Famous
Famous rhinoplasties: 60 cases on record
7 labels, each with the outlet, the date and the link. We never assert a surgery nobody confirmed, and nothing here is inferred from photographs.
On record: 22
The person said it, in a named outlet, quoted verbatim.
Kaley Cuoco
Rhinoplasty (and breast augmentation)
“Years ago I had my nose done. And my boobs — best thing I ever did.”
Fox News, 2016-11-17: source
The recordPhoto: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons
Lisa Kudrow
Rhinoplasty at 16
“I went from, in my mind, hideous, to not hideous. I did it the summer before going to a new high school.”
ABC News, 2013-10-29: source
The recordPhoto: Lan Bui, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons
Jennifer Aniston
Septoplasty (deviated septum)
“It's funny. I had (a deviated septum) fixed — best thing I ever did. I slept like a baby for the first time in years.”
Today.com, 2007-02-01: source
The recordPhoto: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, Commons
Tyra Banks
Rhinoplasty early in her career
“I had bones in my nose that were growing and itching. I could breathe fine, but I added cosmetic surgery. I admit it! Fake hair, and I did my nose. I feel I have a responsibility to tell the truth.”
ABC News / GMA, 2018-03-28: source
The recordPhoto: Created by Rita Molnár., CC BY-SA 2.5, Commons
Bella Hadid
Rhinoplasty at 14
“I wish I had kept the nose of my ancestors. I think I would have grown into it.”
NBC News, 2022-03-17: source
The recordPhoto: Gabriel Hutchinson, CC BY-SA 4.0, Commons
Michael Jackson
Two rhinoplasties (self-reported)
“he had only had two rhinoplasties”
Wikipedia, 2009-07-08: source
The recordPhoto: Matthew Rolston; Distributed by Epic Records, Public domain, Commons
Jennifer Grey
two rhinoplasties after Dirty Dancing (c. 1989–90, age 29)
“In the world's eyes, I was no longer me.”
HuffPost, 2022-04-18: source +3
The recordPhoto: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Commons
Iggy Azalea
rhinoplasty, disclosed 2015
“I'm not denying it. Denying it is lame. I don't think you should be ashamed if you made a change to yourself, which is why I've spoken about the changes I've made, like with my breasts.”
TV Guide, 2015-08-04: source +1
The recordPhoto: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons
Khloé Kardashian
one rhinoplasty (Dr. Raj Kanodia), disclosed 2021
“Everybody says, 'Oh, my gosh, she's had her third face transplant!' But I've had one nose job.”
Gulf News, 2021-06-21: source +2
The recordPhoto: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Commons
Cardi B
nose filler 2019, rhinoplasty 2020, disclosed 2022–23
“I did fillers on my nose in 2019 and that s— messed my nose up.”
NewBeauty, 2023-01-21: source +2
The recordPhoto: Runawaymo, CC BY-SA 4.0, Commons
Ashley Tisdale
septorhinoplasty 2007-11-30, disclosed 2007–08; "shamed" statement 2021
“I didn't do this because I believe in plastic surgery. I did this to help my health. I literally almost could not breathe out of the right side of my nose.”
Fox News, 2021-01-29: source +2
The recordPhoto: GloriaGaynor, CC BY-SA 3.0, Commons
Cameron Diaz
nose surgery after four fractures, 2006–07
“I'm over it, I'm getting it fixed.”
contactmusic.com: source +1
The recordPhoto: Żyrafał, CC BY-SA 4.0, Commons
Barbra Streisand
refused a nose job (on record 1977 and 2023)
“Isn't my talent enough? A nose job would hurt and be expensive.”
Today, 2023-11-08: source +1
The recordPhoto: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0, Commons
Kathy Griffin
rhinoplasty at 26
“You would think I had a nose the size of Texas. I was young and impressionable, and I was told that enough that I started to believe it, so I got a nose job.”
Hello!, 2025-11-11: source
The recordPhoto: Mingle Media TV, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons
Joan Rivers
"several nose jobs," self-reported
“I've had so much plastic surgery that when I die, they'll donate my body to Tupperware.”
THR, 2014: source +1
The recordPhoto: Harry Langdon, Public domain, Commons
Megan Fox
one rhinoplasty in her 20s, disclosed 2024
“It's been well over a decade. I haven't. I have not touched my nose since then.”
Fox News, 2024-03-20: source +1
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Cher
nose job, on record since 1988
“I've been upfront about saying that I had my nose done, my breasts done and had braces on my teeth.”
