Beautician who reveals she ‘couldn’t recognise’ herself after spending £5,000 on dermal filler injections for her lips, jaw, chin and cheeks is transformed after dissolving them

• Emily Spence, 28, from Derbyshire, spent a staggering £5,000 on fillers
• She says her look changed so drastically that she couldn’t recognise herself 
• Beautician says she became obsessed with her looks due to body dysmorphia 
• Refuses to treat clients with fillers if they aren’t doing it for the ‘right reasons’ 

A beautician who spent £5,000 a year on dermal filler injections says she came to a point where she ‘could no longer recognise herself’- and now refuses to give her own clients filler if she can’t see the benefit.  

Emily Spence, 28, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, started getting the injections when she was 18, and went bigger every appointment.

In 2018, she got her lip filler built up to 5ml, and had jaw, chin and cheek fillers – spending £5,000 in total.

She had jaw surgery to change her face shape, with the cumulative effects of the treatments changing her appearance so drastically, she didn’t recognise herself when she looked in the mirror. 

The 28-year-old says she realises the obsession was down to her insecurities with her body, and she hates how she looked with the fillers, which she has now dissolved (apart from some in her lips). 

Emily Spence, pictured in 2017, several years after she started getting fillers, and had had the injections in her lips, cheeks, jaw, and chin 

Now: Emily pictured now, after having the majority of the fillers dissolved. She says she looked like herself again after having the fillers removed

Now Emily, a nurse and clinician who has opened her own clinic which offers filler, says she makes sure to talk to clients before allowing them to have any changes.

She said: ‘I was obsessed with how I looked and I could never be happy.

‘I had jaw filler to make my face square and made my lips massive.

‘I realise now it was because I was so insecure about my appearance and my body.

‘I had body dysmorphia. I turned myself into a Barbie. Now I’ve had a lot of it stripped back.

The beautician, pictured in 2018 when she was spending £5,000 a year on fillers (left) and now (right) says she became obsessed 

Body dysmorphia: Emily (pictured here in 2018) says she became obsessed with her weight as a teenager and

‘I won’t let clients go ahead with any filler if I can’t see the benefit. I chat to them to make sure they are doing the right thing.’

Emily started suffering with body dysmorphia as a teenager and became obsessed with her weight.

‘I’d hardly eat and then binge at the end of the day,’ she said. 

‘I became more self-conscious as I hit 18 and started going out. I felt fat.’

Emily (pictured now) runs her own clinic offering fillers, and she says she is careful to chat with clients before providing treatment, and will refuse to treat certain people if she feels they aren’t doing it ‘for the right reasons’

She then started getting lip filler – and got it topped up every few months.

‘I just went bigger and bigger each time,’ she said. ‘I had jaw filler and I just didn’t look like me anymore.

What are fillers? 

Face and lip fillers (dermal fillers) are substances injected into your face. They fill lines and wrinkles and add volume to areas such as your lips or cheeks.

Fillers are not permanent. How long they last depends on things like the type of filler and where it’s injected. They usually last between 6 and 18 months.

Most dermal fillers used in the UK contain a natural substance called hyaluronic acid.

If you have fillers, the rest of your face will continue to age as normal.

 Source: NHS

‘At that point I was spending about £5k a year on dermal fillers and anti-wrinkle treatment. 

‘Something twigged and I realised I’d taken it too far.

‘I started to have therapy and realised I was struggling with body dysphoria. 

‘I had all the jaw and chin filler dissolved so my face looked like me.

‘And now I just have a little bit of lip filler in.’

Now Emily has set up her own aesthetic business but uses her knowledge as a qualified nurse to help women in their choice to get fillers.

‘I enhance peoples natural beauty whilst keeping them looking like their own identity,’ she said.

‘I would never let a client take it too far so that they didn’t look like themselves anymore like I did.

‘I’ll always have an initial chat with them first and ask why they want fillers.

‘I want to make sure others don’t change themselves when they are not happy within.

‘If I don’t think it’s beneficial for them or there not doing it for the right reasons then I’ll refuse to do it.

‘When I had filler done no one ever thought to do these checks or question if the reasons I was getting it done.

‘I think it’s so important to check that clients are having fillers done for the right reasons.’

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