Strictly's Shirley Ballas undergoes treatments for 'sagging skin' as she reveals her confidence is 'back'
Shirley Ballas is looking more radiant than ever after undergoing a series of non-surgical beauty procedures to rejuvenate and lift her skin, with the Strictly Come Dancing judge admitting she was feeling 'insecure' about her appearance before.
The dancer and judge, 64, who underwent a non-surgical facelift last year, has now opted for monthly skin-boosting NeoGen nitrogen plasma sessions to lift her 'sagging skin', admitting she was ready to turn to cosmetic surgery prior to the non-invasive treatment. Shirley admitted: "When I went into my 60s I was very much considering having a face lift. Back then when I looked in the mirror, I saw dull lifeless sagging skin, I had a lot of pigmentation with sun-spots and I had little spider veins on my nose."
"The whole thing about my face made me feel anxious especially because I'm in the public eye more and more these days. Just like anybody, I just want to look the best that I can at my age, but the problem is that when you reach mid 60s and older, it gets so much harder to keep your skin looking in great shape, and I was keen to find a non-surgical way to revitalise my skin."
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Adding that the sessions, carried out by Dr Johanna Ward at her clinic near Harley Street, have transformed this mindset, Shirley said: "There's a famous Beatles song that goes, 'will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm 64', well I turned 64 last week (6 September), and I feel like I've got a new lease of life."
Shirley's non-invasive procedure uses super-heated nitrogen gas to rejuvenate the skin from within and achieves a totally natural look. Dr Ward, who has been seeing Shirley every six weeks, said: "NeoGen treatment effectively tricks your skin into boosting levels of collagen and elastin, two of the main structural proteins in your connective tissues that stop our skin from sagging and gives us that plump, youthful look."
The skin rejuvenation comes as Shirley has returned to the screen for the newest season of Strictly Come Dancing, with stars such as Nick Knowles, JB Gill, Tasha Ghouri and Pete Wicks all battling it out for the famous Glitterball trophy.
And with head judge Shirley being a staple on the show since 2017, she doesn't plan on giving up her seat anytime soon. "You'd have to shovel me out of my chair. I'm going to sit in that chair for as long as they'll have me!" she told OK! recently.