In Hollywood, we often see actors and actresses doing whatever they can to continue to look young. That’s why it’s so refreshing to see a star like Jamie Lee Curtis embrace her natural gray hair.

Curtis recently revealed that she got plastic surgery when she was in her 30s in the hopes of maintaining her youthful looks. However, she later realized that none of this surgery was worth it.

“I’ve done it all. I’ve had a little plastic surgery. I’ve had a little lipo. I’ve had a little Botox. And you know what? None of it works. None of it,” she said in a 2002 interview.

Curtis’ was so fearful about aging that she turned to drinking and found herself addicted to both alcohol and pills. Instead of getting her the help she needed, producers and directors only pushed her to get more surgery.

“Ten years ago, before anybody did that, I had fat taken from underneath my eyes because I was on a movie and I was puffy,” Curtis remembered. “I remember the cameraman saying: ‘I can’t shoot her now.’ I remember being mortified.”

Curtis eventually entered rehab and decided to not only give up pills and alcohol, but also to give up plastic surgery.

“All of these ‘bettering’ experiences are not without risk,” the actress said. “And there is this illusion that once you do it, then you’ll be fine. And that’s just horse****. I looked worse.”

During her recovery, Curtis promised herself that she would no longer care about what others thought of her physical appearance.

“I’m trying hard to take the veil off the fraud, to be real, to start with me. In the recovery programme I’m in (for addiction problems), they talk about peeling an onion, exposing more layers,” she said.

These days, Curtis is rocking completely gray hair! She’s also hitting new heights with her career, as her new movie Halloween topped the box office last weekend!

We applaud Curtis for learning to love herself and for not submitting to Hollywood’s ideals of beauty! Keep up the great work, Jamie Lee!