Keltie Knight Says Facelift Took 9 Hours Due to Scar Tissue

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Keltie Knight is getting candid about her plastic surgery journey.

The host of the Live from TopMob podcast recently shared that she had a facelift in 2023. She explained that after years of being on camera, she had become overly focused on minor imperfections in her appearance. While the procedure wasn’t entirely smooth – she’d previously had a neck lift at age 35 – she ultimately decided to go through with it.

Keltie explained in an essay for Glamour that her surgery took much longer than expected – nearly nine hours instead of the initially planned three or four. She said this was because her surgeon, Dr. Jason Diamond, discovered a significant amount of scar tissue under her skin, caused by previous cosmetic procedures like fillers, threads, and microneedling. She described the accumulated effects of these treatments as essentially damaging her facial tissue.

Let me tell you, navigating health challenges while also juggling a busy career can be incredibly tough. Recently, I was dealing with some really debilitating symptoms that turned out to be from microcytic anemia, a type of blood disorder. It got to the point where I needed a hysterectomy in 2024 to find relief, and honestly, it was a lot to handle, especially with everything else going on.

The 44-year-old explained she considered getting a facelift even though she had a serious health problem to address. She felt ashamed of prioritizing cosmetic surgery, admitting she felt so distressed by her uterine condition that she wished she could just end her life, but she still wanted to focus on fixing her appearance first.

Despite calling it the best decision she’d ever made, even with the high cost, she still felt ashamed about having the procedure.

She confessed she felt embarrassed about following through with what she did, and wasn’t sure if she would ever tell anyone about it.

Everything changed when Rachel Zoe’s birthday party was being filmed for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.

You won’t believe this, but Dorit Kemsley actually told me I looked like I was getting younger! It totally prompted me to come clean about something I’d been keeping under wraps. I confessed, ‘Thank you! It’s because I had a facelift.’ I’d only shared that with my husband and my two closest friends, so it felt good to finally say it out loud!

Though she didn’t intend to say it on camera, she agreed for it to air on the show. 

The author of Fk Them Theory: Self-Help for People Who Are Done Being the Bigger Person realized something: why not just be honest? She had been writing about taking control of your own choices, specifically when it comes to appearance, and letting go of worrying about what others think. She wondered if openly admitting to getting a facelift at 41 could actually be a liberating experience.

In the same essay, she openly discussed trying GLP-1 medications, noting they helped her lose around seven or eight pounds that she’s been able to keep off.

She questioned why people criticize women who choose what seems like the simpler path, asking, “Isn’t life already difficult enough?” She explained that while she could have lost five pounds if she’d wanted to, she was already overwhelmed. She was juggling a lot – her brother’s hospitalization, managing the household while her husband was away for work nearly every day of the year, a demanding job in Hollywood, her podcast, mentoring, and charitable work – and simply felt exhausted.

Keltie explained she simply wanted to lose weight without a struggle. Thankfully, it was easy for her this time. She lost the weight and felt so good about her body that she started doing Pilates again.

After years of feeling overwhelmed and taken advantage of by the entertainment industry, the host of the LadyGang podcast now feels self-assured and happy with the decisions she’s made.

Keltie, a red carpet correspondent for TopMob, said she had a blast during the recent awards season. She joked that she felt like her younger, more carefree self again, and playfully suggested her recent facelift might be the reason. Ultimately, she feels much more self-assured at 44 than she did at 34, knowing her worth both professionally and personally. She confidently stated she excels at her job and always looks fantastic on the red carpet, especially with her signature hairstyle.

For more stars who have been candid about their own cosmetic procedures, keep reading. 

I’m so excited for November 17th! A new book called The Fk Them Theory: Self-Help for People Who Are Done Being the Bigger Person is coming out, and honestly, it feels like exactly what I – and a lot of people I know – need right now. It’s about giving yourself permission to stop always taking the high road, and I’m here for it!

A former contestant on Love Is Blind season three recently revealed she had breast augmentation surgery while going through a divorce from her husband, Brennon Lemieux.

In a TikTok video posted in January 2026, she said she was feeling almost back to normal five days after surgery. She had a lift and an implant, and was surprised by how easy the recovery process has been. She explained she’d wanted the surgery for a long time, especially after she finished breastfeeding her daughter, as her breasts hadn’t regained their previous shape.

 

Julia Fox, known for her role in Uncut Gems, has admitted she sometimes wishes she hadn’t had certain cosmetic procedures. These include things like liposuction, a nose job, dental veneers, and the use of Botox and fillers.

In an interview with Allure in August 2025, she shared a longing for the innocence of youth. She explained that she sometimes wishes she could return to a time before she felt pressured to focus on attracting men, believing she once thought it was essential for her well-being.

