Cardi B Is Honest About Her Plastic Surgery Journey: See the Rapper’s Before and After Photos

2016

Cardi B made her reality TV debut on Love and Hip Hop: New York in 2015. She appeared on season 6 and season 7 before ultimately moving on to bigger and better things.

2017

In April 2018, Cardi B announced she and husband Offset were expecting their first child together. Kulture was later born on July 10 that year.

2018

Following her pregnancy, Cardi B revealed her plans to go under the knife. “I still got, like, a lot of love handles right here. They’re not much, but it’s, like, you know, I’m used to having, like, a real tight stomach. So this extra skin is like, ‘Where the f–k did you came from?!’” she told fans in an August 2018 Instagram Live. “But it’s like, I might just get a little lipo. Because I mean, I feel like I can work out and my stomach will be back how it used to be. But I really don’t have time to work out. I never been the type to work out. I never stepped a foot in the gym.”

2019

In May 2019, Cardi B said she went through with the liposuction procedure.

2020

“I have some news for y’all. I should have canceled today,” Cardi told concertgoers at the Beale Street Music Festival in Memphis, Tennessee, on May 4, according to several outlets. “I shouldn’t really be performing because moving too much is gonna f–k up my lipo. But bitch, I’m still gonna get my motherf—ing money back, let’s go!”

Moreover, Cardi got a second breast augmentation. “I just got my boobs redone. I feel good, but then sometimes I feel like not, you know? [When] your skin is stretched out,” she told Entertainment Tonight at the time.

2021

Keep being you, Cardi B!

2022

Cardi cautioned young adults to think twice before turning to plastic surgery. The musician got 90 percent of her biopolymers surgically removed in August 2022.

“When it comes to BBLs, if y’all want advice from me, before you get your BBL done you have to make sure your blood levels are alright,” Cardi warned in a December 2022 Instagram Live. “If a doctor says your blood levels are too low or you have diabetes or whatever, don’t do it.”

2023

Cardi wore a curve-hugging sequins gown during Paris Fashion Week and shined like a human disco ball.

2023

Cardi criticized online influencers who undergo plastic surgery but pretend their results come from exercise.

“I hate influencers who do this get all the surgery acting like they really be in the gym when really if they gain more weight they will just get surgery again smh,” Cardi wrote via Twitter in November 2023. “How vocal have I been about my procedures??? The thing is I don’t gain weight much so I’m trying to gain MUSCLE cuz it’s hard for me to maintain fat.”

2024

Cardi is continuing to make changes! The New York native revealed she had another round of butt injections removed in January 2024.

“In January, right after I shot ‘Like What,’ I went and got surgery. I got some more butt injections removed,” she told her followers in a September 2024 Instagram Live. “Because, you know, it takes rounds to get your butt injections removed. I got some of my butt injections removed. And I also went to fix, like, you know, certain things [with] my fibrosis,” said Cardi.

2024

Fans accused Cardi B of going under the knife after giving birth when she showed off her physique online only weeks later, however, she was quick to clap back and say her appearance was influenced by shapewear not surgery.

“Y’all really need to relax … This is how my body REALLY LOOKS LIKE. My body looks exaggerated in the other video cause I have a 5X faja on,” she wrote via X in October 2024. “I want y’all to think wit yall brain … Y’all was just praising my body couple days ago … do y’all think I went and got surgery in 2 days?”

2025

Cardi B showed off her curves on the red carpet of the 2025 Grammy Awards in January. The rapper wore a custom Roberto Cavalli gown in one of her rare appearances since welcoming baby No. 3. in September 2024.