Chloe Ferry has opened up about a botched fox eye lift which has left her needing a skin graft to fix permanent scarring on her face.
The Geordie Shore star has spent an estimated £50,000 on surgery since rising to fame on the MTV reality show in 2015 and, despite vowing to never go under the knife again last year, Chloe underwent the two-hour procedure to lift her eyes in January.
The treatment, which has recently increased in popularity after going viral on social media, involves soft biodegradable threads being inserted under the skin to surgically lift the eyes and brows. It usually costs around £500 and results can last anywhere from weeks to a year.
The fox eye lift is publicised as a minimally invasive procedure but can have serious risks if something goes wrong, including infections, eye sight problems, nerve damage and facial paralysis.
Following her botched surgery, Chloe has been left with a “dent” on her face and admitted getting it done was “one of the biggest mistakes I’ve ever made”.
“I really regret it. I’ve had a traumatic seven months and it could’ve been avoided. I’ve been going through hell since I had it done,” she told The Sun.
“I’ve always had really good skin, I never get spots and now I have this dent on my face. It’s permanent. It has actually ruined my life and made me so insecure. I can’t leave the house without make-up.”
Chloe was rushed to hospital by her mum after falling ill just days after the procedure was carried out and was given antibiotics after being diagnosed with an infection.
She said, “No one knows why it went wrong but the doctors said it could’ve gone in my eye, which would be so much worse.”
Since going public Chloe says she’s received “a flood of messages” from fans who have had similar problems, and added, “Someone I spoke to nearly got sepsis. It is actually so dangerous.”
Chloe’s comments come after her Geordie Shore co-star Sophie Kasaei unveiled her new body following a breast reduction, a reverse tummy tuck and corrective work to her Brazilian Bum Lift procedure to fix botched surgery which had left her scarred and suffering from health complications.
She told Closer, “I was young, naïve and I didn’t do any research and within a few weeks, I flew over there with Chloe. When we arrived, it was the most rundown hospital; people were lying in the hallway, women were crying, and we felt so unsafe. The next morning, Chloe and I were in beds next to each other, and when the anaesthetic wore off, I looked her and said, ‘What have we done?’
“We didn’t have surgical drains for our fluid, so when we stood up there was blood everywhere – it was like something from a horror film.”