'What has she done?': 5 beloved '80s stars who publicly and deeply regret their drastic cosmetic surgeries

The Dirty Dancing star shot to fame in the late '80s after the hit film was released, and Jennifer became instantly recognisable for her stunning good looks and her beautiful nose. 

However, her insecurity around her nose grew in conjunction with her fame, and, compounded with pressure from her mother, she underwent a nose job.

"After Dirty Dancing, I was America’s sweetheart, which you would think would be the key to unlocking all my hopes and dreams. But it didn’t go down that way," she wrote in her memoir, Out of the Corner.

"My so-called ‘problem’ wasn’t really a problem for me, but since it seemed to be a problem for other people, and it didn’t appear to be going away anytime soon, by default it became my problem."

The actress shared that after her rhinoplasty she lost her identity and career "overnight", and even her friends didn't recognise her. "In the world’s eyes, I was no longer me," she told People. 

Jennifer added that her mother had encouraged her to go under the knife to further her career and distance herself from her Jewish heritage.

"I was so upset with my mother for always telling me I should do my nose," she told the publication. "I really thought it was capitulating. I really thought it meant surrendering to the enemy camp."

"I understand they were assimilating," Jennifer continued. "I understood that you had to change your name and you had to do certain things, and it was just normalised, right? You can't be Jewish. You know, you can't look Jewish. You're just trying to fit into whatever is the group think."

The '80s heartthrob suffered several major facial injuries after trying his hand at professional boxing in the '90s, causing him to seek out plastic surgery.  

"Most of it was to mend the mess of my face because of the boxing, but I went to the wrong guy to put my face back together," he told the Daily Mail in 2009. "I had my nose broken twice. I had five operations on my nose and one on a smashed cheekbone."

"I had to have cartilage taken from my ear to rebuild my nose and a couple of operations to scrape out the cartilage because the scar tissue wasn't healing properly," he explained.

"That was one of the most painful operations, but the worst was haemorrhoids." In the following years, Mickey reportedly got cheek implants, Botox and filler, causing him to lose his signature roguish look.

The Dallas actress was one of Hollywood's most striking stars in the '80s, but a botched surgery from a fraudulent doctor in 2003 left her face permanently damaged. 

In the early ‘00s, Priscilla saw Daniel Serrano, a fraudster who was later discovered to have been injecting his clients with industrial-grade silicone – the same silicone used in car parts.

During this time, Daniel would throw glamorous cocktail parties for the rich and famous, and people would line up to get fillers from him. 

These fillers would later lead to facial lumps, paralysis and skin craters, and Daniel was sent to prison for his crimes. Priscilla's representative acknowledged in a statement at the time of his arrest that she had fallen victim to Daniel’s scheme in the past. 

"Priscilla Presley was one of many documented victims of Dr Daniel Serrano," the representative said. "An investigation which uncovered his misconduct ultimately led to his imprisonment. Ms Presley dealt with this matter years ago, and everything is now well."

The late country music icon explained that he began to notice little things he wanted to change about his appearance, before eventually going under the knife. 

"I had the money to do it, and I had the time off. But it's one of those things I think everybody – you look at yourself, and you go, 'Could I be better if I did this or if I did that?'" he said on CBS This Morning.

"And I did it, and the guy who did it was one of the world's best, but he just had this concept that the edge of your eyes had to be higher than a certain place. And I regret that, but the truth is, I don't know what I would've looked like if I hadn't done it."

Kenny’s close friend, the late Dolly Parton, later revealed that she would tease him about his plastic surgery, but he was always a good sport about it. "I told him, I said, ‘Kenny. I’m glad I got to live long enough to see you grow into your facelift,'" she shared on The Howard Stern Show.

"He thought that was the funniest thing, but he did, you know, as he got older… his skin started to loosen, and he looked more natural. But it's always a risk." 

The late Pete Burns fronted the '80s pop band Dead or Alive, best known for hits like 'You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)' and 'Brand New Lover'. After the band achieved international fame in the mid-'80s, Pete began to experiment with plastic surgery.

"When 'Spin Me Round' was going up the charts, I realised I was going to be a visual entity, and I had to look good," Burns said on Celebrity Botched Up Bodies. 

"When you're young, and you're very self-conscious, and you stand in front of a camera, if the photographer's whispering, 'Can we just turn his head to the left because he's got a lump on his nose?' You think – well, I'll do something about it."

He underwent almost 300 surgeries during his lifetime, with everything from his nose to his cheekbones to his lips being altered. 

Pete developed major health issues as a result of the constant surgeries and the array of medications he was taking, which led to blood clots in his legs, heart and lungs.

"I was having a major operation a week for two years," he explained. "What I’m trying to achieve with my surgery is my own personal satisfaction. It’s narcissism." Pete passed away in 2016 at age 57 from a cardiac arrest.