Beautiful people rarely undergo surgery to become plainer

Evidence

These days, like other mature lovelies, JB asserts that beauty has been a burden—though you notice that these people never have plastic surgery in reverse. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 392

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to a wider essay/column theme of Mantel deflating celebrity self-narratives — a recurring move across her journalism.
• SEED: Could seed a short observational essay about the asymmetry of regrets around beauty, aging, and cosmetic surgery.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 392