Love Island star reveals she's jetted to Turkey for 'painful' cat eye facelift surgery as she shares tragic reason behind the procedure

Daily Mail​

2 days ago

Love Island star Patsy Field has revealed she has gone under the knife in a bid to make herself feel 'pretty' after losing her confidence on the ITV2 dating show.
The influencer, 30, who has been open about her disability Erb's palsy, a condition that means one of her arms is shorter than the other and has less function, jetted to Turkey alone to undergo a cat eye facelift.
Patsy revealed she felt she need the surgery due to feeling the pressure of being an influencer and noted that the procedure was 'gifted' and that she was not sure whether she would have gone under the knife if it wasn't free.
The TV star, who appeared on Love Island last year, woke up alone in her hospital room and admitted she was originally horrified by her appearance and was unable to look in the mirror for days.
She told The Sun: 'I came back around, and I was in Turkey on my own, pain, just a bit scared, thinking like, 'What have I done?' initially.
'My eyes were like two pink golf balls with just a tiny little slit out to see, and that's when I thought, oh, I've messed up here.'
Explaining her decision behind the operation, which saw her put to sleep, Patsy admitted that being on TV and social media took its toll on her self-esteem.
She said: 'I just wanted to feel prettier in myself and I felt that this would change my face in a way. I'm happy with it, but I think also coming off the show if you want to be an influencer or you want to give it a go you're constantly taking videos and pictures of yourself.
'So I'm constantly looking at pictures and thinking all that could I look a bit old or I look a bit this and that's kind of what egged me on to do it.'
Revealing the procedure was 'gifted', she said: 'I'm not sure if I would have gone ahead with it if it wasn't. But I have always, for years and years, had just an insecurity about my eyes.'
Patsy added that she 'would not recommend' the surgery to her young fans or followers.
The reality star, who quit her job in office administration to go on Love Island last year, also revealed to the publication that she has since 'struggled' with a career path and is looking to move to Australia to find a 'normal 9 to 5 job'.
Patsy burst onto our screens last summer and initially coupled up with Ayo before being picked by Munveer.
But after just 10 days they were voted out by their fellow Islanders.
The TV star, who appeared on Love Island last year, woke up alone in her hospital room and admitted she was originally horrified by her appearance and was unable to look in the mirror; pictured on Love Island last year
Ahead of going on the Love Island, Patsy revealed last year how she worked with ITV bosses to adapt the villa for her disability.
The former office administrator, has previously shared details of living with disability Erb's palsy - a condition characterized by weakness and loss of motion in the arm - which she developed during her traumatic birth at Lewisham hospital.
She has undergone several operations on her arm including muscle transplants and nerve transplants to improve the quality of her movement.
Ahead of the series Patsy told how producers have 'covered all bases' to 'look after her' during the stint on the show.
She told The Sun: 'No stone has been left unturned when it comes to 'am I happy to go in there and get involved with day to day activities' and stuff like that.'
'There are things that will be interesting I guess, for other people to see on camera that I can't do. I struggle to put my hair up and stuff.
'But I always just kind of find something to rest my arm on, or I often - you'll probably see me in there - I'm using my friend's shoulder to put my arm on, so I can lift it up and do my hair.
'So you'll definitely as as the show plays out, you'll be able to see things I can and can't do.'
She has previously said of her disability and childhood: 'I was a normal baby at birth or should have been, but I had a birth injury or disability.
'From there I have had a few operations, muscle transplants, nerve transplants to get it to where it is now, which I am happy with and I know for other people with the condition, it is in a good way.
'It's something I've had for all of my life that I get on with and I don't know any different, day to day for me it's quite a small part of who I am.'
Patsy hoped she inspired other people living with a disability to feel as body confident as she does and shared details of her story with her co-stars.
She said: 'I am really looking forward to speaking about it in the villa and hopefully people will be able to watch and understand from my explanation a little more about.
'I'm really hoping there will be people all over the country who have similar things - and I know people with exactly the same condition, who will see me doing something like this and think wow I would never go for something like that and she's doing it and she's so confident and body confident and I can be the same.'