The ‘Real Housewives’ Aren’t Afraid to Open Up About Their Plastic Surgery — Learn Who Got What Done

Jackie Goldschneider

The Real Housewives of New Jersey star exclusively told Life & Style in December 2023 that it’s “important” to be open about getting plastic surgery.

“I think it’s important not to give women our age or even younger women a false impression of what it takes to stay looking a certain way at a certain age. Things fall down,” she dished to Life & Style. “If I’m here almost 50 years old and I’m all lifted, I don’t want other people to think that I just hit a genetic lottery.”

Meghan King

The Real Housewives of Orange County alum has been open about her cosmetic surgery procedures ​in the past, including an October 2022 nose job and a breast augmentation at age 27.
In January 2023, Meghan revealed she had underwent ​“some surgical and non-surgical” adjustments.
“I’ve always been outspoken about any enhancements I’ve had,” she shared via Instagram at the time, adding that she “wanted the fullness in [her] breasts back and a little cleavage.” The mother of three also decided to “tweak the tip” of her nose.
Meghan went on to say, “I like feeling confident but I’m my biggest critic. I’d love to look at my body and say, ‘Wow, you’re beautiful just the way you are,’ and now, with the help of a breast implant exchange, a teeny rhino, and some Sculptra to keep my face plump, I do.”

NeNe Leakes

Real Housewives of Atlanta OG NeNe Leakes has undergone rhinoplasty surgery, gotten a breast lift and liposuction over the years. “If anything falls, I pick it up!” she previously told Us Weekly. “As long as you don’t look plastic, a little nip and tuck is OK!”

The Atlanta icon revealed she got a Brazilian Butt Lift, also known as a BBL, and liposuction via Instagram in August 2022. She even partnered with her surgeon, Dr. Okoro, who performed the procedure on her updated tune-ups.

Teddi Mellencamp

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum underwent a neck lift in May 2022. “I have always been comfortable with my neck in the front. It’s the side profile that has always made me feel insecure,” she told fans in an Instagram Stories post, along with photos following the procedure.

Jennifer Aydin

Jennifer Aydin revealed she got a nose job in Turkey shortly before filming began for season 12 of RHONJ.

“I know it looks wackadoo in the first episode, and I was expecting as much. When we got the schedule, I had already booked my surgery. I was like, ‘Oh my God, when we start filming, I’m going to be like five weeks out,’” the Bravo star explained to Page Six in February 2022.

She continued, “And then I was thinking, ‘You know what? I’m not planning on hiding it. Maybe I could just have my journey while everybody watches.’”

Leah McSweeney

Real Housewives of New York star Leah McSweeney confirmed she got a nose job in September 2020. She has also previously gotten Botox and fillers.

“I am not trying to hide anything from anybody. I got a rhinoplasty and a septoplasty. I could not be happier,” she wrote on Instagram at the time. “I’ve been wanting one for so freaking long and now I can also breathe, which is great … I’m just never going to be one of those bitches that pretends like, ‘It’s not work, it’s contour makeup’ because that’s f—king weird.”

Kim Zolciak

Real Housewives of Atlanta alum Kim Zolciak has had a few procedures, but denies ever getting a nose job. “I’ve done my lips, I like Botox. I’ve gotten Botox from 23-on for migraines, so I’ve done it most of my life,” she told People in February 2019.

“I had a major hernia after my twins, so I had to have it repaired regardless, and they do it the same way almost as a tummy tuck, so I said you might as well do the repair, and I mean it was covered by insurance and the whole nine yards,” she added about her tummy tuck procedure. “So I don’t know that I honestly would’ve done a tummy tuck, I feel like my stomach was pretty good, but I’m open [about her surgeries].”

Sonja Morgan

The RHONY star has gotten liposuction, a neck lift and a lower facelift in the past. “In this day and age, the surgery and getting things fixed is part of my self-care,” she told Us Weekly in August 2019.

Bethenny Frankel

Real Housewives of New York alum Bethenny Frankel exclusively told Life & Style magazine in February 2019 she underwent a breast augmentation years prior, but that’s all. “I have not had invasive plastic surgery,” she explained. “I do look different. I’ve had Botox in my jaw. You can see that my jaw has completely changed.”

Teresa Giudice

Any true Real Housewives of New Jersey fan remembers when Teresa Giudice got a boob job in 2008, during the early years of the show. “After I breast-fed, [my breasts] looked different,” she told Us Weekly of her decision. “They were deflated. I was just a big nipple. … I never liked how I looked in bathing suits.”

Tre “changed out” her C-cup implants in 2018, but kept the same size.

In November 2021, Teresa revealed she had a nose job done by the same doctor who did her daughter Gia Giudice‘s.

“I did get the tip of my nose done and I was so nervous about getting it,” she said while speaking at the New Jersey Ultimate Women’s Expo, adding that she felt like she had a “tomato nose” that was too “round.”

Gia Giudice

Teresa Giudice’s daughter, Gia Giudice, revealed she got a nose job in July 2022. 

​​“Yes, I’m swollen. I’m absolutely in love with it,” she captioned the snap of her rhinoplasty, which was done by Dr. Geoffrey Tobias. “I am an adult now, this has been an insecurity of mine for a while and I’ve never been happier and so comfortable in my own skin!!”