NewBeauty, 2023-12-21: source +1
The recordPhoto: Laura Patterson, Public domain, Commons
Lil' Kim
multiple nose surgeries after a broken nose, disclosed 2005
“broken nose, black eyes, all that stuff”
Capital XTRA, 2021-02-28: source +1
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Courtney Love
nose job in her 20s, on record 2014
“I had a really big nose and the snoze wasn't taking me anywhere. I got my nose fixed… in six months the whole world changed.”
Refinery29, 2015-07-14: source +1
The recordPhoto: Manfred Werner - Tsui, CC BY-SA 3.0, Commons
Tori Spelling
nose job ("a long time ago"), on record 2014 and 2019
“I literally had my nose done and my boobs done, and that's it.”
Today, 2019-08-28: source
The recordPhoto: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Commons
Julia Fox
rhinoplasty as a teenager; woke mid-procedure
“I had so much alcohol in my blood that the anesthetic wasn't working, so I woke up mid-procedure. I could hear them breaking the bone.”
Us Weekly/Yahoo, 2023-11-08: source
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Dianna Agron
septoplasty after two nasal fractures, on record 2011
“When did you break your nose? You have a horrible deviated septum.”
Young Hollywood, 2011-08-03: source +1
The recordPhoto: https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons
Reported: 3
A named outlet reported it. The person has not confirmed.
Ashlee Simpson
rhinoplasty 2006
“I believe if somebody chooses to do plastic surgery, it [should be] for yourself, not for anyone else.”
Nicki Swift, 2006: source +1
The recordPhoto: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 3.0, Commons
Marilyn Monroe
Dr. Michael Gurdin's files, 1950–62; auctioned 2013
“a facial X-ray shows she also had a small fracture on her nose, which backs up claims that Marilyn had a slight rhinoplasty early in her career.”
E!, 2013-10-10: source +2
The recordPhoto: Tichnor Bros., Public domain, Commons
Dean Martin
nose straightened, 1940s
Wikipedia: boxing "earned him a broken nose (later straightened)." Secondary sources say the rhinoplasty came at 27 (c…
Wikipedia: source +2
The recordPhoto: NBC Photo-NBC, Public domain, Commons
Denied: 6
The person denied it on record. We do not assert the surgery.
Kris Jenner
nose "the only thing on my face that's real," 2025
“probably the only thing on my face that's real”
Yahoo, 2025-12-04: source
The recordPhoto: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Commons
Kylie Jenner
denies facial surgery, 2023
“I've never touched my face, but just even getting my breasts done when I was 19…”
BuzzFeed, 2023: source +1
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Kim Kardashian
"I never had my nose done," 2019
“I never had my nose done. Everyone thought I did, and I said wait until I have kids because your real features come out.”
W Magazine, 2019-02-13: source +1
The recordPhoto: Eva Rinaldi, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons
Nicki Minaj
denies a nose job, 2024
“I have had a what I called a pointy nose, with or without contour, with or without filter, since I was born, okay.”
Hot 97, 2024-10-23: source
The recordPhoto: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0, Commons
Nicole Kidman
"completely natural," 2008
“To be honest, I am completely natural. I have nothing in my face or anything.”
HuffPost, 2008-03-28: source
The recordPhoto: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, Commons
Kelly Osbourne
"I have not had plastic surgery," 2021
“I've never done anything to my face, other than a couple of injections in my lips, in my jaw and in my forehead here.”
Fox News, 2021-05-25: source
The recordHistorical: 8
Primary or scholarly source.
Fanny Brice
rhinoplasty 1923 (Dr. Henry Schireson, hotel room)
“Parker: cut off her nose to spite her race”
Jewish Women's Archive: source +3
The recordPhoto: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, Commons
Gladys Deacon, Duchess of Marlborough
paraffin nose injection, 1903 (age 22)
“At the age of 22, Deacon underwent a plastic surgery attempt in which she had her nose injected with paraffin wax; it slipped to her chin, causing big lumps.”
Telegraph 2011-02-07, 2011-02-07: source +1
The record
Tycho Brahe
nasal prosthesis after an 1566 duel; brass, per 2010 exhumation
“had frequently worn a brass prosthesis”
ENT & Audiology News: source +2
The recordPhoto: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, Commons
Walter Yeo
Gillies tubed-pedicle facial reconstruction, 1917
HMS Warspite gunner burned at Jutland (1916-05-31); lost eyelids. Admitted Queen's Hospital Sidcup 1917-08-08; Gillies operated 1917-11-12 and 11-30…
Wikipedia: source +1
The recordSushruta → Cowasjee (Poona 1793; *Gentleman's Magazine* Oct 1794) → Carpue 1814
“This operation is now common in India, and has been practiced from time immemorial.”
