KATIE Price showed off some worrying bumps on her forehead after revealing concerns about her health and weight loss.
The 47-year-old mum-of-five took toSnapchat to share a close-up selfie of her forehead where she pointed to the series of “humps” that protruded from her skin.
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Katie Price showed several bumps on her foreheadCredit: InstagramThe bumps come after her unexplained weight lossCredit: SplashKatie also had a major facelift done in AugustCredit: Louis Wood
“I’ve got HUMPS on my forehead,” Katie captioned the post.
The selfie, which she also shared to her Instagram Stories, showed several bumps from her eyebrows up to the middle part of her forehead, with the biggest bump in the centre.
On her Snapchat, Katie posted a video of her ‘before’ getting the botox, where there was a number of black marker dots on her forehead, presumably injection points for the botox.
“I’ve gone from this,” she said in the first video and it quickly changed to the next Snapchat where she spoke about the bumps on her skin.
“At the moment, it looks like I’ve got humps on my face, my ‘lovely lady lumps’,” Katie said referring to the Black Eyed Peas song, My Humps, which she had playing over the video.
Bumps are a common reaction to Botox and could occur because of a reaction to the needle or allergic reaction to the Botox itself.
TheCelebrityBig Brotherwinner told her fans on Snapchat at the time: “I’ve been up early at the doctors so she could do some bloods and because my veins are so s*** they had three attempts.
“They could only fill two tubes up, so I’ve got to go back in two weeks.
“And I’ve got to have my stitches out then because they looked at my little stab wound that I did.”
Her boyfriend, JJ Slater, worried that Katie might be running herself into the ground.
“It’s not an easy thing to sit back and watch your partner running themselves into the ground health-wise.”
They added this concern was a consensus among the star’s wider family and said: “JJ and Katie’s family think she is putting way too much pressure on herself.
“She’s been constantly on the move with tour shows, but isn’t right mentally or physically – something she knows deep down.”
Katie’s health woes come amid more personal drama as her ex-husband Kieran Hayler was charged with raping and sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl.
The former stripper will appear at Crawley Magistrates Court on November 19.
A MANIPULATIVE fraudster who fleeced an elderly woman out of almost £300,000 before fleeing to Tenerife is facing down a six-year prison sentence.
Pamela Gwinnett, 62, continued to stealmoney from Joan Greene, 89, after the pensioner passed away, treating her as a “cash cow to be milked.”
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Gwinnett fled to Tenerife after she got caught
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A court heard that Joan was made to believe her family hated her in the final months of her lifeCredit: MEN Media
Gwinnet claimed she was the grandmother’s carer but isolated frail, vulnerable Joan from her family.
She accused family members of mistreating the widow and did everything she could to keep them away while she fleeced her “golden goose.”
She would steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from the elderly woman, using the money to pay for botox and expensive meals before fleeing to Tenerife after getting caught.
Gwinett denied charges of fraud and theft but was found guilty by a jury at Preston Crown Court.
After discovering ex-accountant Joan was wealthy Gwinett concocted a lie, convincing Joan that her family were stealing from her pension.
Gwinett even moved Joan into a care home to keep the pensioner close when Covid hit in March 2020.
After the pandemic ended she took Joan home but padlocked the gates of her bungalow and changed the landline number in a bid to stop Joan’s family from getting in touch.
A court heard that the last months of Joan’s life had become “pock marked with increasing periods of bewilderment and confusion.”
Joan also became doubly incontinent, but instead of looking after the elderly woman Gwinett “bullied” her.
Gwinett would cover for Joan’s professional live-in carers for two hours a day, billing the pensioner for the time.
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Judge Michael Maher said: “On one occasion, [one of the carers] found to her horror that you had left Joan covered in her own faeces in bed at the end of your two-hour shift.
“On another occasion, you barked at her to relieve herself in her incontinent pad.”
Eventually one of Joan’s carers became so concerned that she arranged for Joan’s family to visit.
