Richards, 55, and her plastic surgeon, Dr. Ben Talei of Beverly Hills, Calif., shared side-by-side photos detailing the results of the facelift that the actress and reality star underwent eight months earlier in a joint Instagram post<\/a> on Saturday, March 21.<\/p>\n In the caption, Talei also shared more information about the cosmetic work \u2014 a facelift, temporal brow lift, upper blepharoplasty, lip lift for the outer corners of her mouth and fat grafting \u2014 he performed on Richards, who called it the \u201cbest thing I could\u2019ve done for myself\u201d in a separate post on Instagram Stories<\/a>.<\/p>\n Alongside the side-by-side shots of Richards, which show a significant difference in her neck, mouth and other areas of her face, Talei began by calling the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills<\/a> alum \u201cone of the most lovely and beautiful people to ever walk this earth.\u201d<\/p>\n Denise Richards’ facelift results \u201cIt was an incredible pleasure and honor to be trusted with her restoration and, more importantly, the preservation of her character and beauty,\u201d the plastic surgeon continued.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n Talei went on to point out that as a result of the facelift and accompanying procedures, Richards\u2019 \u201cstunning, gorgeous eyes were restored rather than changed or just cleaned up.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEven her earlobes look better from all views. The sad or tired look around the eyes and mouth have been neutralized and reversed,\u201d he wrote, later adding that \u201ceven the furrowing between her eyebrows has been relaxed.\u201d<\/p>\n Denise Richards facelift results \u201cI\u2019m so grateful to Denise for being so open about the procedure,\u201d the surgeon concluded the post. \u201cShe\u2019s been through so much this past year and her resilience is just astounding. She has a golden heart and her golden face is hers again.\u201d<\/p>\n Several surgeons praised the photos in the comments. Richards\u2019 friend and fellow RHOBH star Kyle Richards<\/a> also gave her stamp of approval, writing, \u201cSo good! @deniserichards looking \ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25.\u201d<\/p>\n Talei\u2019s post detailing the facelift transformation and praising Richards\u2019 openness comes just a day after the Wild Things actress opened up about her decision to have the procedure<\/a> \u2014 which comes more than 30 years after she first went under the knife at age 19 for breast implants<\/a> \u2014 in an interview with Allure<\/a> published Friday, March 20.<\/p>\n “I wanted to put things back up, where they were before,” she said of her facelift, sharing that while she had undergone plastic surgery before, the prospect of a surgeon touching her face was “terrifying.”<\/p>\n It was something Richards previously said she would “never” do, she told the outlet.<\/p>\n \u201cI’m one who says \u2018never say never,\u2019 but I always said I would never get a facelift, because that’s my face. This is how I make my money,” she explained. “I\u2019ve been in this business a long time. People know what I look like. I’ve never done anything aesthetically to my face.”<\/p>\n Denise Richards’ facelift results “This is my nose. I\u2019ve done a little Botox. I’ve done very little filler \u2014 it made me look like I was heavy; it just did not work for my face,” the star continued. “I\u2019ve never touched anything [on my face] like that. If things go a little sideways when you do some other part of your body, you could cover it. So I was always scared of a facelift, but I did want to do my neck \u2014 my late mom would always say that she had a turkey neck. I think it’s genetic. I had tried that [lifting] tape \u2014 a makeup artist showed it to me \u2014 and I’m like, \u2018Well, if that’s where I want it to go, why not just put it back there?\u2019 “<\/p>\n “It was something that I’d been thinking about for two years, going back and forth,” Richards added, “and the last six months [before my surgery], I was like, \u2018I have to do this.\u2019 “<\/p>\n Read the original article on People<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Denise](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ae17577f1cb62c03e46955aa89c65559.jpeg\"\/)
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