Hektoen International: source +1
The recordGaspare Tagliacozzi
*De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem*, Venice 1597
Bologna professor; first book devoted to plastic surgery; arm-flap ("Italian method") nose, lip and ear reconstruction, flap attached ~3 weeks…
Harvard Countway: source +1
The recordJohn Orlando Roe
first intranasal (endonasal) cosmetic rhinoplasty, Rochester NY, 1887
"The deformity termed 'pug nose' and its correction by a simple operation," *Medical Record* (New York), 1887 — first published purely cosmetic rhinoplasty…
PMID 2643972: source +2
The recordJacques Joseph
first reduction rhinoplasty, Berlin, 1898; *Nasenplastik* 1931
Presented a young man with a large nose, reduced via external incisions, to the Berlin Medical Society, May 1898 (PMC review, search snippet)…
Wikipedia: source +2
The recordCourt record, deaths, litigation: 7
Case name, court and year, or a named outlet's report of a death.
Eric Klein v. Paul Nassif, M.D., et al.
LASC BC606167 (filed 2016; tentative dismissal 2017)
Klein alleged a 2014-11-17 rhinoplasty/septoplasty displaced his medial canthal tendon, leaving his right eye unable to close. Filed Los Angeles Superior Court…
MyNewsLA, 2017-10-09: source +2
The recordEndrys Martinez, 19
died after rhinoplasty, Coral Gables FL, May 2026
“Martinez, Silva said, went to Svelta for a rhinoplasty on May 22, but wound up on a ventilator in a hospital for four days before dying on May 26.”
Miami Herald via Tampa Bay Times/Yahoo, 2026-06-07: source
The recordMargaret Spada, 22
died after rhinoplasty, Rome, November 2024
From Lentini (Syracuse); surgery under local anesthesia 2024-11-04 at a medical office in Rome's EUR…
L'Unione Sarda, 2024-11-15: source +1
The recordKaren Julieth Cárdenas Uribe, 21
died after rhinoplasty, Bucaramanga, Colombia, 2023-01-29
Discharged minutes after surgery; blood in lungs, trachea and oesophagus; six cardiorespiratory arrests; died. Family filed with the Public Prosecutor.
The Independent via AOL, 2023-01-31: source
The recordJabrane v. Laser Center of Maryland
Health Claims Arbitration, Anne Arundel County, filed 2017-03-08
Alleged laceration of the external nose during rhinoplasty leaving a permanent scar; two plastic surgeons and an internist in Severna Park named.
Miller & Zois: source
The recordFiller ("liquid rhinoplasty") blindness
case reports
Unilateral blindness after non-surgical filler rhinoplasty (PubMed 29219792, search snippet only). 2…
PubMed: source +2
The recordCultural and record cases: 5
Rates, trends and television, each with the outlet that reported it.
Iran
highest per-capita rhinoplasty rate
up to 200,000 nose jobs a year (Etemad via AFP, 2016); per-capita rate 7× the US (Rhinology Research Society of Iran with Johns Hopkins…
PRX The World, 2016-07-31: source +2
The recordTehran nose bandage as status symbol
“In Iran's largest cities it is easy to spot women — but also men — with bandages on their noses, flaunting the fact they recently went under the knife.”
Medical Xpress (AFP): source +2
The record"Instagram Face"
Jia Tolentino, *The New Yorker*, 2019-12-12
Coined the term; features include "a small, neat nose"; names Kim Kardashian "patient zero."
New Yorker 2019-12-12, 2019-12-12: source +1
The recordTikTok "#nosejobcheck"
#nosejobcheck >1 billion views, #nosejob >1.6 billion (Insider, Joshua Zitser, 2021-01-10); later snippets cite 2.1B / 3.5B (unverified)…
Insider via Yahoo, 2021-01-10: source +1
The record*Botched* (E!)
Dwight Eubanks (2015) and "Holly" (S7 premiere, 2021)
E! News: source +1
The recordSurgeons' published cases: 9
The landmark papers and books, cited to PubMed or the publisher.
