Lifestyle Style Courteney Cox on Why She Stopped Using Fillers: 'I Didn't Look Like Myself' The 54-year-old actress opens up about owning her look, confidence and more in PEOPLE's Red Carpet Issue on stands this week By Kaitlyn Frey Kaitlyn Frey Instagram Twitter Assistant Style & Beauty Editor, PEOPLE People Editorial Guidelines and Jackie Fields Jackie Fields Instagram Jackie Fields is the Deputy Beauty Director at PEOPLE. A Tufts University and Parsons School of Design alum, she joined the brand as an editorial assistant in 2005 and has previously held the titles of reporter, writer-reporter, writer, editor, and senior editor. In 2009, she reported the magazine's first BeautyWatch page. During the last 12 years, she has focused almost entirely on beauty – specifically celebrity and market trends. Jackie most enjoys heading up the brand's annual drugstore Beauty Awards. When she is not reporting, writing, and editing content, she is testing fragrances, lipsticks, and products for 4c hair or catering to her beloved English Bulldog, Bowie. People Editorial Guidelines Published on February 14, 2019 04:42 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Courteney Cox got candid about her decision to dissolve all her fillers. The actress and new face of L’Oréal Paris’ empowering Super Preference #OWNINGIT campaign, 54, opened up about why she is “not a fan of fillers” in PEOPLE’s new Red Carpet Special, out this week. “I would say it’s a common thing you go through as you age, especially in Hollywood,” Cox said. “You have to accept getting older, and that’s something that I had a hard time doing.” Charles Sykes/Invision/AP/Shutterstock The star revealed that she started getting injectable fillers because she “wasn’t pleased with myself and the way I looked.” Looking for more style content? Click here to subscribe to the PeopleStyle Newsletter for amazing shopping discounts, can’t-live-without beauty products and more “[I tried] to keep up with time in a way that was anything other than maintenance. I didn’t realize it until one day I kind of stepped back and went, ‘Oh s—. I don’t look like myself,” Cox told PEOPLE. Now, nearly two years after dissolving all her fillers, Cox is feeling like her best self. “So now I just embrace who I am and getting older with what God gave me, not what I was trying to change,” she said. Courtesy of L'Oreal Paris She added that at this point in her life, Cox is the most confident she’s ever been. “I kind of own everything. And the things that I am not as comfortable with myself, they’re things that I continue to work on to grow and change,” the actress said. “I am think I am at a stage of my life where it’s very easy to be comfortable with who I am and who I’ve become and who I strive to be.” — with reporting by Jackie Fields