Kyle Richards

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills OG Kyle Richards got a nose job in 2006. “My nose bothered me for a long time,” she told Us Weekly in March 2013. “The surgery made me feel better.” The starlet went under the knife for her nose for the second time shortly before season 11 of the show premiered in May 2021 after an injury on the Halloween Kills set.

She also got liposuction in 2012. “After having four kids, no matter what exercise I did, the love handles wouldn’t go away,” she told Us Weekly at the time. “I’m very happy with the results!”

Brandi Glanville

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Brandi Glanville got a breast augmentation to obtain B-cups after her sons, Mason and Jake, were born. She told Us Weekly pre-surgery, her breasts looked like “tube socks with balls at the ends,” so she told her surgeon to “fill them out but make them small.”

After her divorce from ex-husband Eddie Cibrian, she underwent vaginal rejuvenation surgery — and had him foot the bill. “It was painful, but I had very good results,” she told the outlet.

Tamra Judge

Real Housewives of Orange County alum Tamra Judge got size DD implants but replaced them with C-cups in 2011. She later had those implants removed in 2012. “My breasts were the first thing everybody looked at,” she previously told Us Weekly about her decision. “Now, I feel more confident when I wear a low-cut shirt.” Shortly after removing them, she went under the knife to get implants once again.

In July 2021, she revealed she had her breast implants removed again after suspecting they were causing internal inflammation in her gut and sinuses, as well as thyroid issues, fatigue and swollen joints. “Implants [and] capsules removed. Feeling tired [and] a little sore as expected. I’m pretty sure not working out will be the hardest part for me,” she wrote at the time. “I know it sounds crazy but I woke up today with rosy cheeks, no sinus congestion and happy thoughts. I’m hoping I will continue to see health improvements as the weeks go on. I just got home from my check up with @dr_ambe and everything looks great.”

The reality star also got a lower facelift in 2017.

Melissa Gorga

The RHONJ star revealed she had a nose job in 2016. “Let’s be honest, it’s the worst-kept secret that I’ve had a nose job, but it’s my secret to tell, not hers,” she said at the time, referencing former costar Jacqueline Laurita.

Porsha Williams

The RHOA star has undergone a breast augmentation — and gushed to Life & Style in December 2019 that she is “celebrating” herself when she makes changes to her body.

Denise Richards

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Denise Richards has admitted to having a breast augmentation in the past — but that’s it. “I have only done my boobs, and I am very open and honest about that,” she told the Daily Telegraph in 2019. “I have had the same nose if people look it up and the lips. I don’t do Botox or fillers.”

Vicki Gunvalson

After Gretchen Rossi‘s now-fiancé, Slade Smiley, called her “Miss Piggy,” Vicki Gunvalson underwent cosmetic surgery to change her look in September 2012. She thinned her nose, got a chin implant and had body fat injected into her face to remove wrinkles. She also previously had two breast augmentations.

“If I wanna look better or feel better, I’m gonna do it for me,” she exclusively told Life & Style. “It’s like somebody saying, ‘Oh, you can’t renovate your house because it looks fine.’ If I’m gonna renovate my house, I’m gonna renovate my house. And to me, I’m a house,” she explained. “I need to look the best I can be for who I am. I used to care [about the negative comments]. I don’t care anymore.”

Jacqueline Laurita

The Real Housewives of New Jersey alum has had a nose job, neck lift, tummy tuck and four breast augmentations over the years.

Teddi Mellencamp

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum Teddi Mellencamp revealed she underwent a breast augmentation in 2019. “They deflated after breast-feeding and weight loss so they added 210 cc implants,” she wrote on Instagram at the time.

Dolores Catania

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Dolores Catania had liposuction and a tummy tuck in July 2020. “It’s not easy and I’m tough,” she told Us Weekly at the time. “It’s not my first rodeo with plastic surgery, but this one was a little rough.”

Caroline Manzo

In 2019, Real Housewives of New Jersey alum Caroline Manzo revealed she underwent a facelift. “I went to go see [a plastic surgeon] and he said to me, ‘Your neck is not going to snap back because of your age and it lost elasticity,’” she explained on her sons’ Albie and Chris Manzo’s “Dear Albie” podcast. “So right then and there I said, ‘OK, let’s do a facelift.’”

She also underwent a tummy tuck two decades prior.

Jennifer Aydin

Real Housewives of New Jersey star Jennifer Aydin debuted an apparent nose and chin job in a July 1, 2021, Instagram photo, after wearing bandages on her face the month prior. She’s married to a plastic surgeon, Dr. Bill Aydin, who performed a breast reduction and lift, as well as liposuction on his wife in 2019. Jennifer has also admitted to getting face and lip fillers.

“Obviously seeing yourself on camera always helps motivate you,” Jennifer explained to Page Six in 2019 about why she had the procedures done. “I was really big on top, meaning my breasts were large, and I hated them. They were like these big melons. They were mushy from breastfeeding five kids, and it started off with having the breast reduction. So that’s what I did first.”

“It was just breast reduction and lift with implant. So, then I got down a few notches with that and then I had liposuction in my back,” she continued. “My husband contoured my back and gave me shape. I lost about three and a half pounds of fat from my back, and it contoured me. Then I was like, ‘Wow! I’m looking smaller and smaller, I got the small boobs, I got this hourglass figure, now I wanna lose some weight.’”