Towie’s Yazmin reveals bandaged, swollen and bruised face after surgery in Turkey saying ‘I’m trusting the process’
YAZMIN Oukhellou has revealed her swollen and bruised face after undergoing cosmetic surgery in Turkey.
The Towie star, 31, flew over to Istanbul to undergo a chin and neck lift this week, and has given fans a post-surgery update in a new post.
Filming herself upon waking up from the surgery, Yazmin was wearing a facial compression garment and bandages over her face.
She had purple bruising around her eyes and her face appeared swollen.
“Fresh out of surgery & I’m really trying to trust the process!” wrote Yazmin as she filmed herself.
The reality star underwent a chin, neck and temporal lift (upper face around the temples), which typically takes between two and five hours.
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Yazmin told her fans she was set to go under the knife, explaining that her mum was over in Turkey to help look after her following the procedure.
“I am so nervous but I’m so excited,” said Yazmin as she spoke to the camera from her hotel room the night before the procedure.
She continued: “My mum has gone to keep me company, bless her, she’s brought me loads of snacks.
“I’m gonna be documenting my whole surgery journey as I always do, it’s not to promote it – to all the trolls that say I shouldn’t be showing it – I think I should be showing it because I show the highs, the lows.
“It’s something that I want to do for myself. I just think, life’s too short.
“If there’s something you want to do for yourself ton make yourself feel better, who cares what anyone thinks? Just do it for you.”
Yazmin has undergone several other procedures in Turkey over the years, including a nose job, a BBL and liposuction.
She has also been open about her journey with facial fillers and botox over the years, opting to dissolve ten years of filler from her face back in 2024.
At the time, the star told fans how she was opting to go for a more natural look and would be “more mindful” when it came to procedures going forward.
Yazmin rose to fame when she joined the cast of Towie in 2017.
She quit the show in 2023, months after experience a horror car crash in Turkey, which heartbreakingly claimed the life of her boyfriend Jake McLean.
She has since opened up her own beauty salon in Hertford, Show Off.