SZA Reveals Why She Needed to Remove Her Breast Implants
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There aren't always perks to getting plastic surgery.
Just ask SZA, who recently shared insight into why it was necessary for her to remove her breast implants.
"When I got my boobs done, my doctor took out some of my fibrosis," the Grammy winner said of the procedure she got done early in her career while appearing on S.H.E. MD's March 8 podcast episode. "But there was so much fibrosis, it was crazy. And he took it out. And so, when I went back, a lot of the concerns were gone."
Fibrosis, which is thickening or scarring of the tissue, can show up as lumps or cysts in the breast, per the American Cancer Society.
"I have markers in my breast, like metal markers in my breast for fibrosis, for these lumps," she continued. "I'm not supposed to be getting breast implants."
Despite this, SZA decided to move forward with the procedure.
"They ended up hurting me," the 34-year-old revealed. "I got way too much scar tissue because my breasts are too dense...and so, I ended up getting extra fibrosis."
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Although fibrosis isn't cancerous, the musician noted that her mother was previously diagnosed with breast cancer (and is now seven years cancer-free), and her aunt had a mastectomy. Due to her family history, SZA's doctor warned against the breast augmentation because she had an increased risk of developing the disease.
"I didn't feel good and it was painful," she expressed. "So, I took them out, and now, they're just my boobs."
This isn't the first time the "Snooze" singer has candidly shared her plastic surgery experiences.
"I treat my butt like a purse," she told Elle in May about getting a Brazilian butt lift. "It's just there to enhance whatever else. And that's why I paid for it, because it works all by itself. I always wanted a really fat ass with less gym time."
And the decision to upgrade her derrière was made on her own terms.
"I didn't succumb to industry pressure," she clarified. "I succumbed to my own eyes in the mirror and being like, 'No, I need some more ass.'"
She's not the only star to be open about going under the knife. Keep reading to see which celebrities have detailed their experiences with plastic surgery.
<p>Martha Stewart</p>
After years of denying cosmetic procedures, the lifestyle expert recently confessed in the Feb. 8 episode of her eponymous podcast that she gets Botox, fillers and lasers to tighten her skin. "I don't think a lot about age," she explained, "but I don't want to look my age."
<p>Tori Spelling</p>
The Beverly Hills, 90210 star has spoken publicly about her nose job and her breast implants.
<p>Sharon Osbourne</p>
In addition to getting candid on using Ozempic for weight loss, the talk show host admitted that her 2021 facelift was "the worst thing that I ever did," explaining in December 2023, "I looked like Cyclops."
<p>Lady Gaga</p>
"I've never had any work-work done, but I went through a phase when I was smoking pot when I was really obsessed with getting facial injections," the "Born This Way" singer told radio host Howard Stern in 2013. "I was going to this strip mall in Chicago in the back…Everybody was like, 'You are a nut job.'...I'm telling you, I wasn't exactly in the best frame of mind, and I would smoke a bunch of joints and have some drinks and I would be like, 'Oh, let's go see my girl' and we would drive to this strip mall and I would get shot up with a bunch of whatever, Juvéderm, and then leave."
She continued, "Now all the stuff is gone. Before I shot the 'Applause' video, [a photographer friend] was like, 'Gaga, I love you but if you don't stop injecting s--t in your face I'm going to just kill you.'"
<p>Bethenny Frankel</p>
The Real Housewives of New York star got breast implants in 2005, but removed them in 2008.
"Now I feel comfortable," she told Life & Style. "If there's something you're not comfortable with and you can correct it, great."
<p>Olivia Colman</p>
The Crown star revealed that she's a fan of Botox. "I've had loads," the 50-year-old told BBC Radio 2.
<p>Julie Chen</p>
In 2013, The Talk co-host revealed on the show that she got plastic surgery at the beginning of her career in order to make her eyes look bigger.
"And after I had it done, the ball did roll for me," she said. "And I wondered, did I give in to the man?"
She added, "I have to live with every decision that I've made. And it got me to where we are today. And I'm not going to look back."
<p>Jamie Lee Curtis</p>
"I've done it all," the actress told The Telegraph in 2002. "I've had a little plastic surgery. I've had a little lipo. I've had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works. None of it."
<p>Jennifer Aniston</p>
"I had [a deviated septum] fixed–best thing I ever did," the actress told People in 2007. "I slept like a baby for the first time in years. As far as all the other [rumors], as boring as it sounds, it's still mine. All of it. Still mine."
<p>NeNe Leakes</p>
In 2010, the Real Housewives of Atlanta star revealed that she had had a nose job, a breast lift and liposuction.
"I'm very comfortable and confident in myself," she told People. "I just wanted a tune up."
