Ricki Lake highlights 'amazing' facelift and 40lb weight loss in new photos

Go Ricki go! Ricki Lake looked fresh-faced and gorgeous in New York on October 22, 2026 as she celebrated Sherri Shepherd's debut as the first female Genie in Aladdin.

Ricki, 58, wore a grey tee and a burgundy cardigan to the photo call ahead of the performance, and paired the autumnal look with light-wash denim jeans that featured an asymmetric, overlapping waistband. The former talk show host wore her white hair in a classic straight bob that hit just above the shoulders, and kept her makeup simple.

The hair highlighted the "amazing" facelift she underwent in 2024 after losing 40lbs and finding herself unhappy with excess skin around her neck and chin.

"I went and had an amazing facelift last year," Ricki told Maury Povich earlier in 2026, speaking on his podcast. She had begun to overhaul her lifestyle when she turned 53, focusing on a keto-friendly diet and intermittent fasting, and adding hiking and Pilates into her routine.

"I was hiking every single morning, three miles every day. It became my meditation," she shared. "I was just in a zone. I wore a glucose monitor for six months. I wore my watch. I wore an Oura Ring, and I just really learned about my body, and I lost 40 pounds. I felt amazing."

In July 2026, Ricki honored the second anniversary of the facelift, sharing that she had a "deep plane lower face and neck lift along with a mild co2 laser."

"My incredibly talented and kind surgeon, Dr. Allen Foulad, made the experience a wonderful one and my results have been remarkable, natural, and long-lasting," she continued.

"Back in 2023, I had lost 40 lbs over the course of a year, and did not like the extra skin that hung from below my chin. It was never going to tighten up by itself. I took a leap of faith and I’m so grateful I did. I am also very glad to see so many people over these past couple of years opening up about their own plastic surgery journeys. The last two pics are recent and without makeup or filter."

Ricki previously shared that she knew the loose skin would "never tighten up" at the age of 55 and that although she "still felt extra cute and loved myself regardless," the procedure "was the icing on the cake."

Her transparency also encouraged friend Rosie O'Donnell to have surgery, with Rosie commenting: "Thank u ricki. I did mine cause of u n our galpals."

Ricki found fame in the 1990s with her talk show but is also an accomplished actor. The mom of two will return to the screen in 2027 in Lifetime‘s latest “Ripped from the Headlines” original movie, She Married Her Murderer: The Susan Cox Powell Story.

It will mark Ricki's first acting role since 2021, when she appeared in the Christmas movie, Under the Christmas Tree.