A post with actors Drew Barrymore and Cameroon Diaz proudly flaunting their wrinkles caught the eye of Nia Sharma, and the actor reshared it on Instagram. She also added the message to treat fillers as a “luxury and not a necessity”. She says, “It’s okay to age and even if you have flaws, they’re a part of your beauty. I see big celebrities being okay with how they look and it’s endearing.”

The 33-year-old felt it necessary to show this side to her younger followers, as many girls are getting swayed by “crazy beauty standards” and opting for procedures to alter their appearance. “I am not saying don’t alter what you don’t like, but there has to be a limit. Otherwise, you may end up looking like someone people don’t recognize. Young girls getting fillers is bizarre. They are not okay with just looking okay; instead, they want to look prettier and end up looking hideous,” she tells us.

Sharma shares that she had a tooth jutting out and got it corrected. However, she is of the belief that “if you don’t love yourself, you won’t feel okay even after all the fillers”. Busting the myth that actors who go under the knife stand a chance of getting more work, she calls it “bogus” and adds, “No one’s asking you to look like the most beautiful person in the world. Even an average-looking face can do the biggest wonders. The current trend of overdoing fillers affects me.”

The actor reveals that she has been asked to get fillers to counter her dark eye circles. “But it’s not going to take away the darkness around my eyes. People say that I am dusky, but I’ve got more roles in my career because of the colour of my skin,” says Sharma, adding that while she looks much better now, it’s all a natural transformation where age has played a “beautiful role”.