Gabrielle Union has no patience for facelift speculation. Instead, the 52-year-old actress is here to share her go-to hairstyling hack that she swears by for a more lifted look.
“A high pony for a lady of a certain age is like a facelift,” the Bring It On alum told PEOPLE. While shutting down plastic surgery rumors, she detailed the simple trick she swears to look more lifted. “As much as what happens or doesn’t happen with my face is speculated, if you can’t be missing for six months to get a facelift—which I’ve never been missing for six months, get it right—the high pony is going to snatch you here,” she explained, reportedly gesturing toward the top of her head. “A pony here is going to snatch you here,” she continued, pointing to the middle of her head. “And a low [pony], here,” she added, referencing the back of her neck.
“A high snatched pony is all you need,” she concluded, stressing that unlike a facelift, the hairstyle hack doesn’t “cost you a thing.”
Union’s go-to hack isn’t just her best-kept secret—it’s a widely adored beauty industry trick. Celebrity hairstylist Jen Atkin has also praised the lifting effect of a high ponytail and the look even inspired a surgical procedure aptly named the Ponytail Facelift Technique, trademarked by Dr. Chia Chi Kao. “A ponytail facelift is a form of facelift which will give you a similar result as if you are drawing your hair upwards tightly in a ponytail fashion, thereby drawing your face skin as vertically as possible,” New York facial plastic surgeon John Kang, MD previously told NewBeauty.
Whether you’re styling your hair or opting for the surgical counterpart, Union’s ponytail hack is proof that a little lift can go a long way.
