9 Celebrities Who Dissolved Their Filler

Celebrities might have access to the best doctors and aestheticians, but that doesn’t mean they don’t feel regret. And under the societal pressure to maintain a more sculpted or youthful appearance, some can end up with an overfilled look or just get filler that they don’t actually need. In recent years, more and more celebrities have opened up about getting their facial filler dissolved, which is typically done using hyaluronidase (and possible only with hyaluronic acid–based dermal fillers).

For the unfamiliar, hyaluronidase is “an enzyme that breaks the bonds connecting the polysaccharide segments,” says New Orleans board-certified dermatologist Dr. Mary Lupo. Essentially, it helps your body break down the filler more quickly. While the hyaluronidase breaks the bonds immediately, it takes about two weeks for the effect to really become noticeable, she says.

That said, it’s far easier to add filler than to subtract it, which is why it’s best not to overdo injectables in the first place. For one, skin doesn’t necessarily look the same after the filler is dissolved. “I have seen the skin look crepey after the overinjected area is dissolved,” says Dr. Lupo. (In that case, a skin-tightening treatment might be necessary.)

Your skin can also appear deflated, depending on how much filler was injected and then dissolved, but this tends to be temporary, says Dr. Lupo; in most cases, skin returns to normal over time. It’s also possible to have an allergy to hyaluronidase, which can result in itching and swelling, and the treatment for this is notoriously painful.

Still, the process is worth it to celebrities who’ve wanted to restore their natural appearance. Here, those who’ve done just that.

Courteney Cox

The actress revealed that she dissolved her fillers in a 2017 interview with NewBeauty. “I was trying to make [things] not drop, but that made me look fake,” she said. “You need movement in your face, especially if you have thin skin, like I do. I’ve had to learn to embrace movement and realize that fillers are not my friend.”

She didn’t realize that she’d gone overboard, describing it as a slippery slope. “You go to a doctor who would say, ‘You look great, but what would help is a little injection here or filler there.’ So you walk out and you don’t look so bad, and you think, No one noticed—it’s good. Then somebody tells you about another doctor: ‘This person’s amazing. They do this person, who looks so natural.’ You meet them, and they say, ‘You should just do this,’” she recounts. “The next thing you know, you’re layered and layered and layered. You have no idea because it’s gradual until you go, ‘Oh sh*t, this doesn’t look right.’”

She’s gone on to open up about her experience in the years since, telling The Sunday Times Magazine in 2022 that: “I didn’t realise that, oh s***, I’m actually looking really strange, with injections and doing stuff to my face that I would never do now.’”

Cox has also shared that she’s grateful they’re removable at all. “Just doing too many fillers and then having to have them removed—which, thank God, they’re removable,” she said when asked to share her biggest beauty reget on the podcast Gloss Angeles in 2023. “But I think I messed up a lot—and luckily, I was able to reverse most of that.”

Olivia Culpo

Ahead of her April wedding, model Olivia Culpo shared on Instagram that she’d dissolved her lip filler. “Last thing I had my lips dissolved last week,” she wrote in a caption. “Look at my before! I’m really happy the way they look now.”

She included before and after photos to show the difference in her smile, adding that she’s debating filling them again but planned to keep them filler-free for the wedding. (She then included a poll asking followers to choose between filler and natural—so time will tell what she decides.)

Bhad Bhabie

Rapper Bhad Babie took to her IG Stories to share that she’d dissolved all the filler in her cheeks, lips, and chin—and added a warning. “Stop doing it unless you absolutely need to,” she wrote. “It makes you look so much older and blocks your lymphatic drainage system causing pillow face!” She also included a shout-out to her provider, Zara Harutyunyan.

However, injected correctly, filler shouldn’t “block” lymphatic drainage. “In certain cases, fillers placed incorrectly or in excessive amounts could potentially block lymphatic flow, particularly in delicate areas like under the eyes,” says New York City board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. David Shafer. “This concern under the eyes is referred to as malar edema, which involves swelling in the cheek area.” In this case, the filler would need to be dissolved; you can minimize the risk with proper injection techniques and getting the right filler for the area, he says.

