Danniella Westbrook continued to showcase her near-unrecognisable image as she enjoyed a dip in a pool in Dubai in the wake of her facial reconstruction.
The former EastEnders actress, 52, has undergone extensive surgery in the UAE and on Sunday she was relaxing during her recovery process.
Slipping into a scanty bikini, Danniella was showing off not just her recovering face but also her body before relaxing on a sun lounger.
The star underwent the procedure last week at the Gargash Hospital – complete with a full face, neck and brow lift as well as a lip and nose reconstruction.
She has in the past had various reconstructive operations in a bid to fix her ‘collapsing’ face due to her previous cocaine addiction and osteoporosis.
It comes weeks after Danniella was rushed to hospital with breathing difficulties following years of complications due to her collapsed septum.
Danniella used surgeon Dr Parviz Sadigh, who has carried out operations on her in the past and has now undertaken the latest bid to rebuild her face.
In an Instagram post shared last month, Danniella said: ‘A massive amount of love and respect to my Amazing surgeon @parvizsadigh for all his hard work. Everyday I grow and glow xxxx thank you and roll on Feb for the next operation.’
Danniella was due on set for her new movie role Tales From The Trap but was then recast in the film amid health issues – which came after years of complications due to her collapsed septum.
Speaking exclusively to the Daily Mail at the time, insiders revealed the star, who has not starred in a film or TV show since mid 2016, was forced to seek medical attention due to her respiratory struggles.
Tales From The Trap, where she was initially casted opposite Love Island star Liv Hawkins, marked Danniella’s return to the screen, having scooped the role of a gun-selling, gangster granny – yet she has been recast by Slow Horses star Kim Tiddy
A source close to Danniella said in December: ‘Danniella was rushed into hospital on Friday with breathing difficulties which meant she had to pull out of filming Tales From The Trap…
‘She was due to make her movie comeback as a gangster granny selling AK47s to the gangsters. It’s really disappointing as I am sure everyone was looking forward to seeing her play that part.’
The TV personality found fame at the age of 16 in EastEnders but due to her cocaine use producers were forced to terminate her contract and she was written out of the soap again in 1996.
Last year, Danniella revealed she was finally getting her face rebuilt as she headed into the ‘very long’ surgery.
The actress has in the past undergone various reconstructive operations in a bid to fix her ‘collapsing’ face due to her previous cocaine addiction and osteoporosis.
In 2023, she admitted that she hated the results of the facial reconstruction she had that year, having up until that point waited seven years to find a surgeon willing to do the operation due to the condition of her septum.
Danniella last appeared on TV on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016, where she reached the final, finishing in first place.
She also competed on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2003, before going on to star on Dancing On Ice in 2010, and appearing on Channel 4’s Hollyoaks three years later.
The actress had a string of procedures in Turkey in April 2023 in a desperate bid to save her collapsing face.
She underwent a thread lift, liposuction in her cheeks and lips, fat grafting on her chin and had her jawline etched after her septum originally collapsed from excessive drug use in 2002.
The former Celebrity Big Brother housemate at the time wanted to have the reconstruction done for the last seven years, but was unable to find a surgeon who would operate because her septum had completely collapsed.
She previously revealed she needed five operations to correct her ‘collapsing’ face due to a previous cocaine addiction and osteoporosis, and was planning to have it done on the NHS, however Danniella said she paid for the surgery all herself despite being offered freebies from clinics all over the world.
Danniella’s battle with drugs has been well-publicised, and she famously had her nose reconstructed after her septum collapsed from excessive cocaine use.
At the height of her use it was reported she would take up to five grams of cocaine a day, blowing close to £250,000 on the drug.
However, the star, who is now sober, later revealed she is begging doctors to correct her damaged face as she gets her life back on track.