Tulisa sported a dramatic swipe of makeup in a stunning Instagram snap on Wednesday after performing at The Gaydio Awards in Manchester.

The singer, 36, who has had lip filler and facial tattoos, displayed her snatched face in a gorgeous mirror selfie.

She flaunted her tiny physique in a red figure-hugging playsuit, teamed with thigh-high black boots.

Tulisa showed off her bright red lips and dramatic false eyelashes as she displayed the results of her cosmetic treatments.

The N-Dubz star previously revealed how her face changed as a result of an agonising 12-year health battle.

The singer was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy in 2020 – a neurological disorder that causes paralysis or weakness on one side of the face when the facial nerve is damaged or stops working properly. 

Tulisa, 36, sported a dramatic swipe of makeup in a stunning Instagram snap on Wednesday after performing at The Gaydio Awards in Manchester

The singer, who has had lip filler and facial tattoos, displayed her snatched face in a gorgeous mirror selfie

Yet she soon became locked in a vicious cycle of having filler to even out her appearance and her face becoming inflamed and swollen. 

Speaking on Olivia Attwood’s podcast So Wrong It’s Right this month, Tulisa admitted the problems were particularly bad around the time she reformed with the trio in 2022, ending their 11-year hiatus from the music scene with a new tour and single release.

A doctor soon got to the cause after performing an ultrasound on her face, finding ‘three chronically infected cysts’ in her cheek, one of which popped during an ‘explorative operation’ due to being so bulbous.

Tulisa shared: ‘I’ve no idea what they were caused by, they weren’t filler, they were just self-occurring, but I came out of the operation and instantly my face was less swollen.

She added that after having her first Bell’s palsy attack aged 24, she attempted to use fillers to ‘balance out’ her face, causing her to be locked in a ‘vicious cycle.’

Two years pᴀssed where the condition was kept at bay, but she started to feel a ‘low level swelling’ in the same cheek, which rapidly increased.

She explained: ‘I would have like tingling sensations like little ants crawling in my face. I started seeing doctors all around the UK – “Something’s wrong with me, what’s wrong with my face” – it was so scary. This went all the way up until this year it was horrific.

‘I constantly felt like my cheek was on fire. I’d have good days and bad days and on some days, I’d take steroids, which would bring it down.

She flaunted her tiny physique in a red figure-hugging playsuit, teamed with thigh-high black boots

Tulisa showed off her bright red lips and dramatic false eyelashes as she displayed the results of her cosmetic treatments

The N-Dubz star previously revealed how her face changed as a result of an agonising 12-year health battle

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‘When I was doing that N-Dubz run it was at its worst, so you might see an interview, I look normal. And then you see another interview, it’s like, what the hell is going on with my face?’

Tulisa also shared her belief that the painful cysts had contributed to a long list of medical concerns she has battled with for years such as sarcoidosis and immune disorders.

She shared: ‘I’ve had all these health problems for years – sarcoidosis, immune disorders and this explains all the symptoms that I was getting and could have been causing Bell’s palsy because in total there was, I think, six of them. They could have been growing over the years, actually triggering the Bell’s.’

After years of experimenting, Tulisa said she made the decision to remove the filler from her face and now only uses it in her lips.

She added: ‘Right now, I only have filler in my lips. There’s no filler anywhere else in my face.’

Tulisa has always been open about having lip filler and previously joked about her famous trout pout disaster. 

The Young hitmaker raised eyebrows when she showed off an extremely plump pout back in 2014 – leading fans to comment on her rapidly changing face. 

Reflecting on the incident, the star said on Lorraine: ‘I went through stages, I had an allergic reaction to something, and then it took me a while to get rid of it. 

The singer was diagnosed with Bell’s palsy in 2020 (pictured)  a neurological disorder that causes paralysis or weakness on one side of the face when the facial nerve is damaged

Tulisa added that after having her first Bell’s palsy attack aged 24, she attempted to use fillers to ‘balance out’ her face, causing her to be locked in a ‘vicious cycle’ (pictured in 2011) 

The Young hitmaker raised eyebrows when she showed off an extremely plump pout back in 2014 – with Tulisa later revealing she suffered an allergic reaction to her lip filler 

The singer previously took to Instagram to point out the bruising on her right cheek, which she claimed appeared after years of taking steroid injections to control chronic cysts

WHAT IS BELL’S PALSY?

Bell’s palsy is a condition that causes temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles in one side of the face.

It is a rare condition which is believed to affect around one in 5,000 people each year.

It is is believed to occur when the nerve that controls the muscles in your face becomes compressed.

The exact cause is unknown, although it’s thought to be because the facial nerve becomes inflamed, possibly due to a viral infection. Variants of the herpes virus may be responsible.

Around seven out of 10 people with Bell’s palsy make a complete recovery, with or without treatment.

Most people notice an improvement in their symptoms after about two to three weeks. However, a complete recovery can take between three and six months. 

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‘I still get fillers in my lips, so it’s all about maintaining. I’m happy with it now. That’s where you’re giving yourself a spruce.’

Elsewhere in the podcast, Tulisa revealed her plans to get ‘fat transfer’ in the future to help bring down the bruising in her face which makes her ‘paranoid’. 

She explained: ‘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.

‘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.’

A surgical fat transfer is cosmetic surgery to move fat from one part of the body to another. It’s also known as a “fat graft” or “lipomodelling”. 

Ahead of getting the fat transfer, Tulisa revealed she’s undergoing profhilo treatment to bring down the bruising.

Treatment with Profhilo improves skin tone, texture, hydration and overall radiance. It can help to increase firmness and elasticity and promote healthier and softer-looking skin.