‘I made Katie Price’s boobs bigger – now she’s a plastic surgery addict’

Katie Price, the telly icon known for her love of cosmetic procedures, has just had her sixth facelift in Turkey at the age of 46.

Earlier this month the mum-of-five admitted to feeling a bit rough around the edges, saying she was “struggling to see” and “feeling sore” post-op.

Yet, Katie wasn’t put off by the drama of jetting back with her face all bandaged up. After all, she’s no newbie to the game, having undergone 17 boob jobs, eyelifts, a nose job, and a whole host of other nips and tucks since she first dazzled us as a teen model.

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Katie has become something of a national treasure, but her surgery spree has got fans wringing their hands, worried that she might be pushing it too far.

Chatting on Radio 4’s Women’s Hour back in March, Katie opened up: “I don’t have surgery to look younger. I don’t know what it is, but I definitely have a relationship with the surgery, I think, about not feeling probably good enough, or needy, or not very pretty.”

The star, who’s been candid about her ADHD and PTSD, hasn’t always had smooth sailing with her surgeries either, reports the Mirror.

Amid concerns about the range of surgeries she’s undergone and her apparent vulnerability, debate stirs on whether surgeons should continue to perform cosmetic operations on Katie Price.

Renowned London surgeon Dr Jeya Prakash, who witnessed Katie’s rise to fame as the busty Jordan, recalls her journey: “I’ve known Katie since 1996,” he reveals. “The first time she came in wanting a breast augmentation, which I did, she was happy. She came back wanting another one, which I did. But then she came a third time, and I said no, because she seemed to have an addiction to surgery with what she wanted to do. She’s a small, petite lady. I always tell her that a squirrel shouldn’t have elephant breasts.”

In a candid disclosure, Dr Prakash, worried about Katie’s appetite for going under the knife, also rejected her request for a facelift in 2022. He asserts firmly: “I said she doesn’t need a facelift. Then she went to other places where people didn’t look after her health, they looked after her image. Health is very important.”

Clips reporting Katie’s blurred vision after her latest facelift concern the doctor, who says: “That’s wrong because the muscles that moved the eyelid should not be disturbed.”

While facelifts aren’t permanent, Dr Prakash suggests a 15-year gap between each procedure. He shares: “I have one patient, she’s 80 years old and she’s had three facelifts. The first one I did when she was 50. The second one I did when she was 65, then when she was 80 – three months ago. She is fit and healthy. The health of the patient is the most important thing. Ideally, a patient would spread out their lifts 15 years apart to give their body the chance to recover and heal.”

Dr Julien De Silva also cautions against having multiple procedures at a young age. He says: “There should not be a need to have more than two facelift procedures in a young woman in her mid-forties. A quick old-fashioned facelift procedure may be a quick fix and take less than a couple of hours, however it will not be long-lasting. Undergoing a procedure with a reputable surgeon, the facelift should last towards 10 years for the majority of patients.”

In addition to the risks associated with multiple anaesthetics, each facelift creates more scar tissue, which can lead to skin tension, according to Dr De Silva. He explains: “It can create issues such as pixie ear shapes. Each surgery carries a further risk or more noticeable scars and other complications, including stretching a motor nerve (known as temporary facial asymmetry, with the appearance of a stroke) as well as common complications such as haematomas (the pooling of blood under the skin).”

Dr De Silva, a renowned surgeon, emphasises the importance of considering a patient’s mental health before performing procedures like facelifts. He states: “Personally, I would not be advocating surgery in an individual who has undergone multiple procedures with well-publicised issues in her private life. “I would suggest an evaluation to exclude body dysmorphia to ensure that any procedure is truly in her best interest.”

UK surgeons like Dr Prakash often provide mental health questionnaires and perform evaluations on patients, which is a practice rarely seen in places such as Turkey. He remarked: “]Katie is addicted to having so many surgeries, but I am not blaming her. I am blaming the surgeons that keep on doing it.”

Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk