Josie Gibson has hit back at claims she used weight loss jabs to slim down, after stunning fans with her impressive transformation.
The former Big Brother star, 41, has lost 2.5st, and in a new interview she insisted much of the weight loss comes from her busy schedule as a working mother.
Josie has also spent £7,000 on liposuction on her arms after being diagnosed with lipoedema, and called the procedure the ‘best thing she ever did’.
The star admitted it was ‘heartbreaking’ to learn she had the condition after ‘hating the way she looked’ for many years.
While denying she’d used weight loss injections, Josie claimed she’d heard users had started ‘using their hair,’ after research published by the University of Health System claimed an increased risk of alopecia was linked to the jabs.
She said: ‘The amount of people that have gone: ”Fat jabs, fat jabs, fat jabs!” I’m like: ”How about single mum running around the country, trying to hold down a career and sort a house build, while trying to do everything else as well, including the cleaning – how about that?”
Josie Gibson has hit back at claims she used weight loss jabs to slim down, after stunning fans with her impressive transformation
The former Big Bother star has lost 2.5 stone, and has also spent £7,000 to undergo liposuction on her arms after being diagnosed with lipoedema
‘If somebody gave me a miracle thing and said: ”Here you go, you’re going to be skinny,” and there were no side effects, that would be amazing. But people are losing their frickin’ hair, and what happens to your digestive system?’
Reflecting on her lipoedema diagnosis, Josie told The Sun’s Fabulous Magazine: ‘It was a light-bulb moment. I was told: ”You can’t out-train lipoedema.” It was heartbreaking, but it all made sense.’
Lipoedema is a medical condition causing abnormal, symmetrical buildup of adipose tissue (fat), which typically manifests in the legs, buttocks, hips and arms.
Josie revealed in March she had 45 per cent of her arm removed in a brachioplasty, which is a surgical procedure that removes excess skin and fat from the upper arm.
Just weeks after her surgery, she showed off the scars from her surgery, which were not noticeable in her latest post.
Josie had previously shared that despite working out, she struggled to shift the ‘lumps and excess weight’ in her body.
The star said she felt ‘held back’ by her condition, but has since thrown herself into working out, as well as a focus on wellness.
She said: ‘I have just bought a treadmill so I try to get my steps in on there, and sometimes I put some circuits together at home.
‘I take collagen supplements and electrolytes. I’ve also been getting lymphatic draining and have been understanding how the lymphatic system works.’
Josie described the liposuction surgery as ‘the best thing she ever did,’ and admitted she used to ‘hate the way she looked’ (pictured right in 2010 and left last month)
Alongside this, Josie also has NAD+ and glutathione injectables, designed for anti-ageing. The wellness side of things helps to promote healing from her operations.
She revealed that this included renting a hyperbaric chamber from a company for three months. This involves breathing in 100 per cent oxygen in a pressurised chamber to increase blood oxygen levels and aid healing.
Josie also explained how she has built her own copper pyramid triangle, which are popular tools for meditation and energy healing.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, a brachioplasty, also known as an arm lift, is a surgical procedure that removes excess skin and fat from the upper arm.
The procedure typically lasts one to two hours under general anaesthetic and usually leaves a scar along the inner arm. Recovery takes around one to two weeks, with heavy lifting restricted for four to six weeks.
In a series of video clips shared in March, Josie told her followers: ‘I’ve just had about 20 messages asking how I am, so I’m so sorry I didn’t want to alarm anybody. I went in to see Paul Tulley last Friday for brachioplasty.’
Clarifying she is doing well, she added: ‘There was nothing wrong with me. I’m really, really good, in fact.’
Explaining further, she said: ‘So for those of you who don’t know what brachioplasty is, obviously I had liposuction on my arms, and then I’ve had an arm lift, and that’s because the lipoedema is obviously on my arms as well.’
According to the NHS, lipoedema is a long-term (chronic) condition of fat and connective tissue which builds up in your legs, hips, bottom and sometimes arms. It affects both sides of the body equally.
The condition is more common in women and only very rarely affects men. However, it’s not the same as obesity. For some people, it can have a big impact on daily routine, physical health and emotional wellbeing.
Josie continued: ‘So I just felt gross whenever I was in like a vest top, and I just wanna go out in the summer and feel alright when I put a vest top on.
‘Constantly fighting your genetics. So I went in last Friday, I’ve had 45% of my arm removed, I’ve got my bandages on, and that just keeps your arm all intact.
‘But I’m very lucky, I’m quite a fast healer, so the only thing that has been annoying about it, there’s been no pain, I’ve had no pain at all, but it just stopped me in my tracks.
‘And those who know me know I am so busy, I’m always doing something, and this has really stopped me in my tracks. Like even putting the bins out, just you can’t do, so, but otherwise I’m so glad I’ve had it done.’
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