Simone Biles has “no shame” when it comes to her elective surgeries.

Simone Biles ‘Openly, Honestly’ Explains Why She Had Her Breasts Done: ‘No Shame’ (Exclusive)

Social media is not real, so that’s why I try to be as transparent as possible,” Biles tells PEOPLE exclusively of why she’s sharing her plastic surgery story

Simone Biles is continuing to be her transparent self. The Olympic gymnast, 28, opened up to PEOPLE exclusively about her decision to undergo cosmetic surgery and why it’s important for her to speak publicly on the topic now.

It’s just who I am and I feel like I’ve always tried to be open, honest and relatable,” she tells PEOPLE exclusively, before diving in at length about her procedures, the reason she had them done and why others should feel “no shame” for their choices.

The conversation arose shortly after Biles revealed on TikTok that she has undergone three plastic surgeries so far, and urged her followers to guess the work she had done. However, she noted that two of the three wouldn’t be noticeable.

The seven-time Olympic gold medalist didn’t explicitly state the surgeries she underwent in the video, but she responded to several of her followers who dropped their guesses in the comment section, per her request.

While Biles played coy about getting a
While Biles played coy about getting a breast augmentation online, simply adding the cherries emoji, she was transparent about her lower blepharoplasty (which lessens bagginess from the lower eyelids and eliminates excess skin from upper eyelids, per the Cleveland Clinic) and earlobe surgery.

“Seeing me win medals at the Olympics, that’s not relatable,” Biles tells PEOPLE exclusively. “But what is relatable is how we feel about ourselves, what we talk about, what we go through and how we share openly, honestly.” “And so that’s why I decided to share it,” she says of her social media post.