Danniella Westbrook is set to undergo another two face surgeries in Turkey as she continues her transformation after turning her life around.
The 49-year-old actress, best known for her role as Sam Mitchell on EastEnders, was left with crumbling bones, a collapsed jaw and cheekbone and rotten and collapsed septum after years of cocaine abuse and alcohol addiction.
Her facial bones began to break down from snorting cocaine laced with a tranquilliser more typically used on cattle.
But the former Celebrity Big Brother housemate has reportedly revealed she’s set to go under the knife again next week as she heads to Turkey in a desperate bid to fix her face.
Her latest bout of cosmetic surgery will take place abroad ahead of her highly publicised acting comeback, with the second to happen after Christmas.
Danniella told The Sun : "I go away next week to Turkey to have another face operation and then another one after Christmas."
The former soap star most recently had surgery in April and was seen in London with a large white bandage on her nose after the procedure.
Speaking to OK! magazine about her latest bout of surgery earlier this year, she explained: "I'm going through a lot operations at the moment. They're good but they're very hard.
"The first two of my operations haven't taken a toll on me but the next lot will do. I'm seeing a bone surgeon next who is going to be removing a rib."
The April op was the latest in a long line of reconstructive surgeries, five of which have taken place in Liverpool’s Aintree Hospital.
She’s had two pieces of rib inserted into her face previously.
Danniella's surgeries come after she vowed to turn her life around in 2021 following years of drug abuse and relapsing onto “cocaine and champagne”.
The troubled star took her first line of cocaine at 14 and is thought to have spent around £250,000 on drugs.
The actress turned 49 last week and let her hair down with pals in Liverpool but her birthday isn’t the only recent cause for celebration for Daniella as she recently landed her first acting role in a while.
The soap star is heading to the West End to transform into Fairy Godmother for adult pantomime Sinderfella. She will star alongside Big Brother star Simon Gross, who will be playing one of the Ugly Sisters.
A show insider said the former soap star 'couldn't wait to get back to her acting roots' with the lucrative stint on stage.
"She is nervous as she hasn't acted since she returned to EastEnders back in 2016, but her passion has always been acting so she is super excited for this next chapter of her career," they told The Sun.
Danniella will appear for one night only on December 12. The festive show has been dubbed a “delightful and risqué version" of Disney's Cinderella.
Do you have a story to sell? Get in touch with us at webcelebs@mirror.co.uk or call us direct 0207 29 33033.
