UK television star Danniella Westbrook has been photographed sunbathing topless as she soaked up the sun after her face surgery.
The 49-year-old, who is now recovering in Portugal, showed off her figure as she removed her golden bikini top to work on her tan.
The former UK soap star’s suffered a severely disfigured nose in the last ’90s after rampant drug use, and she has since undergone a series of corrective surgeries. Westbrook still had a blue strip across her nose as it heals from this latest procedure, and she tied her hair back with a black headband.
According to close sources, Danniella expected to see better results from her “life-changing” operation.
They said: “Danniella isn’t too happy with her surgery as it stands. Even though she’s not fully healed, she wants to go and get more work done. She wants to look the best she ever has and get her face right.”
To make matters worse, Danniella was admitted to hospital with complications shortly after arriving in Portugal from Turkey, where she had her surgery.
She said over the weekend: “The pain I’ve experienced is unreal, most frightening few days. Need it like a hole in the head, literally.”
Danniella – who had been planning the surgery for years – previously explained what she was having done in an exclusive interview with The Sun.
She 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 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.”
She said afterwards she’d been left battered and bruised, explaining: “I looked like I’d gone 10 rounds with Tyson Fury.
“But the swelling has actually gone down really quickly. I’m already happy with the results.”
However, Danniella told fans the “frightening” pain stayed with her even after she jetted back to Albufeira in Portugal, where she is now based after quitting the UK.
The TV star’s septum famously collapsed due to sustained drug use at the height of her soap fame on EastEnders, where she played Sam Mitchell.
Danniella also has osteoporosis which has damaged bones in her cheeks and led to problems with her gums.
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Because of her previous struggles with addiction, Danniella has only been allowed to take minimal amount of pain relief after the operation.
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.”
This article originally appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
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