Justine Bateman Dismisses Plastic Surgery: 'My Face Represents Who I Am'

Justine Bateman accepts her altering bodily options ― even when the web received’t.

The previous “Household Ties” star opened up about ageing within the public eye in an interview with “60 Minutes Australia” that aired final week.

“I wanted to Google one thing to do some analysis and remind myself of one thing that occurred after I was well-known,” she mentioned. “So, I put in my identify, Googled my identify ― Justine Bateman ― after which the autocomplete got here up, which was ‘appears outdated.’” Bateman, 57, estimated she was 40 or 42 on the time.

Actor and writer Justine Bateman visits AOL's Construct Collection to debate her guide 'Fame: The Highjacking of Actuality' on Oct. 10, 2018, in New York Metropolis.

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“I used to be like, ‘What?’ And I regarded on the footage that that they had as proof, and I couldn’t see what they have been speaking about,” she mentioned. “I simply don’t give a shit” about what folks assume, she added.

“I believe I look rad,” Bateman continued. “I believe my face represents who I'm. I prefer it.”

The actor, who wrote a guide about magnificence two years in the past, additionally mentioned within the interview that she feels “unhappy” for girls who use fillers and Botox to cover the consequences of ageing, as they’re “not having fun with life.”

“I really feel unhappy they're distracted from the issues that they’re meant to do in life, with this consuming concept that they’ve gotta repair their face earlier than anything can occur,” Bateman mentioned.

“I’m saying, overlook about your face! That's what I’m saying,” she added. “Do away with the concern that's making you assume that the truth that your face is wrinkled goes to X-out a bunch of alternatives for you.”

Bateman joins a small however mighty variety of outstanding ladies ― together with supermodel Paulina Porizkova, who was additionally featured within the “60 Minutes Australia” interview ― who shun beauty procedures.

Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis shared her ideas on Botox throughout an interview with “As we speak” final 12 months wherein she mentioned she was dissatisfied with the beauty injection.

“I did cosmetic surgery. I put Botox in my head,” the “All the things In all places All At As soon as” star mentioned. “Does Botox make the large wrinkle go away? Sure. However you then appear like a plastic figurine.”

Now, Curtis mentioned, she tells her daughters: “Don’t mess together with your face.”