Tallulah Willis

The actress (and daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore), who’s been candid about her struggle with anorexia and recent diagnosis of autism, took to Instagram to disclose why she recently dissolved her filler—and what compelled her to get it in the first place.

“I recently got my filler dissolved—after being very emotionally and psychologically wrapped up in what I thought it gave me—I hadn’t seen my real bone structure in like 6 years,” she wrote in the caption. “Still learning to dial back the futzing and the pokes and sit with myself as I am, which is hard when your brain tells you that yes! more is better!”

Kristin Davis

After receiving an incredible amount of online bullying for her fillers, the Sex and the City actress shared in a 2023 interview that she’d dissolved her filler. “I have done fillers and it’s been good, and I’ve done fillers and it’s been bad. I’ve had to get them dissolved, and I’ve been ridiculed relentlessly. And I have shed tears about it. It’s very stressful,” she told The Telegraph.

Davis credited the people around her with finally being honest about her appearance and encouraging her to get the fillers dissolved. “No one told me it didn’t look good for the longest time—but luckily, I do have good friends who did say, eventually,” she said.

Blac Chyna

Shortly after reversing her butt and breast augmentations—and posting about it on Instagram—the reality star shared the long journey of getting her facial fillers dissolved with her followers, posting a series of videos to her Instagram. “Enough is enough,” she said at one point, after pointing to her cheek and jawline. “It all has to come out.”

She added that she’d done some research and had learned that it can burn or sting, but this didn’t stop her. “I just want it out,” she said. In a follow-up video, she revealed that she had to go for a second round of filler dissolving, to address a lump near her lip and volume in her cheekbones—but overall was happy with the results.

Amy Schumer

Known for her honesty, the actress and comic admitted to getting cheek filler in December 2021, telling her Instagram followers in a since deleted post that she was getting it dissolved (alongside a photo of herself with numbing cream on her cheeks). “I tried getting fillers. Turns out I was already full. Thank God you can dissolve them I looked like #malificent,” she wrote in the caption, going on to thank and tag her provider, doctor of nursing practice Jodi LoGerfo.

Lisa Rinna

Back in April, a physician’s assistant posted a since deleted TikTok video about the reality star’s appearance, noting her “overfilled look.” It led to a slew of comments about how unrecognizable she looked—spurring Rinna herself to weigh in on the matter. “Skinvive is not for everyone, and it was not good for me. Luckily we could dissolve it today. Whew,” she replied to a comment.

That said, it’s unclear whether she actually had Skinvive dissolved. “While Skinvive is an injectable, it is not classed as a filler and isn’t intended to add volume to the face—but rather increase hydration within the skin, leaving you looking more radiant,” explains Dr. Shafer. One explanation could be that she experienced swelling, since it requires a number of injections—but swelling typically goes down quickly, he says. (And, of course, swelling would not necessitate dissolution.)

Caroline Stanbury

The Real Housewives of Dubai star, 47, has been candid about her plastic surgery procedures, having shared the results of her facelift on Instagram in November 2023 alongside the caption: “NEW FACE, NEW ME.”

Now, in a recent episode of her podcast, she’s opened up about everything from taking Ozempic to dissolving her fillers. “I’ve been doing fillers since I was 26, and I started with my jawline,” she told her husband, Sergio. “And, a lot of people do their jawline, and over the years, it’s been filler on top of filler on top of filler. I ended up having quite a wide face.”

She started dissolving her fillers ahead of her facelift. “How on earth can you get a cheekbone or a jawline on top of years and years of filler? Take it out, look at yourself, and start again with a highly experienced doctor,” she said.

Even though she’d begun the process, the fillers still ultimately impacted her facelift. “Half of my surgery in LA was removing all the filler I had,” she said, noting that her surgeon said that he had a hard time getting it out. “That’s why he took three and a half inches off my neck, because it was so much wider than my natural face was.”