Jack H. Sheen
Supratip ("polly beak") deformity = over-resection of caudal dorsum, not excess tissue
Supratip ("polly beak") deformity = over-resection of caudal dorsum, not excess tissue. Sheen JH. A new look at supratip deformity. Ann Plast Surg 1979;3:498–504…
Ann Plast Surg, 1979: source
The recordJack H. Sheen
Spreader graft
Spreader graft. Sheen JH. Spreader graft: a method of reconstructing the roof of the middle nasal vault following rhinoplasty. Plast Reconstr Surg 1984;73:230–239…
Plast Reconstr Surg, 1984: source
The recordJack H. Sheen
Aesthetic Rhinoplasty (1st ed 1978) — dorsal/tip grafting
Aesthetic Rhinoplasty (1st ed 1978) — dorsal/tip grafting. AAPS memoir
aaps1921.org, 1978: source
The recordJack P. Gunter
Open approach for secondary rhinoplasty
Open approach for secondary rhinoplasty. Gunter JP, Rohrich RJ. Plast Reconstr Surg 1987. PMID 3602167
Plast Reconstr Surg, 1987: source
The recordJack P. Gunter
"Gunter diagrams" — graphic intraoperative record
"Gunter diagrams" — graphic intraoperative record. Gunter JP. A graphic record of intraoperative man…
Plast Reconstr Surg, 1989: source
The recordRod J. Rohrich
Component dorsal hump reduction
Component dorsal hump reduction. Rohrich RJ, Muzaffar AR, Janis JE. Plast Reconstr Surg 2004;114(5):1298–1308. PMID 15457053. DOI 10.1097/01.prs.0000135861.45986.cf
Plast Reconstr Surg, 2004: source
The recordRohrich / Gunter / Adams
Dallas Rhinoplasty: Nasal Surgery by the Masters — 1st ed 2002; 4th ed (Rohrich, Ahmad, Adams) 68 chapters, 120+ videos
Dallas Rhinoplasty: Nasal Surgery by the Masters — 1st ed 2002; 4th ed (Rohrich, Ahmad, Adams) 68 chapters, 120+ videos.
shop.thieme.com, 2002: source
The recordDean M. Toriumi
Structure approach
Structure approach. Toriumi DM. Structure approach in rhinoplasty. Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am 2005;13(1):93–113. PMID 15519931
Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am, 2005: source
The recordRollin K. Daniel
Rhinoplasty: An Atlas of Surgical Techniques — Springer 2002, ISBN 9780387944586, >1,000 intraoperative photos
Rhinoplasty: An Atlas of Surgical Techniques — Springer 2002, ISBN 9780387944586, >1,000 intraoperative photos.
link.springer.com, 2002: source
The recordNot on this page: 18
Names that come up in searches and why they are not listed. Photo speculation is not a source.
| Name | Finding | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Dolly Parton | Confirms facelift, eyes, lipo (Larry King Live 2003); nose never confirmed | search snippet only |
| Marie Osmond | No nose admission; laser/breast reduction only | search snippets only |
| Bella Thorne | No admission | search snippets only |
| Lisa Rinna | Reported "nose job at 41" (Fox News listicle); no verbatim quote found | search snippet only |
| Janice Dickinson | Admits facelift/brow/implants on Botched; no nose quote found | search snippet only |
| Fergie | Denied: "…says I've had a nose job and an eyebrow lift, which is completely untrue" | weak outlet; search snippet only |
| Jessica Simpson | Says she likes her nose bump (Allure); no surgery | search snippet only |
| La Toya Jackson | Never confirmed | search snippets only |
| Halsey, Blake Lively, Ariana Grande, Halle Berry, Ryan Gosling | Photo speculation only | none |
| Zac Efron | Jaw injury, not nose | excluded |
| Chrissy Teigen | Buccal fat removal, not nose | excluded |
| Milton Berle | Joked about his "basketball nose" on air; no surgery record found | search snippet only |
| Donda West (d. 2007-11-10) | Dr. Jan Adams: breast reduction, tummy tuck, liposuction; no rhinoplasty | search snippet only |
| Olivia Goldsmith | Facelift anesthesia death | not searched further |
| Joan Rivers (d. 2014) | Endoscopy | see above |
| Pete Burns, Linda Evangelista | Lips / CoolSculpting | excluded |
| Tom Jones | Held: Daily Mirror interview not located; research says hold until the primary is fetched | Granger, 1967-09-21 |
| Joel B. Singer, MD | Held: Connecticut DPH order text not verified; research says verify before publishing | Connecticut Post, 2015 |
Labels: On record: the person said it, in a named outlet, quoted verbatim · Reported: a named outlet reported it; the person has not confirmed · Denied: the person denied it on record; we do not assert the surgery · Court record: case name, court and year exist · Historical: primary or scholarly source · Published: the surgeon's own peer-reviewed paper or book. If a quote here is wrong or a primary source is available, tell us. Research: research/history/famous-cases.md, research/history/famous.md.