Danielle: “My little boy was upset when he saw my new face… but I love it!”
She vowed that she’d “never touch her face again” but after fans questioned her appearance in an Instagram selfie, Danielle Lloyd now tells Closer she’s succumbed to the cosmetic trend currently sweeping the US and had a “fox-eye” thread lift
❛ I WAS BRUISED AND SWOLLEN –
I DID LOOK SCARY ❜
Former glamour model Danielle Lloyd, 37, shared a selfie on Instagram earlier this month that sparked questions over whether she’d modified her face – with one follower asking, “What’s happened to the side of your eyes?” and another posting, “Please be careful with your treatments – your face has changed.”
And despite previously telling Closer she’d “never touch her face again”, the mum-offour now reveals she had a “fox-eye” thread lift – as well as a second thread lift around her chin to tighten up her jawline – in December, after worrying about approaching 40, as well as spending hours researching different procedures during the second lockdown.
The treatment – rumoured to be popular with the likes of Kim Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Bella Hadid – is said to lift and elongate the upper eyelid, pulling the eye into a more almond shape, to prevent sagging brows and give the face a more youthful, tighter look. Dissolvable threads – which last a year to 18 months – are inserted under the skin and pulled to lift and stretch the corner of the eye back towards the temples. The same threads are used in the jawline thread lift, which tightens the chin area and prevents jowls and sagging skin.
Speaking exclusively to Closer, Danielle says, “I’d
heard that the Kardashians had had it done in America, and
I’d love to look like them, so I did some research during the second lockdown. I’d just been flicking through Instagram and saw all the different procedures on offer. I know I said I didn’t want more, but it wasn’t under anaesthetic or under the knife or anything. I love it and I’ve felt much better since having it done.
OBSESSED
“Seeing all these gorgeous, young girls on Instagram also made me feel insecure and worry about my age – I turn 38 later this year, and the prospect of being 40 worries me. I want to look my best, and this procedure prevents things like jowls and lines, so I thought, ‘Prevention is better than cure!’ I know I’m a little bit obsessed, but it makes me feel better.”
Danielle – who rose to fame after being crowned Miss Great Britain in 2006 before making a name for herself as a glamour model – has undergone a whopping 15 cosmetic and surgical procedures over the years. She’s been under the knife and had “around 10” boob jobs – one of which, in 2012, left her fighting for her life after her breast implant exploded on the operating table, resulting in her losing six pints of blood.
After that she swore off surgery for good – but in 2019 she went back on her word and jetted to Turkey for another boob job, a Brazilian butt lift – dubbed the world’s most dangerous cosmetic procedure after a number of deaths from the op – and liposuction. She returned last year for boob correction surgery after her scars had left her feeling selfconscious, and decided on a whim to have a nose job, too.
Despite her husband Michael O’Neill pleading with her not to change her appearance any more, Danielle opted to have the procedure without running through the details with her husband, and says that both he and her eldest son Archie, 11, were livid.
She says, “Michael just thought I was going out to get a beauty treatment, like getting my eyelashes done or something. He was furious – he lost it and just kept telling me, ‘You’re going to f*** your face up.’ He tells me I’m beautiful and to stop – and I do believe him, but I feel like it makes me feel better and more confident.
“Archie also shouted at me – he got upset and said, ‘Mum, what have you done to your face?’ Straight after the procedure, I was bruised and swollen for around 24 hours, so I did look scary.
FEELING LOW
“I sat him down and explained that I’d got it done to make me feel happier, and he understood. It went down the next day and it was OK, but it upset him.”
Danielle – who’s also mum to sons Harry, 10 and George, eight, from her marriage to footballer Jamie O’Hara and Ronnie, four, with Michael – previously opened up to Closer about how lockdown had left her feeling low and that having suffered from depression on and off over the years, her mental health issues had returned.
Danielle now says that the gradual lifting of lockdown restrictions and her upcoming holidays booked for later this year have left her wanting to look her best again.
She says, “Although I don’t really mind lockdown and I’m a homebody anyway, I do want to feel as confident in myself as possible as life gets back to normal. We’ve got Ibiza and Dubai booked for later this year and I can’t wait. I’m totally happy with my body – Michael and I have been being really healthy and have been teetotal this whole year so we can look and feel our best.”
Danielle has often spoken about her desperate desire for a baby girl, having had four boys, and previously revealed she plans to have gender selection in Dubai so that she can finally have a daughter.
BROODY
And while the Coronavirus pandemic – as well as her being diagnosed with polycystic ovaries and endometriosis in 2019 – have delayed that prospect, she hasn’t given up hope – and says that she and Michael have been trying for a baby in recent months.
She says, “This lockdown has also given me more time to think, and it’s made me broodier than ever. It seems so many people are having babies at the moment! I’d still love my little girl – and because we haven’t been able to do gender selection in Dubai, we’ve been trying naturally.
“I’ve got polycystic ovaries and endometriosis, which may be affecting my chances of getting pregnant. So, if I’m not pregnant by summer, I’ll definitely have gender selection in Dubai when we go there in the summer. I haven’t given up on my dream of having a girl just yet.”
By Lily Smith
CLOSERONLINE.CO.UK