Did Drew Barrymore Get Plastic Surgery? The Actress’ Firm Beliefs About Going Under the Knife and More

So Pretty at Disney World

A trip to Disney World is always bound to make one feel like a kid again. Drew visited the theme park on January 25, 2020, where she posed with Minnie Mouse. The semi-retired actress has eschewed going under the knife, despite being in her mid-40s.

Glowing!

Drew showed off her natural beauty while attending Charlize Theron’s Africa outreach project fundraising event, The Africa Center, in New York on November 12, 2019. All she needed was a pop of red lip and wore minimal makeup. “I feel aging is a privilege. It’s about how to do it gracefully, with humor, self-love and a respect for the process,” the semi-retired actress has said.

Perfect Skin

Drew showed off her flawless complexion at the “For The Love of Collaboration” event in New York on May 15, 2019. She was 43 years old at the time. In an interview with Glamour that same year, Drew equated plastic surgery to hard drugs when it came to her personally.

Rocker Chic!

Drew went heavy on the glam makeup to match her dramatic glittering jacket and black hat as she attended New York’s Museum of Modern Art’s 11th Annual Film Benefit on November 19, 2018. She told Glamour in 2019, “I have an extremely addictive personality. I’ve never done heroin,” referring to her wild younger years that landed her in rehab. “And I don’t want to get plastic surgery because I feel like they’re both very slippery slopes. I feel if I try either, I’m going to be dead really soon.”

That Complexion!

Drew looked so youthfully gorgeous at the 2017 Glamour Women of the Year Awards in New York. “Not messing with my face or chasing some unnatural beauty is a standard I live by,” she revealed in a 2019 interview.

Lovely

Drew flashed a sweet smile as she attended the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles’ “Once Upon a Time” gala in October 2016. She’s revealed, “I feel more human and more vulnerable every year of my life, but I also know how to appreciate every year more and more too.”

Say “Cheese”

Drew has said she does not use botox and showed that there was no freeze to her face as she flashed a huge smile in a selfie with Katy Perry at a 2016 Children’s Hospital Los Angeles gala.

All Smiles!

Drew’s gorgeous smile lit up the room as she did at a signing for her book “Wildflower” in New York on October 27, 2015. She has said that aging naturally “shouldn’t be” something people fear.

Glowing Mama to Be!

Drew was pregnant with her daughter Frankie Barrymore Kopelman when she attended November 2013 Baby2Baby gala in Los Angeles. Her skin was completely radiant! These days, Drew uses a Clear + Brilliant laser treatment as a preventative aging measure when it comes to her face.

Movie Bombshell!

Drew looked every inch a movie star as she arrived with flowing auburn locks and a red dress for a May 2007 taping of Late Show With David Letterman. She claims to have never used botox or plastic surgery to stop the aging process, and 14 years later, she looks exactly the same just by being her natural self.

Youthful Glow

Drew looked dewy and fresh-faced when she attended New York premiere of Duplex on September 18, 2003. “I’ve never done anything to my face, and I would like to try not to,” she revealed in 2021.

Not Messing With Her Face When Young

Drew had a flawless complexion when she picked up a Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award in April 2001. Two decades later, she’s said of plastic surgery, botox and fillers: “We’ve gone far too far with the whole thing, especially when people who are so young are doing it.”

Diet and Exercise to Keep Her Figure

Drew lost 25 pounds in 2018 and took to Instagram to show off the before-and-after results. “This takes me so much work. Diet and exercise and fighting like a lion for it! Damn you genetics!” she wrote next to the photo, in which she was hugging personal trainer Marnie Alton in the “after” shot. “I just know that I have the control to be what I want. Even if it is hard AF! At least I know there are experts I can turn to for help. I mean look at what Marnie helped me do in three months!” Drew gushed over her new body she achieved through good old-fashioned hard work.

Her Past Procedure

Drew opened up about a reduction mammaplasty, also known as a breast reduction, she underwent when she was 17 during a March 2025 episode of her talk show.

While talking about breast cancer with OBGYN Dr. Kameelah Phillips, Drew asked about the procedure she had done as a teenager. “What if someone’s had a reduction like me?” she asked. “What if someone has had implants or enhancements like a lot of people out there? How does any alteration of our bodies also play into that process?”

After Phillips emphasized that getting a typical mammogram and imaging are important for those who have had cosmetic procedures done on their breasts, Drew responded, “I always get a mammogram and an ultrasound, always both.”

“I also know how fortunate and privileged that is,” Drew added.

The talk show is not the first time Drew has opened up about the procedure. “I really love my body and the way it is right now,” she told the New York Daily News in 1998, which was six years after she went under the knife. “There’s something very awkward about women and their breasts because men look at them so much.”

Drew added that the reduction helped her feel more comfortable in her own skin. “When they’re huge, you become very self-conscious,” she continued. “Your back hurts. You find that whatever you wear, you look heavy in. It’s uncomfortable.”