The meeting sparked a massive argument with video from the incident featuring Joan complaining that she doesn’t know what’s going on.
Footage also picked up Joan mentioning money problems despite her being a well off woman.
By the time Gwinett’s power of attorney over Joan was suspended she had already robbed £161,000 from the pensioner.
She even managed to steal a further £119,000 by opening a joint account and transferring Joan’s cash into that.
Judge Maher said Joan’s family “are devastated by the fact that Joan in the fog of her deterioratingmental healthmay well have believed the lies you were pedalling and made her isolation all the more solitary and lonely.”
Joan’s step-daughter Katherine Farrimond, 65, said Joan believed in her final years that her family “hated her” and “didn’t want to see her’” because to Gwinett’s “lies.”
In April, Gwinett applied to vary her bail conditions so she could fly to Tenerife, saying she hoped to scatter her late brother’s ashes there.
Her request was denied but she still brazenly boarded a plane just hours later and has remained there since.
The judge added: “I sincerely hope that Ms Gwinett is extradited back to the UK to serve this sentence for these egregious offences.
“It is an affront to justice and the rule of law for this defendant to be allowed to remain in Tenerife.”
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Gwinett once left Joan ‘covered in her own faeces’Credit: MEN Media
A 75-YEAR-OLD model who’s never had Botox has revealed the £2 Temu buy she swears by to stay looking young.
Penelope Tree first made a name for herself in the 1960s, and has enjoyed a resurgence of success in recent years – walking the runway for Fendi and Richard Quinn and appearing in a star-studded ad campaign to mark Zara’s 50th anniversary.
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Model Penelope Tree has never had Botox or plastic surgery, but still looks younger than her 75 yearsCredit: Getty
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She’s walked the catwalk for names including Fendi and Valentino in more recent yearsCredit: Getty
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But first started modelling in the 1960sCredit: Getty
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When it comes to her anti-ageing tips, she swears by using these face tapes – which you can get for £2 from TemuCredit: temu
And while she used to be “obsessed” with her appearance when she was younger, she’s now “more interested in what’s going on” around her.
She’s also “not trying to prove anything” by undergoing cosmetic procedures to maintain a flawless facade.
“You just have to accept the inevitability of ageing. I don’t really see what’s wrong with it!” she told the MailOnline.
“And I don’t like hospitals or the idea of being fiddled with in a surgical way.
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“Also, repeated plastic surgery does tend to make people look like replicants (bioengineered humanoids).”
Instead, she prefers a more natural way of reducing the look of her wrinkles – anti-ageing face tapes.
The adhesive tapes have threads attached, which can be pulled and secured discreetly around the head to make the face look more taut.
And they won’t set you back anywhere near as much as Botox either, as you can pick them up for just £2 on Temu.
Other celebrities who use the tapes include Joan Collins and Bella Hadid.
I hated my wrinkled skin, so I spent £4k to have the top layer taken off, people can’t believe I’m the same person
“In my 20s my currency was my beauty,” Penelope continued.
“Now my currency is being alive, interested and curious.
“I just leave it to the hairdressers and the make-up artists to make me look as good as I can, which isn’t easy!”
As for her fashion sense, Penelope loves “statement jewellery”, which said makes older people “look fabulous”.
And she loves shopping at the “affordable and fabulous” Zara.
“I wear an orange Zara suit every summer and it’s the most complimented outfit I’ve ever worn in my life!” she admitted.
How is celery juice an anti-ageing potion?
Celery juice is packed with antioxidants like vitamin C and flavonoids, which combat free radicals that cause cellular damage and aging.
Its high water content keeps your skin hydrated and plump, reducing the appearance of wrinkles.
The anti-inflammatory compounds in celery, such as apigenin and luteolin, help reduce chronic inflammation linked to ageing.
Rich in essential nutrients like vitamin K and potassium, celery juice supports overall skin health and body functions.
Drinking celery juice regularly can complement a balanced diet and skincare routine, promoting a youthful glow from within.
