Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants star Amber Tamblyn reveals she underwent plastic surgery at 12

The Sisterhood of nan Traveling Pants prima Amber Tamblyn revealed that she underwent integrative room erstwhile she was only 12 years aged successful a New York Times op-ed complete nan weekend. 

Amber disclosed that she had ear-pinning room aft children astatine her schoolhouse successful Los Angeles made nosy of her because they 'stuck out for illustration large butterfly wings.' 

The kid character had nan process done erstwhile she landed her first awesome TV domiciled astatine 12 connected General Hospital.  

'I’d often look astatine myself successful nan reflector wishing my ears would laic level against my head,' Amber, now 41, wrote. 

Amber, who considered herself 'a fiery young feminist who raged against nan patriarchy' moreover arsenic a child, opened up successful nan effort astir her choices arsenic a kid and what she thinks astir them today. 

'For years, my parents watched maine struggle pinch backstage shame, though they understood I was a reliable kid who could grip it,' nan writer and writer wrote. 

However, erstwhile Amber realized she was going to beryllium unfastened to judgement connected TV, she realized she wanted to get nan process done. 

'But erstwhile I knew millions of group each complete nan world would beryllium judging maine connected their tv screens, not conscionable connected a playground, that knowledge changed everything for me,' Amber continued.

Her first domiciled was connected nan soap opera, which she starred connected arsenic Emily Bowen from 1995 to 2001.  

The House character besides wrote, 'I grew up a kid character successful nan sexualized spotlight of nan intermezo industry.' 

She went connected to openly talk her 3 decades moving pinch agents and board and really she was told to 'stay arsenic young arsenic imaginable for arsenic agelong arsenic possible.' 

The Joan of Arcadia character goes connected to talk nan caller assemblage scary movie The Substance starring Demi Moore, which explores nan astounding unit of aging successful Hollywood. 

Amber, who is joined to Arrested Development character David Cross and shares 1 girl pinch him, doesn't judge that integrative room is bad and called it a 'deeply individual choice.' 

Amber posted nan effort connected Instagram and her followers supported her yet sharing her communicative successful nan affectional essay. 

Producer Carri Twigg said that she 'gasped astatine nan devastating truth of it all.' 

Other Instagram commenters called nan Two and a Half Men star's op-ed 'brilliant, 'gut-wrenching' and 'outstanding.' 

On X (formerly Twitter) nan consequence was overmuch nan same, pinch followers praising her vulnerability and calling it 'direct and impactful.'