On Thursday (January 28), Ashley Tisdale decided to finally speak out about her 2007 nose job in an emotional blog post. When Tisdale revealed she went under the knife thirteen years ago, she received major backlash. At the time, Tisdale was one of Disney Channel's biggest stars.
Back in 2007, Tisdale tried to get ahead of the story by publicly sharing she had rhinoplasty to correct a deviated septum "which caused trouble breathing" in an interview with People. "The older I got, the worse it got. I went to get it checked out, and the doctor told me the septum was 80 percent deviated and that I had two small fractures on my nose," Tisdale explained.
"it didn't feel like THAT big of a deal to me because the decision was based on serious health issues I was having," Tisdale continued. In her post on Frenshe, Tisdale made a point to emphasize her decision to get rhinoplasty "was not about changing my appearance."
Despite making the decision for health reasons at the recommendation of her doctor, Tisdale experienced "traumatic" shaming after going public. "Plastic surgery wasn't culturally accepted then like it is now," she recalled. "When I got it done I was scrutinized, judged, and made to feel ashamed over my decision. I made a decision that was no one's business (and is STILL no one's business) and for that decision, I was constantly made to feel bad about it."
Tisdale decided to address the situation all these years later because it was unexpectedly brought up in a recent interview. Though the question about her nose job caught Tisdale "off guard," she decided to turn it into a positive experience by finally sharing her story. "At the end of the day, I'm having a daughter, and I hope her choices aren't met with judgment or shame," she wrote. "It's taken years for me to process this experience — an experience that I didn't think was that big of a deal either."
Though the interview "brought up a very dark time in my life," Tisdale wrote, including "things like having paparazzi break into my home to get the 'first shot,' and feeling like I let people down," she's ready to finally "let it go."
Tisdale wrapped up her post by thanking her readers for allowing her to be "honest and vulnerable with no judgment." She then shared her wish for other women to be able to "approach this subject the same way" so everybody "could probably feel less shame and a lot more love."
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