I transformed after gastric sleeve – I lost my chins and now have peachy bum

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    A woman who had 80% of her stomach removed revealed her extreme face transformation.

    Lauren Linford, 31, from Hertfordshire, started to really struggle with her weight in her early twenties and spent years 'hating' her body.

    The makeup artist suffered with IBS and the often uncomfortable symptoms that come with it, including severe belly bloating.

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    After trying to change her diet and hit the gym, Lauren felt nothing she did helped her weight or condition.

    But, it wasn't until Lauren reached 20st 8lbs that she had to implement change.

    And that change was in the form of gastric sleeve surgery 2,410 miles away in Turkey back in March 2022.

    A year on, Lauren has lost 6st 7lbs and has completely transformed her life – and looks.

    "I have less chins for one," Lauren exclusively revealed to Daily Star when speaking about her transformation.

    "My face is less round and I have more definition on my jawline and cheekbones.

    "My face also doesn’t look like it’s swollen, I’m guessing it looked like that due to the amount of fat on my face.

    "I also used to have a lot of lip filler and I found as I started to lose weight on my face I had to get my lip filler dissolved as my lips looked too big for my face.

    "I also had what’s called migration where the filler moves from your lips to above your lips from where I had lost weight.

    "It was the best decision ever to dissolve my lips as I now only have a little bit of filler in them which is the right amount to the proportion of my face and more natural.

    "I felt like I went too big with the fillers before as I felt like I was over compensating for how round and big my face looked."

    Since losing weight, Lauren has felt more comfortable embracing her natural beauty.

    Not only did she dabble in getting lip fillers, she used to wear a thicker layer of makeup in attempt to make her face look more chiselled.

    But that is no longer the case.

    Lauren's confidence has skyrocketed since the pounds started to fall off her.

    She's also gained a peachy bum too!

    "I lost my weight almost instantly from my face and then my belly went right down," she gushed.

    "I found that due to me struggling with IBS I was constantly bloated and the weight gain adding to it made me look like I was pregnant.

    "After the surgery my IBS was non-existent and I had no bloating whatsoever.

    "I had also gained some sort of peachiness to my bum due to the weight loss on the back of my legs.

    "And I now also have a waist in the right place giving me that hourglass figure which I’m so happy about, as I haven’t seen that shape on my body in over seven years since struggling with IBS and weight gain."

    Despite looking totally different, Lauren recognises herself in the mirror more so now than she did when bigger.

    The stunner said she felt 'trapped' in her own body before – which is no longer the case.

    Alongside her glamorous career, Lauren has become an influencer after she started to document her 'sleeve journey' on Instagram and TikTok.

    Her beauty business is also booming and she's managed to find love, not just in a partner, but within herself too.

    "I feel like I recognise myself more now then I did when I was bigger," she candidly shared.

    "As I felt trapped in the body I was living in for so many years overweight.

    "It wasn’t me and I felt so lost with how to get back to the old me due to my IBS making it so difficult for me to lose weight.

    "I do still have bad days where I will criticise myself and question whether I need to lose more weight but then I just remind myself how far I have come and look at my before and after photos.

    "Most days though I look in the mirror and it’s just the best feeling ever seeing me again.

    "Sometimes I can’t quite believe I managed to get to where I am today with my weight loss."

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