14 DAY TRIAL // Sharon Stone is keeping it real: the actress is shedding all clothes (but not the designer shoes and the diamond jewelry) for a spread in the latest issue of Harper’s Bazaar, which also comes with a very interesting interview.
Long considered one of the most beautiful and confident women in showbiz, Sharon is still holding on to this title now that she’s nearing 60. She’s 57 actually, and she’s proud to say she hasn’t had any work done on her face, swearing by fillers as the best alternative to maintain her youthful appearance.
Sharon Stone is (still) keeping it real
As you can see from the photo attached to this article, which is actually the tamest of the 2 included in the issue, she’s still got a fabulous figure. Obviously, there’s some retouching in it, because Sharon is the first to admit that her body is not perfect.
In fact, when certain tabloids tried to shame her last year for having cellulite on her backside, she told a reporter that she didn’t have a “cottage cheese” butt: it was more like “fine triple crème brie.” So yes, she had cellulite, but why should she be made to feel bad about it if she was healthy, happy and confident?
She has the same attitude about getting work done on her face, though it’s clear she doesn’t approve of actual, invasive plastic surgery.
Stone is now the celebrity spokesperson for Restylane, a famous brand of filler she started using after 2001, when she had a stroke that left her with damage to her face, among other things.
Fillers are “common” now, so why not be honest about it
In 2001, Sharon was rushed to the hospital for a brain hemorrhage: she woke up to find she’d ruptured a vertebral artery, required surgery and was repaired with 22 platinum coils. The doctor told her to expect the worst, including losing speech and limited mobility.
Recovery was long and difficult; Stone couldn’t feel her leg for months and was left slurring her words. She says her entire brain “shifted” and she was suddenly struggling with things that had come natural to her until then.
She was also left with face damage, which she had fixed with fillers. Unlike most celebrities, she doesn’t hesitate to own up to it.
“It's so common now for people to use fillers, it's almost like a beauty treatment,” she says. “It's like you have mascara and a filler. And it's a far better alternative than having your face cut apart and ending up looking like you got sucked into a wind tunnel.”
She doesn’t say if she thinks she’d have gotten them had she not been through her health crisis, but the implication is that she would have. And she’d have probably been as open about it too.