NORTH EAST

A GEORDIE FACELIFT

‘i ALWAYS thought the Geordie Facelift (a popular northern look where girls scrape their hair into a high ponytail so it pulls the skin on the upper face to raise the eyebrows) was a myth until a patient came into my clinic sporting the ponytail and asked me to Botox her eyebrows to mimic the look,’ says Dr TJ esho, who has clinics in both Newcastle and London.

‘The real difference i see between my two patient cohorts is that northern women are far more open than Londoners about talking about cosmetic procedures and what they’ve had done.

‘They want glamour. They like a highly arched brow, although the look has been slightly modified by injecting just the tail of the eyebrows with filler or Botox to give a more subtle lift rather than a surprised look.

‘Lip fillers are huge business. Women want to emulate the likes of our Girl star michelle Keegan and Gone Girl actress emily ratajkowski, and i see about 60 women a week for lip-filler treatment, often paired with chin sculpting, which i do with dermal fillers to balance the face and give a prettier profile.’

in Newcastle, the epicentre of most cosmetic work, women have moved away from using sunbeds as they become more conscious of skin health. This is driving a boom in corrective laser and light treatments as well as obagi skin peels to correct sun damage. Fake tan sales have rocketed with Sunderland second only to Belfast as the UK’s fake tan capital.