, according to 75% of facial plastic surgeons, a significant year-over-year increase given that a similar percentage of surgeons reported seeing increasing interest in 2021.
According to Grande, she hasn’t necessarily sworn off procedures like injections or surgery for good. “Now, in ten years, could I possibly get a facelift? She laughed as she remarked, “I might, yeah. But these are just things we should be considering.
