Mindy Kaling is the newest movie star to spark cosmetic surgery rumors following her 2025 “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell” look to advertise her Netflix collection “Operating Level.” “You look very glamorous. You look very stunning,” Kimmel gushed as Kaling took her seat. She was carrying a black sparkly costume that cinched at her waist, and her hair was styled in a deep facet half with unfastened waves. For years now, Kaling has been rumored to have undergone cosmetic surgery, and her newest look has virtually everybody saying the identical factor. “Mindy did not seem like this when she was in ‘The Workplace’… did she?” famous one commenter. “I imply… [that was] 10 years in the past. However she’s aged nicely no?” One other did not hesitate to ask: “Did she get a nostril job?”

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Whether or not it is the burden loss, surgical enhancements, or simply make-up, “The Mindy Undertaking” creator actually regarded totally different earlier than the cosmetic surgery rumors about her began circulating (see above). To achieve an skilled’s perspective, we spoke with New York Facial Plastic Surgeon Dr. Joel Kopelman, who claimed that Kaling’s head-turning transformation won’t really contain surgical procedure. “Weight reduction, particularly the type she’s mentioned publicly, can drastically slim and reshape the face. That alone can create sharper jawlines, extra outlined cheekbones, and a totally refreshed look,” he completely advised Nicki Swift. “Add in growing older, make-up, skilled styling, and good skincare, and people modifications can simply be amplified.”

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Nevertheless, it is easy to see why individuals would assume that Kaling went underneath the knife to realize her appears to be like. On Reddit, some accused the actor of “ruining her face with a lot cosmetic surgery,” from lip fillers to chin implants to rhinoplasty and even pores and skin bleaching. However in line with Kopelman, there’s nothing that definitively suggests Kaling has had such excessive enhancements.

earlier than and after footage of Mindy Kaling, Dr. Joel Kopelman stated that her drastic transformation might simply as nicely be on account of minimal enhancements like filler and Botox fairly than cosmetic surgery. “Her brow appears to be like clean and line-free, and there could also be some delicate quantity in her lips or cheeks that would come from injectables,” he advised us completely. Whereas others suspect that she’s had a rhinoplasty, this might merely be an phantasm created by make-up, contouring, and good lighting. Assuming she did not go underneath the knife, as Dr. Kopelman suggests, it is believable that Kaling was in a position to rework by way of a mixture of weight reduction, make-up, skincare, and in-office therapies like laser or chemical peels. “In Hollywood, the place beauty work is frequent, even pure modifications typically spark hypothesis,” the plastic surgeon concluded.

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Though she hasn’t immediately addressed the rumors surrounding her transformation, Kaling, who cannot cease exhibiting off her new look, shared her ideas on the general public’s fixation together with her look in an interview with Individuals in 2023. “I do know individuals are actually within the modifications in my physique, and I feel it is flattering,” she started. “However generally, it is just a bit a lot, so I strive to not tune into it. The reality is that I spend a lot time and vitality attempting to be wholesome.” Following the beginning of her kids Katherine and Spencer — whose father Kaling has chosen to maintain non-public — she managed to lose a whopping 40 lbs by way of constant weight-reduction plan and train. “I am feeling actually assured in my physique lately, which isn’t one thing that I have been in a position to say for my entire life, sadly,” she gushed, including, “I really feel nice!” 

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