But while she’s happy to save money on the majority of her wardrobe, there’s one thing she’ll always splash out on – and that’s denim.
“If there’s one thing I have learnt as I have aged, it’s to spend money on jeans,” she said, adding that she’s had the same pair for three years and insisting they’re “good as new”.
Kaylie Bailey contracted botulism after being given illegal Botox
An aesthetic beautician left one woman fighting for her life and several others seriously ill in hospital after injecting them with Toxpia, an illegal Botox-type anti-wrinkle treatment. As the BBC names the woman behind the jabs, two of her victims share their stories.
The patch over Kaylie Bailey’s left eye is a daily reminder of when her beauty treatment nearly killed her.
The 36-year-old mum-of-three from Peterlee, County Durham, had paid Gemma Gray £75 for three “Botox” injections, half of what it had cost on a previous visit – the bargain turned out to be too good to be true.
Within days, Ms Bailey was struggling to see.
Doctors at Sunderland Royal Hospital were initially baffled and diagnosed her with ptosis, an eye condition characterised by the drooping of the upper eyelid, and told her to go home to rest.
The hospital trust said that when Ms Bailey was discharged she had been advised to visit her GP if her condition worsened, and it had been explained to her that her symptoms were probably related to the treatment she had had.
It added that botulinum toxicity was a very rare condition “not seen by the majority of doctors during their careers”.
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Kaylie Bailey spent three days in intensive care
But when her condition deteriorated over the following days, Ms Bailey rushed back to hospital where this time she was told she had botulism, a rare but life-threatening condition caused by a bacterium.
By that point, she was one of 28 people to have been diagnosed with the toxic poisoning in north-east England after having anti-wrinkle jabs.
Ms Bailey stopped breathing and required resuscitation.
She spent three days on the Intensive Care Unit and was treated with an anti-toxin.
“I remember lying on the bed thinking ‘I’m dying here and I don’t want to’,” Ms Bailey says, crying as she recalls her experience.
Upon her release, and being required now to wear an eye patch until her eye heals, she contacted Mrs Gray and was told by her it was a “nationwide problem with the product”.
“When I went in [to her appointment for the anti-wrinkle jabs], I felt like she was rushing that much it stung, my eyes were watering that much off it,” Ms Bailey says.
“I cannot believe she’s even dared to do that to people.
“She didn’t even know what was in it and we’re having to live with what she’s done to us.
“I’ve nearly died because of it.”
Paula Harrison contracted botulism after being given illegal Botox
Paula Harrison suffered a similar fate when she visited Mrs Gray at a salon in Blackhall, Co Durham, in late May.
The 54-year-old mother-of-three had previously been to the practitioner for a lip-filler procedure but this time decided to have what she thought was Botox and under-eye filler.
After a few days, she too became unwell and also went to Sunderland Royal Hospital where she was admitted and spent four days, receiving an anti-toxin as part of her treatment.
Mrs Harrison said her throat was closing up and she was unable to eat.
“[Mrs Gray is] playing with people’s lives,” Mrs Harrison says. “Luckily, I’m all right, but I could have been dead.”
Gemma Gray
Gemma Gray is the owner of Belissimo Aesthetics
Mrs Gray, formerly known as Gemma Brown, operates her business Belissimo Aesthetics, which is not linked to any other business of the same name, from her home near Bishop Auckland and at a salon in Blackhall.
She administered an illegal type of botulinum toxin, the ingredient used in legal Botox-type products, to a number of patients.
There are seven such products licensed for use in the UK, including the brand Botox which is the most commonly known.
Mrs Gray used Toxpia, a product from South Korea which the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency says is not licensed for use in the UK and which is an offence to sell or supply.
She told clients it was a “new type of Botox” and charged between £75 and £100 for three areas of treatment.
The BBC tried to contact her to ask her about her involvement but she said she was not interested in speaking.
The BBC is naming Mrs Gray after speaking to a number of her clients.
