In June 2025, Denise Richards had a face and neck lift done by Dr. Ben Talei.
In an interview with Inside Edition, the cosmetic surgeon said the Bold and the Beautiful actress “felt like her face just didn’t look like her anymore.”
“A face and neck lift, a temporal brow restoration, where I actually reset the upper third of the face, which comes down, back into its place,” he added. “Recontoured the eyes. I did a cupid corner lift, where we put an incision on the side of the mouth to help neutralize it, and make the side of the mouth look s—- and younger again.”
While Richards was initially “terrified” before undergoing the operation, The World Is Not Enough star said the facelift helped her regain her confidence.
“I’m so grateful to Dr. Ben, I really am, because as we age, it doesn’t happen overnight, you know? But when you get a facelift, once you heal, it’s like night and day. You see a dramatic difference,” she said. “It’s given me… Especially with what I’m going through in life, you know? I wasn’t going through a divorce when I got it, although there were obviously some major problems in my marriage. But it’s just given me a new lease on life. It’s given me confidence.”
Richards, who split from husband Aaron Phypers in July 2025, continued, “And people have asked me, if I wasn’t an actress, would I have still had it? And I would have. I would. Because if I’m able to feel good, and if it gives me confidence, I’m grateful that I did it. It’s changed my life in such a good way. I had no idea. I wish I did it earlier, but I’m grateful I did it when I did.”