Veteran actress Yoon Mi-ra criticizes younger actors for overusing cosmetic procedures: “How can you act if your muscles don’t move?”

Yoon Mi-ra / Captured from Sunwoo Yong-yeo's YouTube channel

Veteran actress Yoon Mi-ra voiced her frustration over younger actors receiving excessive cosmetic procedures, saying such practices hinder authentic acting.

In a video uploaded Wednesday to the YouTube channel Soonpoong Sunwoo Yong-yeo, titled “81-year-old Sunwoo Yong-yeo lying down after making kimchi stew in a cauldron (+actress Yoon Mi-ra),” the two longtime friends took a trip to Yangpyeong, just outside of Seoul.

While riding in the car driven by Sunwoo, Yoon shared candid thoughts. “It’s an era of self-promotion, so I’ll say this,” she began. “What I can proudly say is that I’ve never touched my face. Not even once for Botox. Neither this unnie (Sunwoo Yong-yeo) nor I — we live with the face we were born with.”

When the production crew asked if she had ever received laser treatments, Yoon firmly replied, “Not at all.” Sunwoo added, “I don’t even know what laser treatment is.”

Yoon Mi-ra / Captured from Sunwoo Yong-yeo's YouTube channel

Yoon continued, “I rarely go to dermatology clinics. Well, sometimes I do. But I tell my juniors this: it’s sad to see people ruin their beautiful faces with plastic surgery. Facial muscles need to move. But for some of them, they don’t move at all — their eyes are the only things shifting back and forth. How can you act like that?”

Yoon also shared her view that “wrinkles that come with age are beautiful.” When asked about her skincare routine, she simply said, “I just wash my face and apply something afterward.” Sunwoo chimed in with a laugh, “It’s all about applying good products.”

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