Kajol's secret to fairer skin exposed!

Actress Kajol has laid rest to recent rumours that she has undergone a skin lightening surgery.

After her appearance came under the scanner at a recent event because she looked a few shades fairer than her usual dusky self, reports began circulating that the 39-year-old had opted for a skin melanin surgery for fairer skin.

The feisty actress, who has always been known for her radiant beauty, rebuffed these claims and attributed lifestyle changes for her fairer skin.

“I have not undergone any skin whitening surgery,” the mother-of-two told Pinkvilla in a recent interview. “I have just stayed out of the sun! For 10 years of my life, I was working all the time under the sun, which is why I got tanned! And now I am not working in the sun anymore. So I've got ‘untanned’! It's not a skin whitening surgery, it's a stay at home surgery,” she said, humorously. She added there was no reason to lighten her skin to please the crowds now, because she already has got success and stardom.

The winner of five Filmfare awards for Best Actress, she says the changes in her appearance are all because of her balanced diet and healthy regime. “"I work out a lot, I spend a lot of time in the gym. There's no easy way to do it. I wouldn't say that I am naturally like this ... I work out really hard, and am very good at my diet, and that has worked for me,” she said.

Soon after Kajol’s skin whitening reports started making the rounds, The Times of India published an article which slotted the actress alongside Sridevi and Rekha, who, the report claimed, had also resorted to cosmetic treatments for lightening their skin.