Carol McGiffin's toyboy husband loathed her facelift
Carol McGiffin had a facelift in 2018, and her husband Mark Cassidy thought it was "horrible" and preferred her natural beauty instead.
Carol McGiffin's toyboy husband Mark Cassidy hated her facelift.
The former Loose Women panellist had the cosmetic surgery in 2018, and although Carol, 65, is pleased with the result, she would not have a second facelift because she loathed the "butchery".
Asked if she would consider having more surgery, Carol - who married her 43-year-old spouse in Bangkok, Thailand, in February 2018 - told the new issue of Woman's Own magazine: "It was too long ago now; I need another one - it was in 2018 when I went under the knife.
"I wouldn't have another facelift, though, because I couldn't go through that again. Poor Mark - it nearly killed him. He said it was horrible.
"The end result was good, but the butchery was pretty brutal - it wasn't great."
In October 2025, the star - who met Mark at a Loose Women wrap party in 2008 - admitted her facelift had not lasted as long as she hoped because Carol had "lately started to hate [her] own face".
She wrote in her column for Best magazine: "Lately, I have started to hate my own face. That doesn't mean I hate myself, no, I love myself because I am fabulous!
"But, when I look in the mirror, I don't see myself anymore, I see a decrepit old woman, and I think, 'Who the b***** hell is that???
"It's partly my own fault, I suppose, for having a great life and living in the sun, but also for not buying into the Botox or other 'tweaks' for all these years, but silly me, I thought the expensive, full 'cut and paste' facelift I had in 2018 would last longer than it has.
"Unfortunately, I'm not one of those women who have the money, the time and the high pain threshold to endure endless needles or whatever else is going into their faces.
"Am I jealous? Yeah, actually I am! Because some of those women look unbelievable."
Carol - who then referred to Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas, 65, who recently splashed out thousands of pounds on non-invasive procedures to improve her skin, via six NeoGen nitrogen plasma treatments, and the Triple Collagen Reset procedure - added that Mark loves her natural beauty.
The Celebrity Big Brother 2013 housemate said: "Luckily, Mark doesn't seem to mind, or he pretends not to notice, but it's all made worse by the fact he's younger than me by 22 years and had his eyesight fixed a few years ago, so instead of waking up to a blurred beauty, he gets the harsh reality.
"The only positive is that he also lives in the sun and is ageing as well, very nicely as it happens."
