GTA Online: How to Change Your Character's Appearance (Barber, Tattoo Parlor, $100,000 Surgery)

GTA Online gives you three separate ways to change how your character looks, and they are not interchangeable: a barber only touches hair and makeup, a tattoo parlor only touches ink, and the $100,000 "Change Appearance" option is the only one that can rebuild your face. Here is exactly what each one does, what it costs, and which one you actually need.

The essentials

• Barbers: change hairstyle, hair color, beard, eyebrows, makeup and face paint. Cheap, no unlock required, available from your first minutes online.
• Tattoo parlors: add or remove ink on the torso, arms, legs and head. Removal is free.
• Change Appearance: the only option that touches your face, skin tone and body build. Costs $100,000, and you only pay if you confirm the result.
• You cannot change your character's gender through any of these menus once the character is created.

How to open the Change Appearance menu

The full appearance editor lives inside the interaction menu, not in a physical shop. Open the interaction menu (hold the touchpad on PS4/PS5, hold View on Xbox, or press M on PC), scroll to Style, then select Change Appearance. From there you get the same slider-based creator you used at character creation, minus a couple of restrictions.

The $100,000 "plastic surgery" option, explained

This is the closest thing GTA Online has to plastic surgery, and it is the option most players mean when they ask how to change their character's face.

What you can change

• Parents and heritage sliders, which reshape your face structure
• Skin tone
• Individual facial features (nose, jaw, eyes, cheekbones and more)
• Body shape and muscle tone within the limits set at creation

What you cannot change

• Gender
• Your character's name
• The base body type chosen at creation (you can push weight and muscle within a range, not switch skeletons)

You only pay if you confirm

Rockstar built in a safety net: you can open the menu, drag every slider, preview the result from every angle, and back out without spending a cent. The $100,000 charge only hits your account the moment you confirm the new look. If GTA$100,000 is tight, run a session of daily objectives first, or check the best money methods for 2026 to build up a buffer before you commit.

Barbers: the cheap way to update your look

Barber shops are scattered across Los Santos and Blaine County and are open to you from the start, no mission or unlock required. Inside, you can change:

Option	What it changes
Hairstyle	Cut and length
Hair color	Base color and highlights
Facial hair	Beard and mustache styles
Eyebrows	Shape and color
Makeup	Eyeshadow, lipstick, blush
Face paint	Sports team and event-themed designs

None of this touches your face shape, and prices per option are low, usually a few hundred to a few thousand dollars depending on the item. If all you want is a new haircut or a beard trim, skip the $100,000 Change Appearance option entirely and walk into a barber instead.

Tattoo parlors: getting inked (and removing it)

Tattoo parlors let you add ink across five zones: head, torso, left arm, right arm and left leg/right leg pairs. Every parlor in the game stocks the same catalog, so pick whichever one is closest. A few things worth knowing:

• Tattoos are purely cosmetic and never affect stats or gameplay.
• You can preview a design on your character before buying it.
• Removing a tattoo you already own costs nothing. Select it again in the same menu and confirm the removal.
• Special event tattoos tied to past updates sometimes rotate out of the catalog, so a design available today is not guaranteed to stay there forever.

Clothing stores: Binco, Suburban and Ponsonbys

Clothing is the fastest and cheapest way to change how your character reads at a glance, and it stacks with everything above. GTA Online runs three clothing chains, priced in a clear tier:

• Binco: the budget option, functional basics at low prices.
• Suburban: mid-range streetwear and casual pieces.
• Ponsonbys: the premium chain, for suits, designer pieces and higher price tags.

All three sell overlapping categories (tops, pants, shoes, accessories), just at different price points and styles, so which one you shop depends on budget and the look you are going for, not on which items are available.

Frequently asked questions

Does GTA Online actually have plastic surgery? Not under that name. The Change Appearance option in the interaction menu's Style tab does the job: it is the only tool that reshapes your face, skin tone and body build, for a flat $100,000 fee.

Can I change my character's gender? No. Gender is locked in at character creation and cannot be altered through the barber, tattoo parlor or Change Appearance menus.

How often can I use Change Appearance? As often as you can afford it. There is no cooldown, only the $100,000 fee each time you confirm a new look.

Is the $100,000 fee worth it? If you just want a different haircut, beard or makeup, no, a barber visit covers that for far less. Save the $100,000 for when you actually want to change your face shape, skin tone or body build, since that is the one thing barbers and tattoo parlors cannot touch.