WHILE many say that money can’t buy happiness, one woman named Scarlet Black begs to differ.

A former fast food ‘addict’ who guzzled £7,000 worth of takeaways a year has lost 14 stone after going under the knife on many occasions, in an attempt to get her dream body. 

Scarlet Black tipped the scales at 25 stone and was a size 22, but 'life-changing' gastric sleeve surgery saw her lose almost half of her body weight.

Scarlet revealed that she'd always been a chubby child but being called 'fatty' and singled out because her clothes didn't fit properly at school made her feel 'horrible' and insecure of her larger frame.

The content creator claims she later got stuck in a 'vicious cycle' of emotional binge eating that saw her fork out around £600 a month on takeaways.

But it was a friend declaring they were 'sickened' by the amount she was eating that gave her the wake-up call and spurred her to go under the knife. 

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After years of yo-yo dieting and a 'self-destructive' relationship with food, she decided to go under the knife and now leads a healthier lifestyle and feels like a 'new person'.

Scarlet, from Chelsea, London, previously said: "Life is actually amazing. I'm a new person and cannot recommend this surgery enough for anyone who struggles – it's changed my life.

"I now wear clothes which I'd never have had the confidence to wear before. I can really express myself and get some more skin out.”

Scarlet has had many surgeries – including breast implants, a gastric sleeve, an arm lift, an extended tummy tuck and back liposuction, but her latest procedure was a thigh lift.

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Scarlet took to TikTok to share the results of her recent procedure, as she explained that the recovery has been very tough.

She revealed that not only has she got two huge scars on either leg (that look slightly awkward), but she also ‘split her leg open’ by just getting out of bed.

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The social media star explained: “I’m finally doing a thigh update – so basically, I’ve lost 14 stone, with the help of gastric sleeve, I got left with a tonne of loose skin, I’ve had my arms done, my belly done, I had these [breasts] done and most recently I had my thighs done.

“So all of my loose skin, more or less, is removed – this is it, I can see the body I worked hard for.

“I think the thigh lift has been the hardest surgery, not the most painful but the recovery was really hard.

“I’m so active but you have to lay around loads, you can’t do a lot, you have to sit, you have to recover, you have to relax”.

Scarlet then showed off her scars that she has been left with since the surgery. 

She continued: “I’ve got an incision from my knee that goes all the way up to here [vagina], you can see two little lines there.

“It’s not my [vagina] out, don’t worry – it kind of looks like it, it looks like a crease and it folds but no, it’s just scarring, don’t worry.

“The openings have finally healed now.

“The healing was really tough, you can’t move loads – literally just getting out of bed I split my leg open.

“They weren’t actually painful, it was just uncomfortable and metnally hard laying in bed not being able to move a lot, I was very restricted for a while.

“Only now, nine weeks later, I’m able to move my legs properly and stretch them properly.

“I am so happy, I can finally see the body I have worked really hard for and it’s so nice to not have all this skin flying around, weighing me down.

“I’m really lucky that I’m able to be in a position to afford it”.

In just 11 hours, Scarlet’s video has clearly shocked many, as it has quickly racked up a whopping 124.3k views.

It has 4,476 likes, 297 comments and 54 shares.

TikTok users were very supportive of Scarlet and shared their messages of love for the social media star in the comments.

One person said: “You’re beyond brave. You look fantastic and should be proud of your journey”.

Another added: “Honestly great work. Well done. You look so beautiful. Top job”.

A third commented: “Oh wow!!! all i can think is that it must have been so painful!”. 

Meanwhile, others joked about the placement of Scarlet’s scars.

One user noted: “I would be fuming if they put my scar there”.

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Previously, Scarlet revealed that her new figure hasn't come cheap, as she explained that she has spent £16,700 on surgeries. 

Scarlet detailed the costs of her surgeries, some of which she had in Turkey and others in London.

She paid £2,800 for her gastric sleeve and £200 for flights, £1,000 for an arm lift, £2,600 for an extended tummy tuck and muscle repair and £1,125 on flights and back liposuction in Turkey.

She has also had breast implants twice – the first time she spent £3,999 and the second time it cost her £1,700.

Following this she had a thigh lift that cost her £2,5000, plus £800 for flights.

She explained: “I’ve paid approx £16.7k in total”.

But splashing the cash on surgeries is worth it for Scarlet, as she added: "Now I'm so active and have so much more energy. I look healthy and feel healthy and when you do that, everything feels good.

"People are like 'oh my God, you look so different'.

"I've had the popular kids from secondary school now follow me and try messaging me and stuff like that. 

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"They were the ones taking the mick out of little things about me about how I look like how my blazer didn't do up or my trousers look different to everyone else's because they weren't the normal skinny ones.

"It's an ego boost, I can't lie – people that didn't want to know me back then see how well I'm doing now and how good I'm looking now and they want to know me. Please do one kindly."

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