Real Housewives Of Cheshire’s Tanya Bardsley has revealed the shocking discovery surgeons made while performing her recent half-mid facelift.

The reality star, 43, who has been open about her numerous plastic surgery procedures, admitted doctors were forced to ‘scrape out 20-year-old filler’ after she went under the knife due to ‘middle-aged bloating’ shattering her confidence. 

However despite surgeons removing the substance from Tanya’s face and leaving her skin looking ‘amazing’ she confessed to ignoring medic’s orders, which has had a detrimental affect on her appearance. 

She told OK!: ‘They were scraping out 20-year-old filler. Afterwards, the surgeon said I couldn’t use anything on my skin apart from water and Bio-Oil, and honestly, my skin was amazing!’ 

‘Then I stupidly introduced all the retinols and things I used to use, and now my skin is awful. I need to go back to basics again’.

It comes just weeks after Tanya recalled doctors having to ‘draw blood’ from her boob job as she revealed horrific details from another procedure. 

Real Housewives Of Cheshire’s Tanya Bardsley, 43, has revealed the shocking discovery surgeons made while performing her recent half-mid facelift (pictured 2024)

The reality star  who has been open about her numerous plastic surgery procedures , admitted doctors were forced to ‘scrape out 20-year-old filler’ after she went under the knife due to ‘middle-aged bloating’ shattering her confidencr (pictured 2022)

The TV personality , who was 25 when she had her first boob job – which left her ‘horribly scarred’ – also discussed a tummy tuck that she had in January 2022. 

Speaking on the Nip Tuck Not Giving a F… podcast with hosts Ashley Stobart and Lauren Harris, she admitted ‘it was the worst pain she’d ever been through.’

After welcoming her fourth child, Ralphi, in 2016 with her husband and former professional footballer Phil, 39, she detailed how the sagging skin left after her pregnancy left her looking like a ‘bulldog’s forehead.’ 

Tanya said: ‘My body was absolutely smashing – until Ralphi,’ before recalling her tummy tuck. 

‘It’s the worst pain I’ve ever been through. Cause obviously they have to cut you, they have to lift the skin up to pull the tummy muscles back,’ she explained. 

She continued: ‘I’m happy because I couldn’t wear ʙικιɴιs because it was that much skin.

Adding of her boob jobs, Tanya said: ‘I had them done the first time and then after Ralphi I did an uplift. 

‘I don’t know whether that was the surgeon but it was more the aftercare. I was out drinking, partying. Because I always just healed, and I was young and stupid.’

However despite surgeons removing the substance from Tanya’s face and leaving her skin looking ‘amazing’ she confessed to ignoring medic’s orders (Pictured 2022)

‘They were scraping out 20-year-old filler. Afterwards, the surgeon said I couldn’t use anything on my skin apart from water and Bio-Oil’ (pictured in March 2024)

Tanya also discussed a tummy tuck in January 2022 (pictured)

Tanya revealed she ended up with a hematoma at the surgery site, which meant the ‘surgeon had to put a thing in and just draw all of this blood out.’

‘It’s really, really scared. But the Ralphi was a baby and I thought “I am not going another six weeks not picking him up.”

Tanya – who is also mother to Gabriella, Rocco and Renz – previously revealed her husband Phil referred to her stomach as a ‘mum bum bag’ prior to her tummy tuck.

She had long yearned to undergo the procedure before finally taking the plunge in January 2022.

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Admitting she was ‘over the moon’ with the results at the time, she told new! magazine how her retired footballer husband responded to her surgery. She said: ‘Phil kept saying, “No I love your stomach as it is!”, but he did also call it my mum bum bag!’

Tanya explained that despite Phil being happy with the results, he was nervous ahead of surgery because of her prior ‘bad boob job.’

The star, who also has regular Botox and has had a brow lift, explained to the publication why she opted for surgery on her stomach.

‘Whenever I had a wee I was sick of looking at a bulldog’s forehead, because that’s what it looked like with all the skin bunched up. I thought, I’m sick of looking of you so I’m having you off!’ she said.

The procedure, which can cost from £7,295 upwards, involved pulling Tanya’s skin up to sew her tummy muscles from top to bottom and cut away the excess skin and fat.

 She said her confidence had been boosted ‘mᴀssively’ as a result of the procedure and, even though she endured five ‘painful and awful’ days after surgery, her scarring is ‘actually amazing in the way it’s healed’.