Leslie Ash has opened up about doing a £4,500 non-surgical facelift that made her look ‘ten years younger’.
The beloved BBC star, 65, showed off the jaw-dropping results of the revolutionary method, which she has been secretly doing for the past eight months.
‘My friends think I’ve had a facelift – but I’ve definitely not gone under the knife,’ the Holby City favourite told candidly as she praised the avant-garde NeoGen treatment.
Leslie admitted to being a bit of a ‘wuss’ when it comes to pain but said the NeoGen treatments were bearable – in a move which comes 23 years after she famously underwent botched lip fillers and inspired the term ‘Trout Pout’.
On the new treatment, she said: ‘It’s quite a weird sensation, I was lathered in numbing cream for half an hour before having the treatment. It’s non-invasive but you can feel it, you can put up with it though.
Leslie Ash, 65, has opened up about doing a £4,500 non-surgical face-lift that made her look ‘ten years younger’
The beloved BBC star showed off the jaw-dropping results of the revolutionary method, which she has been secretly doing for the past eight months
Her new surgery comes 23 years after she famously underwent botched lip fillers and inspired the term ‘Trout Pout’
‘You might be a bit red for a day or two afterwards, like you’ve had a bit too much sun, but after that it’s just amazing, your skin just feels so much tighter and you start to notice your pores closing,’ she finished.
As she looked at some before and after treatment pictures, she was quick to point out: ‘The difference is really noticeable, and what’s really blown my mind is my jawline, it’s so obvious that it has lifted.
‘Also, my eyes look so much better, they were hooded before and now you can see my eyes are completely a different shape.
‘Then you come to the texture of my skin, and reduction of my pores, now it looks soft as anything and the colour is uniform, so there are four major things that are demonstrably improved.’
The Happy Apple icon was aiming for a natural result rather than resorting to plastic surgery in order to maintain her natural beauty.
Leslie said: ‘It doesn’t look fake or overdone at all. It’s just me, but a much better version of me. My skin feels tighter and more plump, and the overall texture and tone is so much better.
The actress added proudly: ‘I can definitely say I look like I’m in my mid 50s, so yeah, I’m happy with that, ten years younger.’
‘My friends think I’ve had a facelift – but I’ve definitely not gone under the knife,’ the Holby City favourite told candidly as she praised the avant-garde NeoGen treatment
‘Also, my eyes look so much better, they were hooded before and now you can see my eyes are completely a different shape. Then you come to the texture of my skin, and reduction of my pores,’ she said
‘It doesn’t look fake or overdone at all. It’s just me, but a much better version of me,’ Leslie told
The actress added proudly: ‘I can definitely say I look like I’m in my mid 50s, so yeah, I’m happy with that, ten years younger’
Leslie pictured at Clean Hospitals Summit in London in 2005, years prior to begin her non-surgical treatment
Leslie, also accompanied her treatment with a regular aid of supplements Ameri-Vita.
‘I’m absolutely going to keep having these treatments,’ she assured.
‘The results are so good, I can’t imagine stopping now.’
NeoGen Plasma treatments are available at Dr Martin Kinsella’s Re-Enhance clinic in Hale, Cheshire, and also in London.
Leslie’s looks were hurtled into the spotlight in 2002 when she underwent lip fillers and showcased a dramatic facial transformation.
Her botched silicone implants produced her ‘trout pout’, after she had the injections — administered by a friend’s mother, a cosmetic surgeon, in her kitchen — because she was insecure about ageing.
As well as her fillers, Leslie suffered horrific health woes when she recently opening up about the 2004 incident that changed her life.
Two decades after contracting an MSSA superbug that nearly left her unable to walk. She was awarded a record £5 million in compensation in 2008 after acquiring the infection in hospital.
In April, Leslie reflected on the incident that changed her life. She was admitted to hospital in April 2004 after cracking two ribs during a fall from bed amid an intimate moment with her husband, former footballer Lee Chapman.
But it was while she was in hospital for this injury that she contracted a ‘deadly strain’ of the MRSA superbug because of an abscess that had developed in her spinal column – which could have left her permanently unable to walk.
Leslie revealed she was only given a ‘slight hope of recovery’ by doctors, who thought she’d be wheelchair-bound by the time she was 60 due to a life-changing spine condition.
Against all odds, the Quadrophenia star has bounced back and rarely relies on a trusty walking stick, let alone a wheelchair.
She said: ‘I will never be the same as I was, obviously. But yeah, It is 20 years exactly and It’s fine. I love working still, I can still do bits. Nowhere near what it was before but I’m feeling really really really good. I’m very healthy.’
Leslie soared to fame on Men Behaving Badly in the Nineties (pictured clockwise from top left Martin Clunes, Neil Morrissey, Leslie Ash and Caroline Quentin)
