Ireland Baldwin Defends Her Decision to Get Plastic Surgery: ‘I Couldn’t Be Happier’

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Standing her ground. Ireland Baldwin defended her decision to get plastic surgery, explaining that she strives to always be “open and transparent” with her followers.“Y’all are such a riot.

Let’s have a little talk,” the model, 26, said in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday, April 13, wearing bandages from her recent FaceTite procedure. “Either you’re going to get mad at people, who aren’t open and transparent about the work they’ve had done to themselves.

Or, you’re going to get mad at people for getting work done to themselves. You don’t have both.”Baldwin revealed on Saturday, April 9, that she had undergone the procedure by posting matching pictures with her cousin Alaia Baldwin Aronow via Instagram. “Cousins who FaceTite together, stay together,” the pair wrote alongside a selfie that showed them both with their chins wrapped in bandages and sunglasses on their eyes.Describing it as an “hour-long, in-office procedure,” Baldwin explained on Wednesday that she decided to get FaceTite in order to get rid of a “stubborn pocket of fat and extra skin” on her face that was making her insecure. “As I’ve gained weight and as I’ve aged, it hasn’t gone away at all.

It’s only become worse and worse,” the California native explained, adding that she first tried diet and exercise to eliminate it before choosing to undergo surgery. “I tried to find the most age appropriate and minimally invasive option.”She continued: “I’m 26.