This is Fonda after the latest round of surgery

In February, Jane Fonda admitted to having plastic surgery on her eyes, chin and neck. She’d previously vowed not to have any more work done (it’s unclear but I think she had a face lift years prior) but said she got this latest round because “I got tired of not looking like how I feel… I wanted a more refined chin line like I used to have so I changed my mind.” Fonda looks like a different person to me, and while I understand the urge to want to look like you feel it’s one you have to balance with an understanding of the capabilities of plastic surgery. One round can yield decent results, but more than that can result in a mask-like look and permanently freaky features.

The 72 year-old actress was on Larry King earlier this week, and she explained that she’s not proud of her surgery but she had things she wanted to change. Her face looks better to me now than in the grainy photographs she put up on Twitter after the surgery. It probably “settled” into the surgery and she’s no longer swollen. She has crow’s feet, but still looks strange and artificial, though, when compared to how she looked before. On Larry King Fonda kind of played down her surgery as if it wasn’t a big deal. At least she’s still admitting to it and isn’t acting as if her unnaturally smooth tight look is due to some nonexistent genetic miracle.

Jane Fonda “caved” in to getting plastic surgery after vowing in 2000 she would not get any more work done, she told Larry King Monday night.

“If I was really brave, I would have not,” she said. “I vowed I wouldn’t–I did, and I don’t feel proud of it.”

Fonda, 72, has been upfront about the procedures she had done on her jawline and eye bags in February. She told Larry King she purposely left some of her wrinkles in place.

“I like my crow’s feet and I like my little laugh lines,” she said. “It was just the little jowls away, that’s all.

“I didn’t want to lie about it. I’m writing a book about getting older, so I had to admit it. I feel so good. I’m so happy.”

[From Huffington Post]

I like how Fonda explained it, “I feel so good, I’m so happy. I didn’t want to look kind of tired and jowly anymore.” She also said she didn’t “do a lot. I don’t look weird.” She doesn’t look that weird, but it’s not like you can’t tell she had something done. I’m kind of torn about this. On one hand I’m for plastic surgery and think that it’s a personal choice. Not everyone who does it is an insecure wreck like Heidi Montag who only sees minor barely noticeable flaws. Not everyone ends up looking like a warped wax version of themselves. On the other hand when older outspoken feminists like Fonda get work done and then act like it’s no biggie it makes me feel crappy inside, like I’ll have to make those kind of decisions in 40 years too.

Also Fonda after – not a flattering pic

Fonda before the surgery

Before: