It is difficult to believe the gorgeous, Mexican actress, Salma Hayek, 45, has ever dealt with any kind of beauty issues. However, in an interview with 'Lucky' the May 2012 issue, Hayek explains how her struggles almost cost her her career.

"My skin?! When I was 25 and I left being a soap opera star in Mexico to go try to be a movie star in Hollywood and all of Mexico was laughing at me? And I could barely get work as an extra? You want to talk about bad skin? I had acne. And this acne was so bad, it sent me into a severe, severe depression. Like I couldn't leave the house. I'd wake up in the morning and lie there and touch my face before I got up, just to prepare myself to look in the mirror," she says.

"The next stage with that sort of depression is food: too little, or too much," she continued. "Guess what I did? I mean, I was fat and broken out, I couldn't leave the house and I couldn't pay the rent," Hayek says.

Thankfully, Hayek revealed that a friend came to her rescue."Alfonso Cuarón-amazing director - he came to the house. He did not play it down, he did not try to say, Oh you look fine. He said you can't do this to yourself and taught me to meditate, relax. I got myself back together," the actress says.

Afterwards, she went on Accutane. "I didn't want to, but it cured it. Since then my skin's forever sensitive and dry," Hayek explains. She now has a beauty line named 'Nuance,' in which she treats extra special.

"Somewhere my grandmother is smiling. She believed in gentle things, so my serum has royal jelly, my cream has lavender. I'm especially proud of tepezcohuite, which they treat burn victims with in Mexico - I brought it to the chemists, who'd never seen it; that's when you know you've got something new," Hayek says.

During her interview, Hayek was asked about Botox... would she try it? "Botox, trust me I've been tempted - but I resist! Think about what happens to your muscles - and your skin - if you're sick and don't move for a few days. It all atrophies! Plus, if you freeze a muscle in your face, other muscles have to compensate! And once you stop, what does that look like," the actress says.

The full interview will be available soon in the May 2012 issue of 'Lucky' magazine.