Well, to start with, I was terrified about having anything
done because I didn't want to walk around with that stretched
look that everyone seems to associate with baselitz. So,
coming here, it was very scary to begin with, until I met Dr.
de Silva in which was lovely. I was still terrified, because I
thought, my insecurities being I would always sit like this, all
right, sit like this, and I'd hide my weak chin, I thought,
you know, the wrinkles in the saggy skin as you get older. And
I thought he might not agree that I've got this to begin
with. So it was trying to convince him of what I actually
felt which, you know, he was very, very good. He listened,
which was lovely. And then when I say Jess, I want to go ahead
because he talked about it being natural about not having that
stretch. Look, the first thing he talked about was how he
works. So it doesn't look as if you've had anything done, which
was my biggest fear. I didn't want everyone to go what she had
done, because sometimes it's not a good thing for people to say
think why, what's wrong with it? Not that bad. But that's why I
went ahead. I got here this morning, which is quite early in
the morning. absolutely terrified of the whole thing,
but more so I thought I was gonna be awake. Because I was
having the Twilight sedative. I've not had that before.
literally walk straight in lovely atmosphere. Everyone was
friendly. It was it was really nice. And I thought okay, right
now comes the scary bit walked into I thought going to be a
theatre, you know, like an operating theatre, but it
wasn't. There was music playing which was lovely. Everyone was
chatting, literally got on the bed, talk to the neath the test
had already talked to me in the room anyway. And literally, he
put the jab in the back of my arm. I literally thought I've
had a couple of gin and tonics. And that's the last thing I
remember. until six hours later, apparently, wow, six hours
later, then six hours ago, it was over. And I literally woke
up. But okay, is it done, walk back to the bedroom, and the
nursing staff lovely. sat there, had a cup of coffee to the
public group. And it was like I've not had anything done until
I actually looked in the mirror at the or have had it done. They
weren't joking, I actually had it done. So if you're scared
about the sensitivity, you're scared about a procedure, please
don't be you don't feel a thing. Which is a shame, because it
probably would have been nice to have chatted about it. But I
don't remember a thing about it. Absolutely no pain. And I went
home the next morning with absolutely no pain. I mean, they
literally had to force me to take some painkillers because I
didn't feel anything. I kept waiting the whole week after
risk to this pain to get there, but nothing happened. No pain.
The most uncomfortable thing, which the doctor had told me
about was my drains. And they're a drain, drain, but they're not
painful. They just get used to these things swinging around.
And that was the most uncomfortable thing out of the
whole procedure. But the rest, as they say is history. Right,
so now where the eight, nine weeks post up and the
differences, I can go out now and not have to sit down and
worry about how I look. You know, I know I look okay, I know
look nice. So I'm not worried about does my chin look, you
know, does my neck look terrible? In actual fact, it's
nice because I don't have to worry about it. You know, I feel
more confident. I can wear my hair up now and not have to
worry about it. I'm not sitting there constantly thinking in the
mirror. Is it okay, going to the bathroom. And I think all women
know this, that you look in the mirror and you see the
reflection back and it's not who you think it is. And your
stomach sort of thinks you think, Oh God, I look terrible
today. I haven't had that. And that's through all the bruising
and everything. I haven't had that feeling of not God. And
that's the fact is is lovely. Because every morning I get up
and I see a different change. I see. Look at my neck, you know,
and even my daughter My 40 year old daughter's envious of this
neck. I mean, come on, you know who wouldn't be envious if neck?
And even putting a necklace on now is you know I haven't got
that. That maglie bit. As ladies know what I'm talking about?
Yeah, I haven't got that handy bit of skin, you know, and it's
lovely. It's like, wow. So the rest is just going to get
better. And that's lovely. Every morning I wake up and I can see
the difference. I can see a change. And in me, I can see
that change in me I just feel more confident. Exactly like
knowing what no What are you doing now?
Is there any advice you give to like family or friends who's
thinking about doing this?
Hurry up, get it done. Don't Don't waste your time. Don't
waste your time worrying about it, do it because you'll regret
the time you've waited to do it. I regret the last sort of three
or four years thinking or know what What if so, what is this?
What is that? Do you research of course do your research, always
do your research, feel comfortable with your surgeon
and that's the first thing I felt so comfortable with you You
made me feel confident in you, which is so important. Because
this is your face you got to go through the rest of your life in
your face. So do your research. You know what you want done
you're you don't be honest with the surgeon about what you want
done. And if you aren't honest with the surgeon, he can't do
his best work because you're not telling him what it is you're
worried about or upset about. But ultimately, you only get one
life. live it to the fullest and if that means you want to do
this, you do it. You don't need to make excuses for yourself.
Why should you life's for living