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AS she racked up £9,000 worth of Botox and fillers over five years, writer Julie Cook, 46, would tell her kids she was off to the dentist rather than confess she was having the beauty treatments. She says..

. I HATED lying, but I had to. I felt ashamed to admit to my two children, then aged six and 11, that Mummy was off to blow the family finances on vanity.



My husband Cornel, 42, a musician, has never baulked at my little secret, though, which can see me spend £250 on Botox in my forehead and another £200 on filler in my lips and cheeks. In fact, he says I look “tons better since having the ’tox”. I first started Botox when I turned 41.

I’d always had forehead wrinkles due to having an expressive face, but as I aged, those lines became permanent – and I hated them. So I bit the bullet and went to a GP who did aesthetics. Five days after the Botox was administered , it was like fairies had got to work on me overnight.

The lines? Gone. The skin? Smooth as silk, with an almost glass-like look. From then on, I was addicted.

I had Botox every three months , as I didn’t want the spell to break. Then, when I was 42, I realised my cheeks were looking a bit flat, so I had £200 worth of filler injected into them. The result was instant: Fuller cheeks, higher up, and a rounded face .

There was only one problem. Whenever I came back from having my tweakments, I’d have swelling or marks on my face from the needles. One day, when I had particularly swollen cheeks, my son.

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