Jamie Lee Curtis Compares Plastic Surgery Craze to “Genocide”

Jamie Lee Curtis is not pulling any punches when it comes to plastic surgery and her latest comments are sparking serious conversations.

In a bold interview with “The Guardian“, she compared the rise of cosmetic procedures to a kind of societal “genocide.” Her words? “There’s a disfigurement of generations of predominantly women who are altering their appearances.”

Let’s just say, she’s not here to sugarcoat it.

Curtis has long been outspoken about her issues with the beauty industry, but this time she took it a step further, referring to the phenomenon as, quote, “the genocide of a generation of women by the cosmeceutical industrial complex.” According to her, this growing obsession with altering appearances through fillers, surgeries, and filters is erasing natural beauty—and with it, an entire generation’s authentic identity.

“I’ve used that word for a long time,” she explained. “And I use it specifically because it’s a strong word.”

She also called out the pressure to look flawless in a filtered world, saying, “Better is fake.” And while Curtis is clearly passionate about the issue, she also emphasized that she’s not out to shame individuals. “I would never say a word,” she said of people who’ve had work done. “It’s not my job to give my opinion, it’s none of my business.”

Still, she describes cosmetic procedures as a slippery slope. “Once you start, you can’t stop,” she added, calling it a “never-ending cycle.”

Although she didn’t name names, Curtis did say the recent media landscape is full of examples of people . . . especially women . . . altering their looks in extreme and highly visible ways.

To punctuate her stance, she also took part in a photoshoot for “The Guardian” featuring her wearing oversized, waxy red lips—a cheeky (and slightly creepy) nod to how artificial beauty standards have become.