Influencer Stassie Karanikolaou, best known as Kylie Jenner’s longtime best friend, has revealed she recently underwent a Brazilian butt lift reduction, nearly ten years after first getting the procedure that defined an era of Instagram aesthetics.
In an Oct. 7 TikTok video, the 28-year-old shared her recovery process from a surgery she says was long overdue. “I’m at the recovery center, eating chicken tenders and French fries,” she said. “From what I’ve seen, this ass looks nice, lifted, smaller. I’m excited to be healed and to feel more comfortable in my skin.”
Karanikolaou said she chose to speak openly about her revision to show a more realistic side of cosmetic surgery. “I wish I had someone who showed me the not-glamorized side of plastic surgery when I was younger,” she explained. “It’s something that actually made me more insecure and made me feel so inauthentic.”
The model and entrepreneur clarified she isn’t condemning cosmetic work, but reflecting on her own experience. “Anyone should do whatever they want with their bodies,” she said. “I just feel like this was a mistake I made super young, and I’m sharing my experience because I’m hoping I can help someone.”
Karanikolaou has been candid about her regret before. In a May episode of her Better Half podcast, she said she had already undergone multiple procedures to reverse the original BBL. “It’s something that I regret and that I’ve been actively trying to fix for so long,” she said. “I didn’t realize at the time what I was signing up for. I felt the pressure of the world we live in — the trend of the times. Don’t surgically alter your body for a trend. The trend will fade.”
Once a poster girl for the BBL era, Stassie now seems intent on moving past it — trading in a decade of Instagram body ideals for something simpler: feeling like herself again.
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Last modified: October 10, 2025
