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Jan 17, 2008 12:28 pm US/Pacific
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Ashley Tisdale Doesn't Regret Nose Job
NEW YORK (AP) ―
Ashley Tisdale says she was somewhat distressed when she first saw her new profile after her recent nose job.
She "kind of freaked out," the 22-year-old actress-singer tells
People magazine in its Jan. 28 issue. "I was so swollen, I was like,
`Oh my gosh, is it going to stay like this?'"
Tisdale says she doesn't regret having the surgery but is sorry she decided to sing in public two weeks later.
Since performing at last month's Z100 Jingle Ball concert in New
York, she has suffered a backlash from fans who say they barely
recognize the actress they loved as scene-stealing Sharpay in the
Disney Channel TV movie "High School Musical" and its sequel.
"People were saying I was `unveiling my look,' but I was still
recovering! That's not what I look like right now," she tells the
magazine.
Tisdale says her face looked "practically paralyzed" in photos of
the Dec. 15 event but she is now able to make facial expressions and
even scrunch up her nose.
"I think I still look like me," she says.
Tisdale had surgery Nov. 30 to correct a deviated septum that
worsened over the years and contributed to breathing problems. She says
her nose had changed shape and "was leaning in a different direction"
after being fractured twice.
She begins shooting the "High School Musical 3" feature film in April.
Tisdale says she decided to talk about her surgery because she "didn't want to play a game of denying it or being coy."
"I wanted my fans to know because I don't take plastic surgery lightly," she says.
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