Danniella Westbrook tried to relax by the pool in Portugal after ‘the most frightening few days’ saw her back in hospital after major facial reconstruction surgery.
The former EastEnders actress, 49, had a string of procedures in Turkey last week in a desperate bid to save her collapsing face.
Danniella had a thread lift, liposuction in her cheeks and lips, fat grafting on her chin and her jawline etched after her septum collapsed from excessive drug use in 2002.
The TV star is continuing her recovery in Portugal and was seen this weekend soaking up some sun by her hotel pool.
A bruised and bloodied Daniella struggled to contain her ample cleavage in a plunging blue bikini.
Health scare: Danniella Westbrook tried to relax by the pool in Portugal after ‘the most frightening few days’ saw her back in hospital after major facial reconstruction surgery
Procedures: The former EastEnders actress, 49, had a string of procedures in Turkey last week in a desperate bid to save her collapsing face
Under the knife: Danniella had a thread lift, liposuction in her cheeks and lips, fat grafting on her chin and jawline etched after her septum collapsed from excessive drug use in 2002
The soap star showcased a hint of underboob as she roughly towel dried her hair after a swim and still had a gruesome wound on the side of her head.
Danniella has been wearing thick bandages around her head and nose, but wasn’t wearing them on Saturday.
The television personality has been shaken after a health scare saw her back in hospital, hours after landing in Portugal.
Taking to her Instagram Stories on Sunday, she penned: ‘Only I could land back in Portugal after surgery only to end up in hospital.
‘The pain I’ve experienced is unreal, most frightening few days. Need it like a hole in the head, literally.’
When Danniella first woke up after the lengthy procedure, she said she looked ‘like she had done 10 rounds with Tyson Fury’.
Danniella said she has wanted to have the reconstruction done for the last seven years, but was unable to find a surgeon who would operate because her septum had completely collapse.
She told The Sun: ‘I was very fearful. My mum and my son Kai were on the phone constantly – I wrote up a will before I left and my son is the executor of that.
Busty display: Danniella sported a bronzed tan and struggled to contain her ample cleavage in a plunging blue bikini
Before and after: Daniella pictured before the surgery (left) and after (right)
Painful: Danniella had wounds on the side of her head
Bikini: Danniella grappled with her cleavage as she cooled off in the water
Taking time out: Danniella is recovering in the sunshine after having the string of procedures
Ouch: Danniella tied her hair back into a bun, with her head looking bruised, red and sore
Scart stuff: Taking to her Instagram Stories on Sunday she penned: ‘Only I could land back in Portugal after surgery only to end up in hospital
‘But luckily I’m still here and I’ve come through the other side. Someone is looking over me. I looked like I’d gone 10 rounds with Tyson Fury.
‘But the swelling has actually gone down really quickly. I’m already happy with the results.’
Danniella says she paid for the surgery all herself despite being offered freebies from clinics all over the world, after a health scare last year left her in intensive care because she struggled to breathe through her nose.
Now in the recovery stage, Danniella has to just stick to ibuprofen and paracetamol, because any pain killer stronger could be a trigger for her past cocaine addiction.
Danniella previously revealed she needed five operations to correct her ‘collapsing’ face due to a previous cocaine addiction and osteoporosis, and was planning to have it done on the NHS.
She previously told The Sun: ‘I’ve spent the last seven years trying to get somebody to do it, but they said no in case it failed and they got struck off.
‘Plastic surgeons wanted £500,000 to change my face, so I thought I was never going to get it done. It was only because I went into intensive care before Christmas.
Recovery process: Danniella has been pictured with thick bandages around her head and nose, but wasn’t wearing them on Saturday
Tough: Now in the recovery stage, Danniella has to just stick to ibuprofen and paracetamol, because any pain killer stronger could be a trigger for her past cocaine addiction
Actress: Danniella first appeared in EastEnders in 1990 at the age of 16 but her septum collapsed from excessive drug use in 2002 (pictured left 2009, right in 2018)