Tulisa to get 'fat transfer' in face as she's 'paranoid' of bruises after steroid injections

Tulisa Contostavlos has spoken about feeling 'paranoid' about the bruising in her face after having steroid injections as she gives health update

Tulisa Contostavlos has given a health update in which she revealed that she's going to get a 'fat transfer' to help with bruising in her face which left her feeling 'paranoid'.

The 36-year-old N-Dubz singer spoke to her fans on Instagram on Saturday and pointed out the bruising on her right cheek which she claimed has appeared after years of having steroid injections to control chronic cysts.

Over the last few months, the former X Factor judge has had 10 cysts removed from inside her mouth after she said that had suffered with the feeling that ants were crawling in her face, leaving her feeling like her "cheek was on fire".

Tulisa has been suffering for 12 years with this condition and she had been controlling it by having steroid injections but this has left permanent bruising on her face, which she said has left her considering a "fat transfer" to take away the bruise.

Speaking on her Instagram Story, the singer said: "Hi guys, some of you may know I recently opened up in an Olivia Attwood interview 'So Wrong It's Right', talking about my face and the experiences I've had with the chronic infection that I was unaware of and Bells Palsy attacks [Tulisa was diagnosed with Bells Palsy in 2020]."

Tulisa continued: "I've just had so many people in my DMs reaching out and asking me about my experiences and what's going on, which has made me really happy about opening up because it has let a lot of other people know that they're not alone.

"I had my first operation a few months back, that was before the Olivia Attwood interview, where they opened up the ear and went in here [pointing to her jaw] and they took about five cysts that I had in the lower part of the face. And then three weeks ago, I had my latest and final operation where they removed the five last cysts."

The singer went on to describe the procedure she underwent: "He [surgeon] went in under the mouth, made an incision from here all the way round to here [pointing to her lower cheek] but underneath, so there is absolutely no scaring. I literally only had the stitches out about a week ago, so my face is actually still quite swollen.

"I have noticed that where I have been having so many steroid injections into this cheek when it would blow up because of the inflammation. As the swelling is going down, I am left with a lot of indentation in this cheek. I've covered it with makeup, it does make me really paranoid. I hate it, no one likes having dents in their cheek or discolouration or things wrong with their face."

Tulisa showed her bruising and relayed her plans to tackle it. She continued: "But I will take a bit [of makeup] off so you can see it. It's literally like a bruise, this is the indentation. One of the more permanent things you can do is get a fat transfer, which I will do in the future, when I've got time but for now what I'm going to do is a treatment called profhilo."

During the cosmetic procedure, a surgical fat transfer involves fat being moved from one part of the body to be used in another and is also known as 'lipomodelling'.

Profhilo treatment, which Tulisa said she is having, improves skin tone and its overall radiance and can promote healthier looking skin.

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