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Chelsea Handler's laser resurfacing

In 2016, Chelsea Handler spoke on the record about having laser resurfacing. The quote is verbatim, with its source, followed by what the operation involves.

The quote

“Before and after. #profractional laser. Its f--king awesome and no one is paying me to tell you about it.”
Chelsea Handler · Her Instagram post, 2016-10-05, as quoted by ET Online via Fox News, 2016-10-06

Context

The talk show host and comedian posted before-and-after photos of her face after a ProFractional laser treatment in October 2016 and said she filmed her show four days later.

Sources

  1. Her Instagram post, 2016-10-05, as quoted by ET Online via Fox News, 2016-10-06 (foxnews.com)
  2. TODAY, 2016-10-06 (today.com)

Both pages read 2026-10-06.

The procedure

Laser resurfacing

In Chelsea Handler's words: “ProFractional laser”

CO2 laser resurfacing uses a 10,600 nm laser to vaporize the outer skin and heat the dermis; wrinkles flatten, loose skin tightens and new collagen forms (PMID 8629842). It is used for fine and moderate wrinkles around the mouth and eyes and for sun-damaged skin, over the whole surface (fully ablative) or in narrow columns with untreated skin between them (fractional) (PMID 17311274). The statement on record does not name the laser.

Procedure page: CO2 laser resurfacing

Others on record for the same procedure

Most procedures in common first, then the newest statement.

PersonIn commonYear
Meghan King
“This trifecta has made a profound impact on making my face and eyes more youthful.”
 Laser resurfacing 2026
Barbara Corcoran
“three facelifts, lower eyelid skin pinch, filler four times a year, brow lift, professional teeth whitening,…”
 Laser resurfacing 2025
Jacqueline Laurita
“I got a facelift, Neck lift and CO2 laser!”
 Laser resurfacing 2025
Ricki Lake
“Yes, 2 years ago today, I had a face lift. Specifically, for those wondering, I had a deep plane lower face…”
 Laser resurfacing 2025
Kathy Swarts
“I had a lower face lift which means they just do beneath the cheekbones, and they pulled my neck a little bit”
 Laser resurfacing 2024
Luana Piovani
“Fiz minhas pálpebras com laser moderno ... Eu não tinha noção do tanto que o meu olhar estava cansado, só fui…”
 Laser resurfacing 2024
Susan Noles
“I'm a little bit scared. Thank you, Dr. Danyo, I'm on my way”
 Laser resurfacing 2024
Debi Mazar
“So, I get laser. Different ones...one for brown spots (Lutronic LaseMD Ultra), another for redness (Cutera…”
 Laser resurfacing 2023
Chloe Fineman
“I got Fraxel this summer, before the MET Gala. I didn't research it.”
 Laser resurfacing 2022
Cary Deuber
“Quick update on the upper blepharoplasty (upper eyelids), Halo fusion, and Profound radio frequency…”
 Laser resurfacing 2020
Kate Chastain
“I got a laser facial and I thought, 'This is perfect!' I'm not leaving my house and I got the mini version...…”
 Laser resurfacing 2020
Linda Nolan
“I had a lower facelift with extreme skin peel and they did a little bit of laser surgery round my eyes.”
 Laser resurfacing 2017
Tamra Judge
“I did a lower facelift, where they pull from the neck and the lower jaw. ... So I also got the upper eyelid…”
 Laser resurfacing 2017
Isabel Allende
“I had a facelift a few years ago and never regretted it.”
 Laser resurfacing 2008
Linda Evans
“...facelift and laser surgery to get rid of the lines around my eyes.”
 Laser resurfacing 2000

Questions

Did Chelsea Handler have laser resurfacing?

By Chelsea Handler's own account, yes. The statement is in Her Instagram post, 2016-10-05, as quoted by ET Online via Fox News, 2016-10-06, and today.com reported it.

What did Chelsea Handler have done?

In Chelsea Handler's words: “ProFractional laser”. Sorted into the procedure library as laser resurfacing.

Who was Chelsea Handler's surgeon?

The statements on record do not name a surgeon.

How was the record checked?

The quote was copied verbatim from the source page, a second outlet was found reporting the same statement, and both pages were checked 2026-10-06. Rumour and comparisons of photographs are not recorded. The rules are in the method.