Brooke Shields, 60, says she hasn't 'gone under the knife' for one very relatable reason

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Brooke Shields, 60, says she hasn't "gone under the knife" even though it's "tempting."
"I fully understand that beauty is so much more than just not having wrinkles," she said.
The actor also says she's "probably more self-conscious now" than she used to be.

Brooke Shields, 60, says she's resisted cosmetic procedures despite Hollywood's obsession with youth.

Speaking to People in an interview published on Wednesday, the actor spoke about beauty standards and why she's chosen not to undergo plastic surgery.

"For me, beauty meant being smart and being strong but I acknowledge that there are changes. I fully understand that beauty is so much more than just not having wrinkles," Shields said. "Listen, I work out, I get face peels, I mean I haven't gone under the knife. It seems tempting but I'm too scared!"

The actor said getting older has also changed the way she feels about her body — especially while filming intimate scenes.

"I think I'm probably more self-conscious now than I was when I was younger because things need to be lifted, so I've got to have a pulley system to lift 'the girls' up," she said.

Shields first rose to fame as a child model and actor, starring in films like "Pretty Baby" and "The Blue Lagoon." In 2001, she married producer and writer Chris Henchy, with whom she shares two daughters.

She has long spoken about the pressure women face to change their appearance as they get older.

In 2023, Shields told Glamour that she's "all for" surgery as long as it "truly is done for yourself."

"But I think it's easy to go down the slope of overdoing it. I'm scared of not looking like myself; the times that I've had Botox, I end up with this Spock eye and I'm like, 'I don't look like myself.' But I'll get Fraxels, and peels, and whatever the newest thing is, and I'll try it. I just don't want to not look like myself," she said.

Speaking to Real Simple in January 2025, Shields says embracing aging can feel "rebellious" in a culture obsessed with youth.

"But our society has become so myopically focused on youth, we lose sight of the value that comes with age and experience and time. I look at my two girls — everything's higher and tighter and smoother. And I know it's all appealing and it does sell, but I want my girls to not be terrified to be my age," she said.

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