Eyelash extensions, injectable fillers and freckle burning are all in a day’s work for this beauty adventurer.
As EllE’s ‘Beauty Extremist’ columnist for the last two years, I’ve tried and tested countless cosmetic-medical treatments – from the weird to the wonderful, via the undignified and excruciating. I don’t have a problem with self-esteem or body image: I don’t feel pressured to conform to any kind of beauty ideal and I don’t even mind getting older really. Call it reckless but I just enjoy these adventures. The desire for self-modification is surely the oldest of biological impulses, so I explore the frontiers of my vanity with fearlessness – I’ll take whatever science can offer, shamelessly, even enthusiastically. Thus far, no regrets.
WEEK 1
Monday: I’m a little nervous of injectible fillers. A touch too much and it’s either pillow-face or porno lips. But I agree to try out Dermal Fillers – a new product which is fine enough to be used to hydrate and rejuvenate the delicate under-eye area. Dr Ayham Al-Ayoubi, who I’ve seen for other treatments, injects it in tiny little drops. It doesn’t hurt and I don’t look weird, just a bit less tired. I do develop a huge bruise, though. The Future Husband, usually sanguine about my beauty adventures, is sympathetic – until I confess it’s self-inflicted. Then he calls me silly. Sometimes it’s hard to argue.
To view Dr Ayoubi in the Media click here.