It is understood another aesthetic practitioner, who is a business associate of Mrs Gray’s, bought the Toxpia from her and administered it to her own clients, many of whom also became ill.
‘Consider the health impacts’
Mrs Gray has told clients how sorry she is for what happened and described how bad she feels that they became ill. She told Mrs Harrison that it was a “new treatment on trial” and that she was devastated.
She also indicated it was a “nationwide” problem with the product and said people everywhere had become ill after using it.
The BBC has seen no evidence to support this claim.
Mrs Gray advertised her business as being “fully trained and insured”.
An investigation, led by the UK Health Security Agency, is ongoing.
The agency has issued guidance to anyone who wishes to have this type of treatment, advising them to research their practitioner and make sure the product they are given is a legal medicine and licensed for use in the UK.
The Department of Health and Social Care said people’s lives were being put at risk by “inadequately trained operators in the cosmetic sector” and the government was looking into new regulations.
“We urge anyone considering cosmetic procedures to consider the possible health impacts and find a reputable, insured and qualified practitioner,” a spokesperson said.
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A BEAUTY buff has shared how she banished her forehead wrinkles for good after ageing her skin with sunbeds.
Despite long being linked to cancer and banned in countries such as Australia and Brazil, sunbeds are still popular in the UK – and in fact, it seems that their use on the rise.
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Former sunbed user Chloe shared the shocking skin damage on TikTok – and how she got rid of the deep lines for goodCredit: TIKTOK/@chloe.w.hite
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According to the beauty buff, it’s all thanks to a bargain productCredit: TIKTOK/@chloe.w.hite
Last year, a survey by the charity Melanoma Focus found that28 per cent of UK adultsuse sunbeds, rising to a whopping 43 per cent among 18 to 25-year-olds.
In anotherstudyfrom Skin Health Alliance, 60 per cent of young people admitted to sunbed use, with 25 per cent using them on a frequent basis.
But while just one sunbed session can increase the risk of developing squamous cellskin cancerby 67 per cent, it’s also worth remembering the skin ageing factor.
Sunbeds emit extremely high levels of UV radiation, which damages the skin’s collagen and elastin fibres, leading to wrinkles and a loss of elasticity, warned Public Health Agency.
The faux golden glow can also cause increased melanin production, leading to the formation of sun spots or age spots, which can appear as dark patches on the skin.
One former beauty buff, Chloe White, recently took to TikTok where she showed the damage caused by soaking up the harmful UV rays – as well as how she drastically improved the appearance of her skin.
”I used to use the sunbeds and it aged my skin a lot quicker than I wanted to,” the young woman said in the video where she also shared a snap of her wrinkly forehead.
As well as saying goodbye to sunbeds, Chloe began to take better care of her skin – which also included using retinol.
Ideal to start incorporating into your routine as you approach your mid to late 20s, retinol increases skin cell production.
As well as unclogging pores, it also exfoliates your skin and increases collagen production, which can reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, giving your skin a fresher, plump appearance.
Tan fan shows off shocking damage after just 15 minutes on a sunbed
While the high street is full of different retinols to suit every budget, there are also more affordable options – such as The Ordinary Retinal 0.2% Emulsion Serum, £15.20 at Boots.
”Look at my forehead now – compare to that picture.
”I was actually thinking about getting Botox and I thought ‘Before I start injecting my face with things, why don’t I just try this?’
”And it was worked so, so unbelievably well for tightening up my skin.”
The blonde beauty went on: ”The only thing that I didn’t know when I started using it is that you do have to wear SPF as well, because it makes your skin more sensitive to the sun.
”But yeah, it’s worked amazing compared to what my wrinkles used to look like,” said Chloe, adding it too her just two weeks to see results.
”I actually promise I have no filter on my skin, my sister in law came over and she’s in her 30’s BEST SKIN EVER and that’s what she said she uses, never looked back,” said the TikTok who posts under the username @chloe.w.hite.
Risks of sunbeds
THE promise of a constant glowing tan is too tempting for some people to deny.
