50 Plastic Surgery Quotes on Body-Altering Surgery

By Stephanie Kirby

Writer, Entrepreneur and Inspirational quote curator

Published August 23, 2023

If you have ever had plastic surgery or are thinking about it, take a look at these plastic surgery quotes.

Plastic surgery is any surgery that restores, alters, or reconstructs the body.

It is divided into two main categories, which are reconstructive and cosmetic.

Cosmetic plastic surgery aims to improve the appearance of part of the body by lifting, tightening, adding, or subtracting from the body.

Reconstructive plastic surgery improves the functioning of a body part, such as the hand, treatment of burns, or craniofacial surgery.

One of the questions about plastic surgery is if someone wants the surgery or feels pressured by society to look a certain way.

Before changing your body, it is vital to be sure you are making a decision you want, not what you think other people want.

Look at these plastic surgery quotes to learn more about body-altering surgery.

The Best Plastic Surgery Quotes

Here are some of the best plastic surgery quotes.

1. “I would get plastic surgery.” — Hunx

2. “I’m not having plastic surgery.” — Dorris Burke

3. “I can always tell when people have had plastic surgery.” — Sheryl Crow

4. “It’s tricky to say ‘never,’ but I will never have plastic surgery.” — Lili Taylor

5. “I’ve had a lot of plastic surgery, and I’m completely honest about it.” — Anitta

6. “Today I would say, ‘I am against plastic surgery.’ It’s a grave act.” — Emmanuel Beart

7. “I have never had plastic surgery, and there are many pop singers who have.” — Lady Gaga

8. “I won’t have plastic surgery. You either take me as I am, or you don’t.” — Carlos Tevez

9. “I’ve had so much plastic surgery when I die, they will donate my body to Tupperware.” — Joan Rivers

10. “I don’t think I would ever have plastic surgery; there isn’t anything I’d want to change.” — Sonia Rykiel

Plastic Surgery Quotes From Celebrities

Take a look at these plastic surgery quotes from celebrities.

11. “You don’t need money or plastic surgery to be a star.” — Lady Gaga

12. “Everyone should have enough money to get plastic surgery.” — Beverly Johnson

13. “I haven’t had any plastic surgery – despite what people think, this is my nose.” — Tom Ford

14. “I wish I had a twin, so I could know what I’d look like without plastic surgery.” — Joan Rivers

15. “I thought my nose was too prominent, so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959.” — Marie Windsor

16. “I don’t want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that?” — Christine Lahti

17. “So I’m not against plastic surgery, I’m against plastic surgery when it doesn’t really need to be done.” — Lauren Conrad

18. “Honestly, depending on what stage I’m at in my life, my opinion on plastic surgery changes.” — Michelle Pfeiffer

19. “I’m not saying, ‘I don’t condone plastic surgery.’ But if you do it, then do it well; make sure you come out looking like yourself.” — Sandra Bullock

20. “It’s unfortunate that we live in such a panicked, dysmorphic society where women don’t even give themselves a chance to see what they’ll look like as older persons.” — Julia Roberts

Plastic Surgery Quotes from People Who Dislike It

Check out these plastic surgery quotes from people and celebrities who dislike it.

21. “Some of my friends have plastic surgery and Botox, but I’m not interested in it.” — Miriam Margolyes

22. “Plastic surgery can’t make you younger or more beautiful because beauty is in your eyes, isn’t it?” — Sarah Parish

23. “The plastic surgery issue is really looming because girls in the U.S. are getting it in their teens.” — Camille Paglia

24. “I thought that plastic surgery was easy, but it is really serious and is not something you want to mess around with.” — Heidi Montag

25. “I want to be the only American actress who doesn’t do any plastic surgery or anything. I think older faces are great.” — Kathy Baker

26. “The thought of somebody pulling and cutting around my face gives me stomach ache. Plastic surgery would be so painful.” — Salma Hayek

27. “I can’t speak for everyone, but I know that I definitely don’t want to be a consistent plastic surgery, cosmetic kind of scenario.” — Farrah Abraham

28. “When you look at women who have had plastic surgery, they have lost something – usually an expression, something unique to their face.” — Bo Derek

29. “No, it has not been hard to grow older because I believe if you have something you believe in that will keep you alive far more than plastic surgery or Botox.” — Veruschka von Lehndorff

30. “What I’ve never understood is why some women use plastic surgery to make themselves more attractive to men. The most beautiful woman is someone who’s happy and is always smiling.” — Irina Shayk

Interesting Plastic Surgery Quotes

Enjoy this list of interesting plastic surgery quotes.

31. “I feel weird if I can’t move my face, and that one time I overdid it, I felt trapped in my own skin.” — Courtney Cox

32. “No Botox either. I think it is terrible, these girls in their late 20s injecting their faces and lips.” — Salma Hayek

33. “We need women friends, women who challenge us… I have chosen not to have any more plastic surgery.” — Jane Fonda

34. “I think I’m the only 65-year-old actress in Los Angeles who hasn’t had plastic surgery, so somebody’s gotta play the old-lady parts!” — Jane Elliot

35. “People in their 40s used to think, ‘I’m aging; I have to do something about it.’ Now children are deciding they don’t like the way they look.” — Jane Seymour

36. “Plastic surgery is distressingly popular, and I feel that the fashion industry has killed tens of thousands of women over the years from anorexia.” — Nan Goldin

37. “I read something about, ‘Why do actresses get plastic surgery?’ We like to look at pretty people, but I don’t. I like to look at all faces, young, old.” — Rosemarie DeWitt

38. “Man, I have had so much plastic surgery, I don’t even recognize myself sometimes. If I catch a glimpse in a window or something, I think it is someone else.” — Vince Neil

39. “Of course, every time someone does a story on plastic surgery, my name will be dragged up. I’ve made it safe for other people to have plastic surgery.” — Greta Van Susteren

40. “No matter how much money you spend to make yourself beautiful – with all the products, the diets, the plastic surgery – in the end, women need to fall in love with themselves and realize they’re wonderfully made.” — Jessica Simpson

More Plastic Surgery Quotes

This is the final list of plastic surgery quotes.

41. “I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to.” — Tamar Braxton

42. “It’s really hard, especially if you’re a public person. But I want to give a face to aging.” — Jane Fonda

43. “I did try Botox, unfortunately, but I got out of it, and now I can finally move my face again.” — Nicole Kidman

44. “I’d rather have a comment about who I am than about something that identifies me as being ashamed of who I am.” — Jodie Foster

45. “It goes against my morals, the way that my parents brought me up, and what I consider to be natural beauty. I will never give in.” — Kate Winslet

46. “Clever plastic surgery can restore an appearance of youth, but nothing changes the expression of age and experience in the eyes.” — M.C. Beaton

47. “Those wrinkles show that I have laughed a lot in my life; why should I want to erase that? Why would I erase the traces of my life which I loved?” — Barbara Sukowa

48. “I was in my early 30s, and it wasn’t going to get easier. You know, that’s when you start to wonder if you might have to get lots of plastic surgery.” — Jane Badler

49. “I was on a bridge going down; the bicycle broke, and I smashed to the ground, face first. I broke my jaw and my teeth and had to have plastic surgery.” — Sofia Helin

50. “One thing I think celebrities shy away from is exposing the reality that we’re all the same. Somebody’s not more important because they have a Bentley or a big house or a famous boyfriend or plastic surgery – we’re all the same.” — Aubrey O’Day