Kristin Davis has received appreciation for a new selfie after disclosing her desire to remove her fillers.
The Sex and the City star has spoken openly about being ‘ridiculed repeatedly’ by fans for her previous decision to inject fillers, as well as how emotional this made her feel.
Taking to Instagram, the 59-year-old, who is about to begin filming the third season of SATC spin-off And Just Like That, uploaded a fresh-faced new photo while displaying a spectacular hair change.
‘Fresh 💇🏻♀️ by @rebekahforecast +NYC water = Kenya hair vibes part 2??,’ she captioned the shot.
Despite the focus on her ‘do, followers couldn’t help but praise Kristin’s glow in the comments below.
Cleoprakash replied: ‘Absolutely gorgeous both inside and out my dear. Much love to you and everything you do.’
Christybethjohnson agreed: ‘You’re my idol!!! I look up to you so much. Beautiful and natural as ever.’
‘Ummm this is fabulous,’ Nfortuna116 penned.
As Neverendingstorylalalalalalala added: ‘You look stunning! Best picture I’ve seen of you in a while! Love it!’
Kristin rose to prominence as Charlotte York in SATC in 1998, costarring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, and Cynthia Nixon.
She has seldom been out of the spotlight since, featuring in two spin-off films and the 2021 revival, which will shortly return for a third season.
This has resulted in intense scrutiny from admirers, as well as criticism from some for her changing appearance over time.
In an honest interview with the Telegraph, Kristin said that some of the remarks about her usage of fillers had left her in tears.
‘It’s hard to be confronted with your younger self at all times,’ she said last June. ‘It’s a challenge to remember that you don’t have to look like that. The internet wants you to — but they also don’t want you to. They’re very conflicted.
‘I have done fillers and it’s been good, and I’ve done fillers and it’s been bad. I’ve had to get them dissolved and I’ve been ridiculed relentlessly. And I have shed tears about it. It’s very stressful.’
Referring to the work she had done on her lips, she admitted: ‘No one told me it didn’t look good for the longest time. But luckily I do have good friends who did say eventually. The thing is you don’t smile at yourself in the mirror. Who smiles at themselves in the mirror? Crazy people.
‘It’s whatever. I can’t keep it up. I don’t have time. You’re trusting doctors [but] people personally blame us when it goes wrong – [as if] I jabbed a needle in my face.’
In a subsequent chat with Entertainment Tonight, Kristin touched on the huge reaction her comments were met with, noting the ‘shame’ some women in the industry feel surrounding their use of fillers and Botox.
‘I think part of the reason that people are not more open is because there is such shaming put on you largely by other women,’ she added.
‘It’s so sad. We have enough problems as it is. We don’t need to shame each other. It’s so much a waste of time, but it does hurt.
‘We’re doing the best we can do. Everybody is doing the best they can do, and everyone can make their own choices, right.
‘But you don’t criticize everybody else for their choices, or their mistakes or whatever it is. That’s not helping you. It’s not helping them. It’s not helping anybody. It’s just getting clicks or whatever.’