When Catt Sadler got a facelift, neck lift, and belpharoplasty (eye lift) at the age of 48, it was imperative to the podcast host and media personality that she still look like herself, only more rested and rejuvenated. After all, “I liked how I looked,” Sadler says. “I want to look like my mom and my dad. I didn’t want to change who I was.”
Leave it, then, to the person—or thing—that sees Sadler’s reflection the most to not recognize her. “There was a minute there where my face I.D. [on my iPhone] was not working,” she says with a laugh. “For months. It was like, We don’t know that person. Face ID not working. Then I would travel and think, Well, I hope they think it’s me in my passport photo. There’s a period there where you’re like, What face are we landing on? Which is kind of funny to think about now…”
Facial recognition issues aside, Sadler says the best part about undergoing major plastic surgery—other than the results—have been the outpouring of support and appreciation she’s gotten from both social media followers and celebrities.
“It was thrilling actually. The majority of comments were, ‘Finally, somebody’s not lying about it.’ Or ‘Thank God somebody’s telling the truth! Give her props for just telling it like it is.’ That was the overwhelming [consensus], which at the time was very rare.”
If anything, Sadler says the only frustrating part was that several people misconstrued the Glamour headline, which read, Catt Sadler Got a Facelift, a Neck Lift, and an Eye Lift at 48. She Doesn’t Care What You Think About That.
“A lot of the comments I remember reading were like, ‘Well, she must give zero fucks if she’s doing a facelift; why would you do a facelift? You don’t care what people think.’ And I think that that got a little misconstrued because I think what I said was, I don’t care what you think about my choice. There’s a difference between me giving zero fucks what anyone ever thinks about me. Of course, I care to some degree what people think, but that was like, I don’t care if you’re judging me for doing this. This was my decision.”
Regardless, it was a decision that Sadler is so happy she made and doesn’t regret for one second. “I joke that I have become this poster child for the facelift because I [talk] with so many women about my experience,” she says over Zoom from her home just outside of Los Angeles. “That was kind of the point. I love that my own experience opened up a conversation in a way that we can talk about how really layered this is. It isn’t about a scalpel changing your life, it’s about empowering women, and giving them information.”
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