Former X-Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos has denied ever going under the knife to improve her looks but she has admitted that she had dermal filler injections to give her self-esteem a boost as she went through a difficult trial this year.
The 26-year-old singer has sparked many rumours in the last few months as she arrived for court looking swollen and misshapen. Media speculation was rife about her changing appearance but Tulisa has withheld any comment until now; she has told Grazia magazine that the reason for her altered features was a series of facial filler injections. In the interview, Tulisa said that she looked ‘really gaunt’ during the court case because of the stress and she added ‘I wanted to perk myself up a bit and I’d always wanted my lips done.’
The treatment didn’t quite go to plan though, and Tulisa suffered water retention, which led to swelling of the tissue in her cheeks. She told the magazine ‘The worst thing is that it would happen in the morning, so I would wake up like a blow fish when I was going to court. I’ve been having collagen waves to take them down. I haven’t had surgery though. If I had, I would just say.’