<p>Kim Zolciak</p>
In 2015, the reality star called Dr. Lenny Hochstein her "boob God" doctor for giving her perky breasts. Of course, the reality TV personality has been an open book about her other procedures, including a tummy tuck and lip injections.
<p>Lisa Rinna</p>
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star had her lips injected with silicone at age 24. In 2010, she had some of the filler removed.
"I find it so interesting that it's become such a big thing because I can't tell you how many girls have done their lips. I feel like I'm a pioneer," she said on Today in 2013. "I was one of the first ones to ever do it and be honest about it."She also said, "I would do it again. I never had a career before I had the lips so my lips have had their own career!"
<p>Heidi Montag</p>
In 2009, at just 23 years old, the Hills star underwent a head-to-toe transformation, having 10 cosmetic procedures done in one day. In addition to Botox, chin reductions and a nose job, the reality star also got fat injections in her lips.
<p>Iggy Azalea</p>
The Aussie rapper said in the April 2015 issue of Vogue magazine that she got breast implants. "I did change something: Four months ago, I got bigger boobs! I'd thought about it my entire life," she revealed.
<p>Tyra Banks</p>
In her memoir, Perfect Is Boring, the supermodel revealed that she went under the knife early in her career. "I had bones in my nose that were growing and itching," she wrote in her book. "I could breathe fine, but I added cosmetic surgery. I admit it! Fake hair, and I did my nose."
<p>Kim Kardashian</p>
"I really, genuinely care about looking good," the SKKN founder told Allure for its August 2022 issue. "I probably care more than 90 percent of the people on this planet. It's not easy when you're a mom and you're exhausted at the end of the day or you're in school, and I'm all of the above. I do my beauty treatments usually late at night. After everyone's in bed, I'm doing laser treatments."
Kim revealed she's also gotten "a little bit of Botox," but hasn't dabbled with filler on her lips or cheeks, revealing, "No filler. Never filled either one, ever."
<p>Kristin Cavallari</p>
During an Instagram Stories Q&A on Aug. 23, the reality TV star didn't shy away from answering a fan's question about her boobs. "Gonna keep it real with y'all," Kristin began her response. "Got a lift after breast feeding all 3 kids."
While The Hills alum isn't opposed to cosmetic procedures, she admitted she's "never done" Botox.
"It's not for me. But I've seen it look amazing on some people," she wrote. "My concern is that we don't know the long term effects of it (and I don't mean 5-10 years, I mean like 20 years) and I think your face is muscle, so we need to work it out the same way we would any other muscle."
<p>John Stamos</p>
In his new memoir, If You Would Have Told Me, John opened up about feeling insecure with his appearance, which led him to get two nose jobs. "That nose," he wrote. "It bothers me."
"My nose looks kind of pushed up like Peter Pan or something," he shared of the initial procedure. "So on my next hiatus, I have it redone by Michael Jackson's plastic surgeon."
<p>Sia</p>
The singer recently revealed she got a facelift.
"I'm a pop star that normally hides my face and doesn't lie about s--t," she said at the 5th annual Daytime Beauty Awards in Los Angeles on Oct. 1.. "I got an amazing face lift from Dr. Ben Talei. He is incredible. And he is doing so much good work—and not just for the pop stars of the world."
<p>Nicki Minaj</p>
The rapper revealed she recent went under the knife. "I had to get a breast reduction," she told Vogue in a cover story published Nov. 9, "and actually I love it. I used to want a bigger butt, and now I look back and realize how silly that was."
Vanessa Williams
Vanessa recently shared the cosmetic treatments she gets, telling Page Six, "I'm due for Botox. I don't do filler and I have so much full movement that there is no Botox at all."
When asked if she's thought about going under the knife, she replied, "That would be the one thing that I would probably put off for the very last thing. The technology now for lifting, sculpting, tightening, is incredible. And there's a machine for anything. I just got a microcurrent thing for your neck, it was called Forma and it's like a total package facial."
Kim Cattrall
The Sex and the City alum opened up about why she receives cosmetic injectables.
"I'm in my 60s now and I'm all about battling aging in every way I can," Kim told The Sunday Times in an interview published June 4. "There are fillers, Botox, there's so many different things that you can investigate and try and see if it's for you. It's not just a vanity thing."
Blac Chyna
The reality star underwent several cosmetic procedures over the years. In March 2023, she underwent breast and butt reduction surgery and got her facial fillers dissolved. The following May, as she celebrated her 35th birthday, she reflected on her previous look on Instagram, saying in a video, "I was looking at old pictures, you guys. That face was looking crazy."
Genevieve Padalecki
In April 2023, The actress, wife of Supernatural alum Jared Padalecki, revealed on Kimberly Van Der Beek and Peggy Rometo's podcast Bathroom Chronicles that she got a breast augmentation a year and a half prior and then had her implants removed after she found she could not exercise as long as she used to and felt joint pain.
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