Last Updated:December 09, 2025, 03:00 IST

Sydney Sweeney addresses plastic surgery rumours, confirms she has never had cosmetic procedures, and reveals the only medical surgery she underwent in childhood.

Sydney Sweeney will next be seen in The Housemaid. (Photo Credit: X)

Sydney Sweeney has long been under the microscope for her looks, with plastic surgery rumours following her for years. The 28-year-old actor has now directly addressed the speculation in a candid new Allure interview alongside her The Housemaid co-star Amanda Seyfried.

When asked to debunk a beauty rumour of her choice, Sweeney immediately picked the topic that has trailed her since her teenage years. “Let’s debunk them all. I mean, I have never gotten work done,” she said. “I am so scared of needles, you have no idea.”

Seyfried added a light-hearted response, saying, “You gotta call me, and I’ll give you a little bit of Ativan, and you’ll be so excited… But you don’t need it yet.”

Doubling down on her statement, Sweeney joked about the online chatter. “No, also if I did, you guys, my face would be even.” When Seyfried asked what she meant, Sweeney revealed a personal detail that many fans were unaware of — a childhood accident left her with lasting facial asymmetry.

She shared that she was once injured in a wakeboarding accident that required 19 stitches, causing one eye to open “a little more than the other.” She clarified that the surgery she underwent at that time was medical in nature, not cosmetic.

Sweeney also called out the growing trend of side-by-side images comparing her childhood photos to her current red carpet looks. “You cannot compare a photo of me from when I was 12 to a photo of me at 26 with professional makeup and lighting! Of course I’m going to look different,” she said. “Everybody on social media’s insane.”

This is not the first time the actor has addressed the beauty standards placed on her. In a Variety interview published on October 27, she opened up about the harsh criticism she faced as a teenager trying to break into Hollywood.

“I have very strong eyebrow muscles,” she recalled, revealing that at just 16 years old she was told to “fix my face” if she wanted to succeed. “I should get Botox. I was 16!”

She firmly shut down those expectations, reiterating, “I’ve never gotten anything done. I’m absolutely terrified of needles. No tattoos. Nothing. I’m going to age gracefully.”

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