Amber Tamblyn is revealing the plastic surgery procedure she underwent at age 12, and spoke out about how she feels about having made that decision all those years ago. “As a little girl, I had ears that stuck out like butterfly wings.
Some kids at my school in Los Angeles would make fun of them, and I’d often stare at myself in the mirror wishing my ears would lay flat against my head,” Amber, now 41, explained in the essay for the New York Times.
After landing a role in General Hospital at age 12, she underwent the procedure. Keep reading to find out more… “I opted to undergo ear-pinning surgery, a decision I’ve never made public until now.
For years, my parents watched my struggle with private shame, though they understood I was a tough kid who could handle it. But once I knew millions of people all over the world would be judging me on their television screens, not just on a playground, that knowledge changed everything for me,” she wrote of her decision.