The Mexican beauty opened up to the new issue of Lucky about suffering ‘severe, severe depression’ from a skin condition and being overweight as a struggling actress.
The 45-year-old star insists it was a far different story when she was 25 and trying to break into movies.
Hayek appeared in Roadracers in 1994
She told the May issue of the women’s publication: ‘You want to talk about bad skin? I had acne.’
Appearing happy and healthy on the shopping title, she looks a natural stunner in a blue off-the-shoulder dress.
Salma added: ‘And this acne was so bad it sent me into severe, severe depression. Like I couldn't leave the house. The next stage with that sort of depression is food - too little or too much. Guess what I did?’
The curvaceous screen star admits she piled on the pounds when her body reacted badly to the pressures of achieving success in the early Nineties.
‘I was fat and broken out. I couldn't leave the house and I couldn't pay the rent!’
She credits director Alfonso Cuaron for teaching her ‘to meditate, to relax’ and also says Accutane also known as Roaccutane ‘cured’ the acne.
Hayek continued: ‘Since then my skin's forever sensitive and dry.’
As for more drastic beauty treatments, she insists she hasn’t tried to turn back the years yet.
She admitted: ‘Botox - trust me, I've been tempted, but I resist!’
