Yahoo News Love Island's Faye Winter says 'horrendous' filler left her lips 'wrinkly'
Love Island's Faye Winter says people should be able to get cosmetic procedures 'safely'
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Love Island's Faye Winter has spoken out about her "horrendous" experience with lip filler that left her mouth looking "wrinkly".
Appearing on Good Morning Britain, the reality star shared her own experiences as part of a wider news item on cosmetic procedures. However, the TV personality said she felt people should be able to get the tweakments they want "safely".
Dermal fillers and botox by unlicensed practitioners were the most complained about about cosmetic procedures last year. New figures from Save Face - the UK's government-approved register for medical aesthetic treatments - reported that complaints had rocketed by 25% since 2021. Save Face warned these figures may only be the tip of the iceberg because some people don't know who to complain to.
What, how and why?
Good Morning Britain's presenter Kate Garraway spoke to the Love Island star about her experiences of getting lip filler. The breakfast TV star said: "You were looking for cheaper and you didn't realise the risk you were doing to yourself. We can have a look at some of the things you have done."
Looking back at the results of the lip filler, Winter said it looked "pretty horrendous". She said: "I would agree with most people that they look pretty horrendous. That was the image I had when I had 4mil of filler in my lips."
She further explained that she had to get more filler because her skin had "stretched". She added: "When I went onto Love Island, I had them dissolved. And the other photo is from afterwards, I had to get filler put back into my lips - 0.5 - because the skin had been stretched so much."
Understanding, Garraway commented: "So you couldn't go back to your normal birth lips because your lips had been so stretched." The Love Island star agreed with the Good Morning Britain presenter.
Winter confessed she thought her lips looked "wrinkly" after having the lip filler and it made her feel "more insecure" about her looks. She explained: "Yeah they were so wrinkly and I had to have something else put back in them otherwise they did look as though I had a very aged lip. Then I was even more insecure about it. I've been on a journey."
Earlier on the show, the TV star had lifted the lid on why she wanted to get lip filler in the first place. She said: "I've always naturally had big teeth. One of my insecurities was that my lips didn't frame my teeth, the right way for me."
Personally, the star explained she feels people should be able to get any tweakments they want "safely". She said: "I do believe if you've got insecurities and you can be a more confident version of yourself, you should absolutely be able to go out and get those tweakments done. But get them done safely. But I didn't have the knowledge or the resources to be able to [find someone safely]."
What else was said about cosmetic surgery on Good Morning Britain?
Presenters Garraway and Adil Ray also spoke to Nora Nugent, Vice-president of British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. Nugent appeared on Good Morning Britain to weigh in on the new figures about cosmetic surgery complaints.
The Vice-president of British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons advised people "to go to a medical practitioner who is trained in aesthetic procedures". She said: "We have seen skin loss from fillers. Filler is a gel, it can be thicker or thinner depending on where it is put. But if it gets into a blood vessel, it can block that blood vessel."
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