Plastic Surgery Gone Wrong: Celebs Who Regret Going Under the Knife and Other Cosmetic Procedures

Valerie Bertinelli

After receiving a comment that read, “The Botox looks great,” Valerie opened up about her past experience.

“I know you didn’t mean that as a compliment, but let’s talk about it, shall we?” she said in a video shared via TikTok. “I have tried Botox … I hated it.”

She added that she decided to try Botox because she was “always annoyed” by her “genetically puffy eyes.”

“I’ve always wanted those deep-set eyes. Don’t have ’em. Never going to get ’em. So, just live with it,” the Food Network star continued.

Cardi B

Cardi B took to her Instagram in late 2022 to share her plastic surgery regrets, telling fans that they should stay away from enhancing their features.

“In August I got surgery and I removed 95% of my biopolymers… if you don’t know what it is, it’s ass shots. It was a really crazy process,” she detailed. “All I’m going to say is that if you’re young, if you’re 19, 20, 21, and sometimes you’re too skinny, and you be like ‘OMG I don’t have enough fat to put in my ass,’ so you result to ass shots, DON’T!”

The Hustlers star has been candid about her cosmetic work in the past, once revealing that she paid $800 for illegal silicone shots. She underwent the procedure in a basement in 2014.

Sharon Osbourne

Sharon Osbourne is no stranger to plastic surgery, but a facelift she had in late 2021 ended up making her look like a “cyclops” in her own words. “I had a full facelift done in October, and I looked like one of those f—king mummies that they wrap [with bandages],” she  told The Sunday Times in April 2022, adding, “It hurt like hell. You have no idea.”

Sharon said that after the more than five-hour surgery, she was left looking “horrendous,” adding, “[To the surgeon] I’m, like, ‘You’ve got to be f—king joking.’ One eye was different to the other. I looked like a f—king Cyclops. I’m, like, ‘All I need is a hunchback.’”

Even her husband, Ozzy Osbourne, was aghast at the results. Sharon revealed he assured her, “I don’t care how much it costs, we’ll get it redone.” Fortunately, her face has since settled with the reconstructive work, and she’s now satisfied with her appearance.

Linda Evangelista

The OG supermodel hadn’t been seen in public for five years due to botched cosmetic work, and on September 23, 2021, she explained why. Linda revealed that she underwent coolsculpting, which she says left her “unrecognizable,” as it allegedly caused fat cells in her face to multiply.

“To my followers who have wondered why I have not been working while my peers’ careers have been thriving, the reason is that I was brutally disfigured by … [a procedure] which did the opposite of what it promised,” Linda explained in an Instagram post.

She said the procedure’s rare but serious side effect “not only destroyed my livelihood, it has sent me into a cycle of deep depression, profound sadness and the lowest depths of self-loathing. In the process I have become a recluse.” She added, “I’m so tired of living this way. I would like to walk out my door with my head held high, despite not looking like myself any longer.”

Janice Dickinson

The world’s first supermodel has admitted to having a breast enlargement, tummy tuck, neck and face-lifts and liposuction in the past.

“If I had to play my life over again, I would have never gotten breast implants in the first place,” Janice Dickinson told Entertainment Tonight after her breast cancer diagnosis.

Tara Reid

The American Pie star has admitted to a botched boob job and body contouring procedure in the past.

“I was already dealing with what it looked like,” she said following her infamous red carpet wardrobe malfunction. “The last thing I wanted to happen was to have the whole world see it. The actual center part, where the areola is, instead of being a circle, it turned out to be a large square. It was horrifying.”

She continued, “It was very irregular like a goose shape egg. It was terrible.”

Khloe Kardashian

Kylie Jenner is not the only KUWTK star who admitted to going overboard with fillers.

“It did not work for me,”  Khloé said regarding face fillers. “I looked crazy, and I still think the effects are in there — I went to have it all dissolved like three times.”

Khloé has since been the subject of cosmetic procedure rumors, and finally admitted to having undergone a nose job.

Courteney Cox

Courteney Cox revealed she regrets certain procedures she has had done to keep up with Hollywood standards.

“Getting older is not the easiest. But, I have learned lessons. I think I was trying to keep up with being older. I have done things that I regret, and luckily, they’re things that dissolve and go away, so that’s good, because that’s not always been my best look,” she said during a 2016 appearance on Running Wild with Bear Grylls. The following year, Courteney let all her filler dissolve.

The actress further expressed regret over the drastic lengths she went to while maintaining her youthful complexion in an interview with The Sunday Times in 2022, admitting that she looked “really strange” after going under the knife.

“There was a time when you go, ‘Oh, I’m changing. I’m looking older,'” Cox said. “And I didn’t realize that, oh sh-t, I’m actually looking really strange with injections and doing stuff to my face that I would never do now.”

Heidi Montag

The Hills star has been very vocal about her regrets surrounding her 10 plastic surgery procedures, including breast implants, chin reduction and eyebrow lift.

“People have fewer scars from car accidents than I have on my body,” Heidi Montag told Life & Style. “Sometimes I feel like Frankenstein, straight out of a sci-fi movie.”

Mickey Rourke

Once one of Hollywood’s hottest stars, Mickey Rourke is nearly unrecognizable today.

“Most of it was to mend the mess of my face because of the boxing, but I went to the wrong guy to put my face back together,” he admitted in the past.

Joan Van Ark

Joan Van Ark does not look anything like her iconic ’80s character anymore.

“It’s more the norm now. It’s the norm, the whole nine yards. It’s what’s expected in a way,” she said of plastic surgery on Oprah Winfrey’s Where Are They Now.

Priscilla Presley

The former wife of Elvis Presley was the “victim” of an unlicensed doctor, according to her spokesperson.

“Priscilla Presley was one of many documented victims of Dr. Serrano. An investigation which uncovered his misconduct ultimately led to his imprisonment. Ms. Presley dealt with this matter years ago and everything is now well.”

K. Michelle

The R&B singer is planning on having her butt implants removed.

“For me, I want my normal shape back,” K. Michelle told B. Scott of having her butt implants removed. “For me, and my career right now, and me doing business — like really being on the frontline in business — I don’t need to have a man looking down at my ass when I’m trying to talk numbers. I don’t need to not be able to get the role.”