Cate Blanchett is `frightened` of plastic surgery
The 42-year-old `Lord of the Rings` actress refuses to have Botox or go under the knife because she worries about the long-term effects of cosmetic procedures.
She said: "There`s been a decade or probably more of people doing interventions on their faces and their bodies, and now people are seeing that [in the] long term, it`s not so great.
"I`m not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn`t do. I just know what works for me. I`d just be too frightened about what it means long-term.
"Looking at women in their 20s doing this stuff, in the end all you see is the work. It doesn`t fill me with admiration; it fills me with pity."
Cate - who is the face of skincare brand SK-II - believes less is more when it comes to looking after her skin, and relies solely on her regular cleansing regime coupled with the occasional oxygen facial.
She told Fashionetc.com: "We`re always looking for the new thing. I`m very old fashioned ? We do so much to ourselves, I don`t know whether [from] boredom or what. It`s like, do less! Read a book, go for a walk!"
When it comes to looking after your insides, she has this advice: "I think the glass of lemon juice in the morning is a good thing. It keeps your systems going. Like the people who get into colonic therapy; there`s a logic to that. The French have been doing it for years-the Egyptians did it!"
But that is where she draws the line. She added: "I`m not going to bathe in my own urine-there are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to!"
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