Shocking pictures of Danniella Westbrook during gory final surgery for new face revealed
DANNIELLA Westbrook has revealed the shocking results of her final surgery for her new face.
The 49-year-old went under the knife in Turkey this week and shared the gory post operation photos exclusively with The Sun.
Sharing details of the procedure, Danniella said: "For the facial reconstruction I had a surgical thread lift where they put 1200 threads into my face.
"Then I had liposuction to remove fat from my body and into my cheeks and lips and to make my face more symmetrical. They also used it to align my nose. I had fat grafting on my chin and my jawline etched."
Despite the painful-looking results of the invasive operation, Danniella has insisted a lot of the swelling has already gone down.
“I looked like I’d gone 10 rounds with Tyson Fury,” she said. “But the swelling has actually gone down really quickly. I’m already happy with the results.”
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It’s been a long time coming for Danniella who has been planning this surgery for years. But due to her past drug addiction battle she had to get it just right to avoid failing in her recovery because the drugs used as painkillers following surgery can cause addicts to relapse.
It’s understandable that Danniella is mindful of relapsing. Her surgery comes after she was left with crumbling bones in her nose and a collapsed jaw and cheekbones due to years of cocaine addiction.
“I can’t be under anaesthetic for a very long time because I can’t have very strong opiates,” she explained. “Because of my recovery, if I'd had something like that in my system my body could’ve gone into toxic shock syndrome.”
In fact because of her previous struggles with addiction Danniella has been forced to take the bare minimum when it comes to pain relief following the operation.
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She said: “I literally take my antibiotic, ibuprofen and paracetamol - everything else I have is holistic. I use cream and arnica tablets. I can’t risk having anything with codeine in it because it’s cocaine based.”
While Danniella is reluctant to reveal just how much her extensive surgeries have cost she insists they weren’t a freebie from the surgeon off the back of her fame and insists it has cost her thousands of pounds.
“I had at least 200 surgeons from all over the world - Turkey, India, California - offering to do the surgery for free,” she said. “But it was important for me to find the right person and I paid for it all myself. This isn’t about Instagram posts, this is my life. I’ve had a lot done for free before and it’s gone wrong.”
Danniella previously revealed that one operation in particular went so wrong that she was left with osteoporosis in 2018. After having botched dental work Danniella even contracted septicemia.
She said: “The bone didn’t close around the dental implants which led to the blood getting into the bone through the gums.
“And it just died in there, gave me septicaemia which set off the bone disease, that started rotting away on the bone and it’s all down to that.”
Despite all the work on her face so far, it’s not over yet though as Danniella will have to return to Turkey in nine months for the surgeon to see if any tweaks need to be made.
And she admitted that without the reconstructive surgery her face would’ve aged fast - despite not even being 50 yet.
She said: “With my osteoporosis my face would have sunken a lot faster than other people my age and my bones would’ve degenerated quicker.”
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But the star is adamant that, after her follow up, she won’t be going under the knife again anytime soon.
“I might have to get my boobs done because one of them has ruptured,” she said. “But I won’t be getting Boxox, fillers or having my lips done. I’m embracing entering my 50s.”