By Alexis Tereszcuk - Breaking Celebrity News Entertainment Editor

Ashley Judd was besieged by plastic surgery rumors recently after displaying a drastically different looking face, and now she is hitting back at her detractors and revealing the real reason behind her altered appearance.

The Kiss the Girls star was photographed with what she says is a “puffy” face, but she had argued that instead of plastic surgery, there are other explanations for her changing look, including “multiple rounds of steroids,” and a “lazy six months of not exercising."

“When I am sick for more than a month and on medication (multiple rounds of steroids), the accusation is that because my face looks puffy, I have 'clearly had work done,' with otherwise credible reporters with great bravo 'identifying' precisely the procedures I allegedly have had done,” Judd wrote in a post on The Daily Beast.

After the pictures surfaced of her with a fuller face, Judd’s rep released a statement saying that she was suffering from a “sinus infection.”

"Ashley has been battling an ongoing, serious sinus infection and flu. Therefore, Ashley has been on a heavy dose of medication to overcome it so she could get on a plane and travel to Toronto and New York to fulfill her commitment of completing four consecutive days of press to promote her new show Missing," Cara Tripicchio said.

The daughter of Naomi Judd continued her denial of surgery, going on to explain that the reason she doesn’t look older is because her skin is “nearly flawless.”