The surgery to rebuild the actress’s face after damage from drug abuse and years of operations was a “success”, her partner revealed on social media

Danniella Westbrook has undergone a series of surgeries over the years

Actress Danniella Westbrook has revealed that she is getting facial surgery to rebuild her face after several years of botched operations that followed on from her battle with drug addiction.

The former EastEnders star shared a photograph of her in a hospital bed on social media with the caption: “Big day for me heading down for a very long surgery right now to rebuild my face. Then I can get back to work and we can get on with our life together @chasarealtal. I love you x.”

Her partner, Charlie, shared a video on his own Instagram story to thank everyone for offering support to Danniella. He added: “This is something that she wanted to do for herself, it’s been a long time coming. I love her for her, I met her for her.. She’s beautiful inside and out. This is something she wants to do for herself.”

After the surgery, Charlie posted a story captioned: “Thank you everyone she is doing OK, still long way to go but it was a success, now time to rest and recover.” Danniella reposted it, adding: “Don’t know what I’d do without you.”

The actress has undergone a series of surgical procedures over the years, and was most notably in the press for getting her septum reconstructed after years of drug abuse led to its collapse.

Danniella has said that at her lowest point, she was doing 42 grams of cocaine a week

Danniella has been open about her struggles with addiction and said, on Celebrity Big Brother in 2016: “When I got over a drug addiction, I then swapped that addiction for a cosmetic surgery addiction.”

In 2023, Danniella went to Turkey for her fifth reconstruction surgery where she underwent a surgical thread lift as well as fat grafting on her chin and had her jawline etched. She told The Sun that the operation, which involved removing fat from her body to put into her cheeks and lips, hadn’t worked.

She said: “I also have big lumps of fluid all over my belly. They’re like big tennis balls. It’s ruined my body. I have never been in pain like it. I felt like I couldn’t breathe. I was hysterically crying every single day.”

Several years before, in 2015, a botched operation on her teeth and mouth area had left her in pain.

She told the Mirror: “I did nearly die, I had two lots of IV drips in each side and then they took all my teeth out again and gave me this denture, which has broken my heart because I didn’t need all of my teeth out in the first place.”

Last month, Danniella opened up about her love life on social media, and told followers that she had found her perfect match.

She wrote: “For the first time in my whole adult life I’ve met someone who expects nothing for me , allows me to be me, excepts [sic] my past and is excited for my future and who builds me up everyday with nothing to gain except to see me happy…”

Danniella continued: “Every battle every heartbreak and every tear was worth it because today I got someone so special and my best friend beside me. Together we will make every dream come true.”

In another post, she wrote that she had found someone who respects her and loves her, adding: “I know I can get through anything in life by myself but I don’t have too because I have him.”