A WOMAN has left the internet stunned after showing off her Mexican facelift.
Michelle Wood, who is 50, decided she needed to update her face and headed to Guadalajara, Mexico for the intense surgery and has now shared her final results, leaving everyone stunned.
Michelle, a mum of two who is almost 51, decided to document her surgery on TikTok and revealed the huge list of changes she had made.
She said: “I decided to have a full face lift, forehead lift, upper lash, lower lash and lip lift as well as mini chin implant to help my profile.
“The forehead lift is really to address my uneven brows. You can see this.
“And then also because I have a runway on my forehead where the hair should be way back here.”
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Michelle added that while she would like to look more rejuvenated, she doesn’t want to wake up and look decades younger since the surgery.
“I didn’t want to look 20. I just want to look like I’ve been asleep for 30 years,” she added.
“So I’ve lost 130 pounds twice in my life, and I think it’s done a number on my skin, especially my neck. I am a single mom, two kids who are 17 and a half.
“I choose to do this for me. And everyone fully supports me.”
Michelle returned to TikTok after surgery showing off her new face and left people speechless.
In the earlier pictures, Michelle looked her age, with typical signs of aging such as sagging skin and wrinkles.
While she stated that she didn’t want to look decades younger, it looks like that’s what the facelift accomplished.
But once her skin was pulled back and well stitched up, she looked like a completely different person.
Her new face made her skin look much tighter, wrinkles disappeared, and she had such a youthful look that it took the internet by storm.
While she initially shared her journey on TikTok, the transformation has been noticed on other social media sites such as X, with people amazed by how much younger she looks.
The social media reaction
A User X wrote: “This woman on TikTok posted that she was 3 weeks post-op from her facelift, so I scrolled back to her account and honestly can’t wrap my head around it.”
“30 years shaved off her face,” said another, while a third shouted: “She went from 50 to 26.”
“Now I’m convinced that’s what Kris Jenner did etc, you look amazing,” said a fourth.
In fact, people were so amazed by the transformation that they asked her how she could return to America when she looked so different.
Someone wrote: “How are you going to get back to the US now that you’ve had a face lift?”
Michelle revealed she had the same concerns but was able to use her old passport to fly back.
“Really, going back to the country worried me too, but my doctor wrote me a letter saying that I had plastic surgery and a facelift and that might change or alter my appearance,” she explained.
Michelle did offer some advice to those leaving the country for facial surgery.
He recommended turning off Face ID on your phone before surgery, because otherwise you won’t be able to get in after you wake up.
What are the risks of surgery abroad?
It’s important to do your research if you’re considering cosmetic surgery abroad.
It may cost less than in the UK, but you have to weigh the potential savings against the potential risks.
Safety standards in different countries may not be as high.
No operation is without risk. Complications can happen after surgery in the UK or abroad.
If you have complications after an operation in the UK, the surgeon is responsible for providing follow-up treatment.
Clinics abroad may not provide follow-up treatment or may not provide it to the same standard as in the UK.
They may also not have a healthcare professional in the UK that you can visit if you are having problems.
Source: NHS
The mum said the surgery cost her $14,000 which translates to just over £10,000.
The clips have gone viral on her TikTok account @michellewood165 with over 9 million views.
People have been amazed at how much younger she looked.
One person wrote: “You’ll need a new license!”
Someone else commented: “I’m sorry but this is uncanny valley and freaks me out. Anyone else??!”
“SHE LOOKS LIKE A TEENAGE,” wrote a third.
Meanwhile, a fourth said: “It’s so good you look 20 years younger.”
“Girl this is CRAZY!! you look AMAZING OMG,” claimed a fifth