She acknowledged she might eventually get back to being more productive, but it wasn’t a priority for her at the moment.

Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore had under-eye fillers she received shortly after her 18th birthday removed on the makeover show Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind.

During the July 2025 episode, the reality star shared that her skin felt noticeably firmer and she felt more youthful, beautiful, and confident than she ever had before.

Former 90 Day Fiancé star revealed a dramatic new look after getting her large breast implants removed on the July 30, 2025 episode of TopMob’s Botched Presents: Plastic Surgery Rewind.

Larissa recently decided to reduce the size of her breast implants, going from 1,500 cc to 700 cc, and told TopMob News it was a deeply positive experience. She described the decision as ‘liberating and healing,’ explaining that she felt like she was finally reconnecting with her true self after prioritizing an image and expectations that didn’t feel authentic to her.

The star of Shark Tank revealed in an Instagram post from June 2025 that she’s had several plastic surgeries and cosmetic procedures over the years.

Andy Cohen, host of Watch What Happens Live, recently shared that he’d gotten Botox after years of saying he never would. He revealed in March 2025 that he’d finally tried the procedure, which is used to minimize wrinkles.

He revealed on the season 11 reunion of Married to Medicine that he’d experienced something for the first time just a month prior, and received a small amount of it.

The lifestyle expert recently admitted to getting cosmetic procedures – including Botox, fillers, and laser treatments – to maintain her youthful appearance. In a February 2024 episode of her podcast, she confessed that while she isn’t focused on age itself, she prefers not to look older.

In February 2024, actress Sophia Bush, known for her role on One Tree Hill, talked about the cosmetic procedures she’s had done – including Botox and breast implants – on her podcast, Whine Down. She also shared her biggest regret about getting breast implants during the episode.

Jana says her biggest regret about getting breast augmentation is wondering if she did it for herself, and not to please others. Her main advice to anyone considering it is to make sure the decision is entirely for their own happiness.

In a September 2024 video for Vanity Fair, the actress from Wicked revealed she used to get fillers and Botox, but stopped about four years ago, saying, “That is the extent” of her cosmetic procedures.

The former Teen Mom 2 star, who has seven children, had a Brazilian butt lift and tummy tuck in 2016. She then had another tummy tuck, liposuction, and a breast reduction in December 2024.

A month later, she spoke candidly about wrestling with her body image.

She expressed her hope on Instagram that her children would never feel so insecure about their bodies that they’d consider drastic measures to lose weight. While she believes minor cosmetic procedures like rhinoplasty or breast augmentation are acceptable, she feels that undergoing extreme procedures solely to be thin indicates a serious mental health issue. She emphasized that she says this with respect for anyone who is struggling with these feelings.

In April 2024, three months after being released from prison—where she spent seven years for her involvement in the death of her mother, Clauddine “Dee Dee” Blanchard—Blanchard had surgery to reshape her nose and correct a deviated septum.

As a huge fan, I’ve been following everything Caroline Stanbury’s been up to, and it was so interesting to see her openly share her whole facelift journey on social media! She posted about getting it done in November 2023 and has been really honest about the recovery process, which I really appreciate.

She shared with TopMob News that she wanted people to understand the reality of the recovery process, showing the bruising and swelling that comes with it. She described looking severely injured, ‘like I’d been in a car crash and the car had won,’ but emphasized that she recovered quickly, being presentable after just five days and feeling completely normal in a restaurant after ten.

Okay, so she totally explained why she was so open about getting a face lift, and honestly, it makes SO much sense! She said, and I’m paraphrasing because she’s a genius, that being on reality TV, it would be super strange if she just showed up next season looking a decade younger, which, let’s be real, she DOES! It would be a total mystery, so she just laid it all out there. I admire her honesty SO much!

Part of the price of beauty for the “Who Says” singer: The occasional dabble with Botox.

The former Bravo star has openly discussed her plastic surgeries, which included a nose job, breast implants, and the use of Botox and fillers. More recently, in 2024, she used CellSound’s body sculpting treatment to firm up her abdomen.

In an interview with People magazine in March 2024, she revealed she’s regained her abdominal muscles. ‘I actually have abs again,’ she said, ‘and lines on my stomach I haven’t seen since before I was pregnant. Any mom knows that after having kids, your skin just doesn’t bounce back the way it used to.’

In April 2025, she shared that she had spent more than $113,000 trying to find a cure for an unknown facial parasite.

After an Instagram user claimed she’d had lip fillers, Botox, jawline contouring with liposuction, and eyelid surgery, Ariana Madix responded by admitting to having had all of those cosmetic procedures.

