she answered this herself, in tears, on camera, in 2023 — which is more than almost anybody at her level has done.
the short answer
in a 2023 video for vogue she said she had had a great deal of lip filler and botox over the years and stopped in 2018, because it had begun to feel like hiding. she became emotional describing it and said she wanted to see her own smile and cry lines. she has not said she has ruled injectables out permanently, and she has separately denied having had surgery.
the 2023 interview
it came in a beauty video for vogue, which is not where anybody expected it. she said she had had a lot of lip filler and botox across the years, that she stopped in 2018 because it felt like too much, and — the line the whole thing turned on — that for a long time beauty had been about hiding for her.
she cried while saying it. she then said she hoped her smile lines and cry lines would get deeper, which is a strange and specific thing to want out loud at thirty and is the part that made the clip travel.
the dates, since they get muddled
| what she had | lip filler and botox, described as a great deal, over several years |
|---|---|
| when she stopped | 2018 |
| when she said so | september 2023, in a vogue video |
| surgery | denied. she has said she has not had plastic surgery |
| permanently? | no. she has not ruled injectables out for the future |
she has restated the 2018 date since, in response to a joke of her own that was read as a walk-back. the stated position has not moved.
why the answer is unusual
it also lands inside a much longer pattern. 2018 is the year she stopped; it is also the year of manchester's aftermath, the sweetener record about it, and the reconciliation with her father. a lot was being reconsidered.
what this page will not do
compare photographs. the same rule applies here as on the page about her weight: what she has said is the record, and reading a face across a decade of different lighting, makeup and camera lenses is not evidence of anything. her makeup alone accounts for more visual change than most people assume.
questions people ask
has ariana grande had lip filler?
yes, and she has said so. she told vogue in 2023 that she had had a great deal of lip filler and botox and stopped in 2018.
when did ariana grande stop getting botox?
2018, by her own account, which she has restated since.
has ariana grande had plastic surgery?
she has said she has not. what she has confirmed is injectables — filler and botox — which she stopped in 2018.
why did she stop?
she said it had begun to feel like hiding, and that she wanted to see her own smile and cry lines.
would she do it again?
she has not ruled it out. she has been careful to say she has not sworn off injectables permanently.