In the 2020s, celebrities are preserving their faces like never before thanks to facelifts, fillers, plastic surgery, and other aesthetic machinations. Surgeons are refining techniques like never before, coming up with innovative methods, and making a massive amount of money in the process. With constant scrutiny and social media, stars are feeling more pressure than ever to maintain their image. Still, a lot of stigma persists around these procedures, and some transformations don’t turn out with the results celebs want, from a strangely tight look to puzzling features. Here are some of the worst celebrity facelifts of all time.
Melanie Griffith
Despite Gen Z knowing her simply as Dakota Johnson’s mom these days, in the ’80s, this soft-spoken beauty was seen as an A-lister and a sex symbol, all starting with the award-winning ’80s movie “Working Girl.” Her facial changes polarized many fans and critics, and in the 2010s, she told Porter magazine she didn’t realize she had taken things too far until she read the criticism. She asked a doctor to dissolve her fillers, but some changes were more than cosmetic, dating back to a lion attack on a movie set and skin cancer treatment.
Daryl Hannah
In the ’80s, Daryl Hannah was undeniably one of America’s sweethearts, with her striking looks drawing attention in movies like “Roxanne” and “Steel Magnolias.” But in 2010, she made headlines for looking “suspiciously younger” at the Prix Montblanc Gala in Berlin, according to The Daily Mail. She has denied getting work done, but many plastic surgeons have speculated about the variety of procedures she has likely had done.
Joe Biden
Joe Biden has been in the spotlight for his medical situation and overall well-being, not just for a prostate cancer diagnosis, but after it was revealed that he turned to cosmetic enhancements to change his face. “Botched” doctor Terry Dubrow said on his wife’s podcast, “Biden obviously has had every single thing you can do to your face. He’s had his uppers, lowers, hair, facelift, and it’s okay — but should you be 78 and have no laxity in your skin, have no lines in your eyes, and have no upper or lower eyelid skin? I don’t know. You don’t wanna look that way.”
Joan Rivers
This comedy icon became the first woman to host a late-night talk show in the 1980s, and she had legendary stand-up shows. When it comes to plastic surgery and facelifts, she was also in a class of her own. She once joked with Anderson Cooper that she had undergone over 700 cosmetic procedures, saying, “Every weekend I just go in, and I do something new. I get a tenth one free. It’s a little like coffee, you just keep going.” While she was open about facelifts and cosmetic enhancements, she also scared many people away from getting plastic surgery.
Denise Richards
Once an it-girl of Hollywood, the years passed, and Denise Richards aged. She became more notorious for her marriage to Charlie Sheen and the brutal whispers regarding her evolving appearance. In 2026, she finally addressed the rumors in a joint Instagram post with her doctor, Ben Talei, showcasing a before-and-after image that revealed fat grafting, a lip lift, a temporal brow lift, and upper blepharoplasty. While her doctor called it a reclaiming of her “golden face” and he received many requests for work as a result, many felt sad that she couldn’t appreciate her natural beauty and the aging process that comes for us all.
Kris Jenner
The Kardashian-Jenner family is notorious for its money and cosmetic enhancements, and leading the charge is Kris Jenner. While many celebs are under fire for their first facelift, Kris’s actually gave her a fresh-faced, striking look that made her fit right in next to her daughters. For her 70th birthday, she opened up about getting a new facelift, saying she had gotten one 15 years ago. But recently, the viral facelift has lost its magic, with some fans saying, “Wait, is this the new face or the old one?”
Mickey Rourke
Decades ago, Mickey Rourke took the deep dive into cosmetic enhancements, and he never looked back. Some of it was to fix injuries he sustained while boxing, such as a smashed cheekbone, several broken noses, and other facial damage, which led to rhinoplasty procedures. He told The Daily Sun, “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.” Still, he continued to go on and get multiple facelifts to “address sagging skin” and got cheek implants between 2010 and 2016.
Lil’ Kim
Once a chart-topping hip-hop beauty, Lil’ Kim was no stranger to successful singles, including “Lady Marmalade.” Her style and looks were just as stunning, but in the 2020s, she looks like a completely different person. Plastic surgeon Dr. Gary Breslow told Page Six in 2016, “Personally, I think she should seek professional help,” speaking about how drastically she continues to change her looks, while another plastic surgeon said that she got years’ worth of filler, neuromodulation, rhinoplasty, and a facelift by 40 years old. Tragically, it all started with reconstructive surgery after she was a victim of domestic violence.
Sharon Osbourne
While this star has been under fire for her Ozempic face, she also underwent a facelift in 2021, telling The Times, “That was the worst thing that I ever did. I looked like Cyclops. I had one eye here and one eye there, and my mouth was all skew-whiff, and then I had to wait for that to heal before I could go back and have it corrected.” While she told the Daily Mail in 2025 that she’s given up on facial procedures, her GLP-1 usage continues to spark debates.