In a July 2024 Instagram post, she revealed what cosmetic procedures she’d had. She confirmed getting Botox (‘tox’) in her forehead (11s), outer eyebrows, and neck, with the neck treatments starting in 2019 with a doctor she tagged. She also admitted to having a small amount of lip filler because of her face size and filler in her chin, but stated she hasn’t had filler anywhere else and has not yet had eyelid surgery (‘bleph’). She said she’d share any future procedures with her followers.

In a June 2024 Instagram video, Zarin revealed she recently had a lower facelift and some other cosmetic procedures. She also explained she had fat transferred to her hands, which she’d always been self-conscious about. Surprisingly, she said the most painful part of the process wasn’t the fat transfer itself, but the liposuction used to remove fat from her leg to perform it.

The Valley star revealed she underwent facial liposuction before filming the Bravo spinoff.

She recently had cosmetic surgery to address fat under her chin, which she jokingly referred to as a family trait – a ‘turkey gobbler.’ Speaking on her podcast, When Reality Hits, in March 2024, she explained that despite her efforts to lose weight and deal with personal challenges, she always felt self-conscious about it.

Okay, so I was devastated when Lily and David Harbour split, truly. But then she dropped this bomb! She casually mentioned getting a boob job, calling them ‘additions,’ which… honestly? Iconic. It’s like she’s saying, ‘I’m moving on, and I’m doing it on my terms!’ I’ve been following her forever, and this feels like a total power move. I’m so here for this new era of Lily!

She mentioned on her podcast, Miss Me?, in March 2025 that she feels great without a shirt or bra on, but she also jokingly noted a noticeable difference in appearance between her breasts and her face due to age.

The Beverly Hills, 90210 star has spoken publicly about her nose job and her breast implants.

The talk show host recently revealed she used Ozempic to lose weight and also confessed she deeply regrets getting a facelift in 2021. She described the results as looking “like Cyclops” in an interview last December.

Lady Gaga revealed in a 2013 interview with Howard Stern that, although she’s never had plastic surgery, she went through a period of getting facial injections while she was using marijuana. She described going to a strip mall in Chicago, where people thought she was acting strangely. She admitted she wasn’t in a good headspace at the time, often smoking and drinking before getting fillers like Juvéderm at the clinic.

She explained that she’d stopped getting injections. Before filming the music video for ‘Applause,’ a photographer friend had warned her, ‘Gaga, I love you, but if you don’t stop with the injections, I’m worried for your health.’

The Real Housewives of New York star got breast implants in 2005, but removed them in 2008.

I’m feeling good now,” she shared with Life & Style. “If something bothers you and you have the power to fix it, that’s fantastic.”

The Crown star revealed that she’s a fan of Botox. “I’ve had loads,” the actress told BBC Radio 2.

During an appearance on The Talk in 2013, the co-host shared that she had plastic surgery early in her career to enlarge her eyes.

Once it was finished, things started to go my way,” she explained. “But I couldn’t help but wonder if I’d given in to what he wanted.

I own all of my past choices, and they’ve led me to where I am now. I’m not dwelling on the past, and I’m moving forward.

In a 2002 interview with The Telegraph, the actress admitted to having some cosmetic procedures – a little plastic surgery, liposuction, and Botox. However, she said she didn’t see any real results from them, stating plainly that ‘none of it works.’

The actress told People magazine in 2007 that getting her deviated septum corrected was the best decision she ever made. She said she finally slept soundly for the first time in years. Regarding other speculation, she confirmed everything was still her own, stating plainly, ‘All of it. Still mine.’

In 2010, the reality TV star from The Real Housewives of Atlanta publicly shared that she had undergone a nose job, a breast lift, and liposuction.

“I’m very comfortable and confident in myself,” she told People. “I just wanted a tune up.”

Back in 2015, the reality star affectionately nicknamed Dr. Lenny Hochstein her “boob God” because she loved the results of her breast augmentation. She’s always been very open about all her cosmetic procedures, which also include a tummy tuck and lip fillers.

The Beverly Hills housewife received silicone lip injections when she was 24 years old. Later, in 2010, she had some of the filler taken out.

She explained on Today in 2013 that she found it fascinating how popular lip fillers had become, noting that many women had gotten the procedure. She felt like a trendsetter, saying she was among the first to openly admit to getting them. She even stated she’d do it again, playfully adding that her lip fillers had essentially launched their own career before she even had one!

Back in 2009, when she was only 23, the reality TV star from The Hills had a complete makeover, undergoing ten cosmetic procedures in a single day. These included Botox, chin and nose surgery, and fat injections to plump her lips.

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