Danniella Westbrook revealed the results of her latest round of facial reconstruction surgery during a visit to the hair salon on Thursday.
The former EastEnders star, 52, is on an 18-month journey to repair her face after struggling with a collapsed septum following years of drug abuse.
Her most recent surgery saw the star undergo a hare lip reversal after recently revealing it was ‘so far up [her face] now’ and was pulling in the wrong direction.
The scar from the procedure was visible as Danniella enjoyed a day of pampering in London’s Mayfair, stepping out with her blonde hair in rollers.
Dressed in a long, crochet cardigan and pink t-shirt, the former soap star clutched a bag of products from the Matthew David salon.
Danniella shared pictures of her upper lip stitches earlier this week after the upper vascular flap procedure and lip augmentation.
Danniella Westbrook revealed the results of her latest round of facial reconstruction surgery during a visit to the hair salon in London’s Mayfair on Thursday
The former EastEnders star, 52, is on a 18-month journey to repair her face after struggling with a collapsed septum following years of drug abuse
The treatment’s aim was to restore and enhance her facial features after years of well-documented health and reconstructive challenges.
Despite the noticeable post-operative swelling and sutures, Danniella appeared upbeat as she shared an update with fans, marking another milestone in her ongoing recovery and transformation.
The television personality has been open about her medical struggles over the years, regularly documenting her progress as she continues a series of specialist procedures designed to rebuild her appearance.
The update comes after Danniella appeared on Vanessa Feltz’s Channel 5 show to discuss her latest surgeries, revealing she will undergo six more procedures over the course of 18 months before her face is fully repaired.
Earlier this year in March, Danniella jetted to Dubai to have a full face, neck and brow lift, as well as a lip and nose reconstruction.
While she has proudly been showing the results of her new look, the actress confirmed in her recent interview that she will have yet another surgery later this week to have a metal cheekbone implanted in her face.
She said: ‘I’ve been for umpteen surgeries, I’m coming up to surgery number six at the moment this Thursday, so it’s quite scary.
‘Since I got older the osteoporosis has set in on my bones. So on this side of my face, I don’t have any bone at all.
Her most recent surgery saw the star undergo a hare lip reversal after recently revealing it was ‘so far up [her face] now’ and was pulling in the wrong direction
The scar from the procedure was visible as Danniella enjoyed a day of pampering, stepping out with her blonde hair in rollers
Danniella shared pictures of her upper lip stitches earlier this week after the upper vascular flap procedure and lip augmentation
‘So they’ve got to rebuild all my bones. At the moment it’s filler, but they’ve really got to do a metal bone. It’s got to be put in there.
‘So I’ve got to do at some point a metal cheekbone here and connect it to further up in here where the bone isn’t corroding.’
When Danniella was asked by Vanessa how many more procedures she was facing, she said: ‘Another six to go, I think after this one. Every two and a half, three months, I’m in surgery.
‘I hate looking in the mirror. I’ve just recently had to have a facelift to realign both sides of my face because they were so wonky, just to get this nose in a certain position so we could start working on that.’
Dressed in a long, crochet cardigan and pink t-shirt, the former soap star clutched a bag of products from the Matthew David salon
The treatment’s aim was to restore and enhance her facial features after years of well-documented health and reconstructive challenges
Danniella revealed she’s been dealing with online trolling over her appearance, telling Vanessa: ‘I’ve had people telling me to die and go kill myself and stuff like that.
‘I’ve had terrible trolling but I’ve also had a hell of a lot of nice people. I’ve had a lot of people that support me and a lot of lovely people online.
‘I think sometimes it’s best just not to look at it so I don’t often run my social media.’
Danniella underwent facial reconstruction at the Gargash Hospital in the UAE.
She said at the time: ‘I have three more nose operations to go. So we’re over half way there now. Facelift has really changed me and given me my confidence back.’
The surgery was a huge milestone for Danniella, who has struggled with a collapsed septum following years of drug abuse.
The television personality has been open about her medical struggles over the years, documenting her progress as she continues a series of specialist procedures
Danniella used surgeon Dr Parviz Sadigh, who has carried out operations on her in the past and has now undertaken the latest bid to rebuild her face.
The TV personality found fame at the age of 16 in EastEnders but due to her cocaine use producers were forced to terminate her contract and she was written out of the soap in 1996.
Danniella has spoken in the past about how her addictions began, stating: ‘I was always in clubs and everyone was doing coke and it was glamorous – except obviously, it wasn’t at all. I was just very young, very stupid and very easily led…
‘I think there should be someone at EastEnders to say to young people when they come in, “Look, your life is about to change, you’re going to be invited places, and you’ll be offered drugs…”
‘Someone who can tell them what sort of people are about, and what sort of papers, and how quickly what you’ve worked for all those years can be gone.’
She estimated she has spent around £250k on the drug.
Read the full article here
