Amanda Bynes showed off a striking new look on Tuesday, pairing bleach blonde hair with a slimmer frame as she told her 679,000 Instagram followers she is now down to 152lbs. She said she had previously weighed 180lbs and wants to get down to like 130.

The update landed quickly because Bynes posted it herself, making the transformation visible to fans at once. She said the weight loss has come after losing almost 40lbs in recent months, and added that she hopes the lower number will help her look better in paparazzi pictures.

Bynes also tied the change to where she has been mentally. She said her battle with depression contributed to the weight gain, which gives the new post a different edge from a simple makeover story. The appearance shift comes after a string of personal updates that have kept her in view this year, including a musical comeback in April and her revelation in August that she had excess skin surgically removed from her eyelids.

Her latest update also points to more changes ahead. Bynes said she is getting gold teeth soon on her bottom set and that she is going to a dentist in Beverly Hills that she knows and trusts. She said her current veneers grey very easily and turn yellow because of the material they are made out of, suggesting the makeover is not done yet.

For Bynes, the story is no longer only about weight or style. It is about control over an image that has been public for years, and about how far she plans to take it next, with the gold teeth now the next visible step.