But while popping to the sunbed shop may seem harmless, people who use tanning beds should be aware of the risks.
Approximately 10 per cent of the population of Northern Europe use sunbeds on a regular basis, the World Health Organization says.
Some people use them for years on end, accumulating risk of serious disease.
We are here to give you the lowdown on sunbeds and if they are safe to use.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), sunbeds are as dangerous as smoking.
Like the sun, they give out harmful UV rays that damage the DNA in your skin cells.
Over time, this may lead to malignant melanoma – the deadliest form of skin cancer – studies have shown.
They report that sunbeds increase the risk of skin cancer by up to 20 per cent, and also state that they have no positive benefits to our health.
Cancer Research back this statistic, adding that ” there is no such thing as a safe tan from UV radiation”.
One study found that sunbeds can almost double the risk of cancer compared to never using them – with women 83 per cent more likely to develop the disease.
While some people think tanning beds are safer than sitting out in the midday sun, according to Cancer Research, the risk is still twice as high when compared to spending the same amount of time in the Mediterranean sun at lunch time.
The Sunbed Association claim there is not enough evidence to link sunbed use with melanoma, adding: “It is over-exposure and burning that will increase a risk of skin cancer, not responsible UV exposure.”
But the WHO says: “The majority of tanning parlours provide inadequate advice to their customers.
“The use of eye protection such as goggles or sunglasses should be mandatory.
“However, as sunbed users aim to have an even tan, they often decide against protecting any part of their body.”
Referring to the link with skin cancer, the world health experts add: “Sunbeds for self-tanning purposes have been available for the last two decades and due to the long latency period for skin cancer and eye damage it has been difficult so far to demonstrate any long-term health effects.
“Even though the causes of malignant melanoma are not fully understood, tumour development appears to be linked to occasional exposure to intense sunlight.
“Sunbeds subject their users to intermittent high exposures of UVA and UVB radiation – this may provide the ideal setting for the development of malignant skin cancer.
“However, the few epidemiological studies that have been carried out to date have not provided any consistent results.”
Despite the WHO’s cautious stance on the skin cancer link, it discourages the use of sunbeds, quoting an expert who said the use of tanning parlours is like “an industrial-scale radiation exposure experiment”.
Regardless of skin cancer, sunbeds don’t just have long-term health risks.
Users have reported a range of short-term symptoms including itching, dryness and redness of skin, freckling and photosensitivity.
Common outcomes in the longer term, especially in fair-skinned people, may involve blistering of the skin.
“Sagging and wrinkling of the skin are an almost certain price to be paid by frequent sunbed users”, the WHO says – not quite the outcome you hope for when going to the sunbed shop for a beautiful, youthful look.
How to use retinol?
The beauty bag must-have, a form of vitamin A, is to be added to your evening skincare routine – and never in the morning.
Before you use a retinol product for the first time, do a patch test on a small area of your skin to see if you have any negative reactions.
If, after a couple of days, your skin patch isn’t very red or itchy, you can safely add it to the skincare regimen.
Once you wash your face in the morning, pile on the nourishing products, too.
The golden rule is that less is more. Less product – a pea-sized amount should cover your whole face, using more won’t make it work faster – and less frequently.
Start with one night a week, then after a few weeks, once you know your skin is tolerating it, scale up to twice a week for a few more weeks and so on.
Don’t be disheartened if your skin can only handle it every other night, you’ll still be reaping the rewards and it’s better to use it consistently over a longer period than ramp it up and have to take a break because your skin reacts.
Avoid sensitive areas, like around your eyes and lips, as that’s almost guaranteed to cause problems, and our skin is porous so enough of the product will creep towards both when applied further away.
If you’re impatient, retinal works faster than retinol – yes, one letter makes all the difference.
Both have to convert into retinoic acid before unleashing their skincare benefits, and the former is one step further in that process, which many dermatologists I’ve spoken to mean it’s also kinder to skin, and better tolerated by those of us with sensitive complexions.
