▲"Great, as soon as you turn 15, it's time for a nose job," Michele's ex-manager apparently told her. "She can go f— herself," the actress vehemently said on 'ABC News.'

▲This 'Pitch Perfect' star has a scar on her forehead, which she got when a brick fell on her head as a child. Snow refused to get surgery to cover the scar.

▲"I didn't because I wanted to be who I was," Gaga told Sky News. "I said 'No.' I love my Italian nose."

▲"[Someone] told me that I needed to get plastic surgery on my face because it was distracting. My mom even took me to a plastic surgeon's office to get it removed and I freaked out in the parking lot. I wouldn't go in," Snow told Today Style.

▲Lady Gaga's unique image helped make her a star, but the singer was once told to get a nose job.

▲Douglas is an athletic champion, but apparently her looks weren't good enough for an Excalibur Gymnastics staff member.

▲Speaking with Metro, Furtado revealed, "I worked with a producer once who said, 'You should get a boob job. You'd be a knockout.'" Despite pressure, she refused.

▲Speaking on 'The View,' Chopra shared "he said that everything was wrong about me [...] the shape of my body was not proportionate." However, she refused his recommendation of plastic surgery.

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Nelly Furtado has sold millions of records worldwide, but one producer thought she'd be more successful with plastic surgery.

▲"I'd never been on a film before," she told Elle. "I was doing a love scene with Keanu Reeves [...] the very famous director screamed 'Cut' and said, 'How quickly can we get a plastic surgeon in here? Her nose is ruining my movie.'"

▲"I didn't fit the standard of beauty in Asia. They wanted me to get a lot of work done," she told Mochi magazine. Cho did not oblige.

▲Elizabeth Banks is "thankful" that she refused to get surgery. "The first agent I ever met in this industry told me to get a boob job," she said at the Crystal + Lucy Awards.

▲CL is a hit singer and a member of 2NE1, but had a shaky start with music executives.

▲After she won Miss World, Chopra attempted to get into acting. However, one producer apparently told her she was not physically attractive enough.

▲"I was so grateful that I didn't have enough money at the time to follow his advice. I also did not sign with him despite that," Banks explained.

▲Apparently the 'Will & Grace' actress was told to get surgery by director Alfonso Arau.

▲"They were saying that my nose was too long and my mouth was too big," she told The Hollywood Reporter. Even her husband, director Carlo Ponti, apparently told her to get surgery.

▲Back when she was 16, the actress apparently saw silicone implants in her dressing room.

▲"You know, YG [Entertainment] told me to [...] get plastic surgery before my debut," she told Elle. "I stood up for myself and said 'No, I'm not doing it.'"

▲Loren is a film legend, but early in her career she was apparently told to get work done.

▲Instead, the 'Pretty Woman' has recommended a healthy lifestyle to look beautiful.

▲According to Shape, Roberts tried Botox just once, and refused to do it again.

▲Speaking with PinkVilla, Padukone said the "worst career advice" she got was to get plastic surgery. "Somebody suggested plastic surgery before I started my career," she said, refusing the advice.

▲Moretz considered breast implants, but eventually decided against it.

▲Padukone is one of India's highest-paid actresses, but before she found fame, she was given some bad advice.

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"Cosmetic surgery itself starts to look normal, and we lose track of what a real face is like," she told Health magazine.

▲Julianne Moore is another star who refuses to get surgery.

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According to Douglas, the staff member told her to get rhinoplasty for her nose. She refused to get surgery, and called the comments "very hurtful" in an interview with Vanity Fair.

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The 'Glee' star was once told to get a nose job by her former manager. However, she did not take the advice.

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J.Lo's fans still don't believe she has never had work done. "LOL that's just my face!!!" the singer replied to skeptical comments on Instagram. "For the 500 millionth time... I have never done Botox or any other injectables or surgery!! Just sayin'." Then she added, "And here is another JLO Beauty secret: try spending your time being more positive, kind and uplifting of others...don't spend your time trying to bring others down...that will keep you youthful and beautiful too!!!"

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Priyanka Chopra opened up in her memoir 'Unfinished' about how an industry bigwig pressured her to get surgery. “He stared at me long and hard, assessing me, and then suggested that I get a boob job, fix my jaw, and add a little more cushioning to my butt. If I wanted to be an actress, he said, I’d need to have my proportions ‘fixed,’ and he knew a great doctor in LA he could send me to. My then-manager voiced his agreement with the assessment," says an excerpt in The Independent. Thankfully, Chopra didn't take his advice and soon ditched her manager.

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The Bollywood star added that she's not perfect, but she's happy with her choices. "I’m just like everyone else: I look at myself in the mirror and think maybe I can lose a little weight; I think maybe I can work out a little more. But I’m also content. This is my face. This is my body. I might be flawed, but I am me.”

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During an interview with Elle, Emilia Clarke was asked about the worst skincare advice she's ever received. "I once had a facialist who told me I needed filler," the 'Game of Thrones' star recalled. "I just showed her the door. I was literally just like, ‘get out.'" The actress was just 28 at the time! But she still hasn't changed her stance. "At 34, I am wiser, more intelligent, I've had more experiences, I've done all this stuff and I'm proud of that," she said. "Time is the only thing [that] allows you to do those things. So, if my face is gonna reflect the time that I've spent on this earth, I'm down for that."

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Before breaking through in the United States, Arden Cho was apparently told to get surgery by South Korean agents.

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"I look to women and actors who are older than me who are beautiful and I think what your skin does as you age is elegant," Clarke added.

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In December 2020, Lopez told Elle about a time when she was in her early 20s and a man she was dating told her she should start botox at a doctor's appointment, and the doctor started pointing out her lines. Fortunately, she refused, and she added, "I just wonder what would've happened to me if I would've started Botox at 23, what I would look like right now. My face would be a totally different face today."

▲Numerous celebs get surgery, it's no showbiz secret. For better or for worse, getting work done is an industry norm—but not for everyone. There are plenty of celebs who have been told to get surgery that, for various reasons, refused. From Lady Gaga to Sophia Loren, plenty of celebs have refused to go under the knife. Click through this gallery and meet those celebrities.

Celebs who turned down plastic surgery

These stars were told to get surgery, but refused

31/12/24 por StarsInsider

CELEBRITY Beauty

Numerous celebs get surgery, it's no showbiz secret. For better or for worse, getting work done is an industry norm—but not for everyone. There are plenty of celebs who have been told to get surgery that, for various reasons, refused. From Lady Gaga to Sophia Loren, plenty of celebs have refused to go under the knife. Click through this gallery and meet those celebrities.