Lydia Bright proudly shows off her facial scar one week after having surgery to remove a lump

Lydia Bright proudly showed off her facial scar a week after having a lump removed.

The former TOWIE star, 32, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a candid selfie showing a two-inch scar below her eye.

Lydia sported natural curls and no makeup for the radiant snap as she commented that she was “starting to get my cheekbones back” after the swelling had subsided following her operation.

Captioning her beaming snap, she wrote: ‘One week post-op, I’m starting to get my cheekbones back.

‘I can’t apply skincare products or makeup right now, it frees up time!’

Just a few days earlier, Lydia had confirmed that she had a bump removed after responding to a fan comment on her Mother’s Day post.

Lydia has shared a lovely snap from Sunday with herself, her daughter Loretta and her mum Debbie, captioning the sweet post: ‘Three generations. Happy Mother’s Day

‘I’m so proud that you’re mine and I’m yours. You are unique, strong, warm, inspiring, ambitious. The matriarch of our magical family and the solid foundation of my life. I love you forever.’

With the star sporting stitches and a swollen eye after her procedure, she was quick to respond to a follower who had asked what had happened to her eye.

Lydia said: ‘I had to have surgery to remove a bulge. She looks worse than she feels x.’

It’s been a tough time lately for Lydia, as in addition to her operation, she also revealed that she had to take her three-year-old daughter Loretta to A&E after she fell and hit her head while climbing.

The former TOWIE star took to his story last Tuesday to tell his followers about a rough week after his little boy was injured.

Lydia said she “wants to cry when she thinks about it now” but added that luckily she didn’t need stitches.

She wrote in her story: ‘Monday was tough, the furnace stopped, the door broke, and as grateful as I am to have a beautiful home, sometimes the endless lists with a move can be overwhelming.

‘Yesterday was worse, I ended up in the ER with Loretta, she hit her head on the way up. I still want to cry when I think about it now. Fortunately there were no stitches, but she had to clean and glue her wound.

‘Last night, I stayed with my parents and left early this morning as I have a minor operation between my eye and nose today.

“I really shouldn’t be as anxious as I am, but I think everything is heightened right now. Sorry to download, but I just wanted to explain that this is why you might see a little scar on my face for a while.

“Anyway, they say bad luck comes in threes, so I hope this is the last anxiety of the week.”

Loretta is Lydia’s only child and shares her with her ex-boyfriend Lee Cronin.

Lydia has been single after the end of her relationship with Lee in 2020.

The parents tried to make the relationship work after finding out Lydia was pregnant, but ultimately broke up in 2020 after Loretta was born.

Lydia shared a heartbreaking video of the birth of her daughter Loretta to mark her little girl’s three-year-old birthday on Tuesday.

The TV star posted an unedited clip of the moment her baby was born, breaking down in tears as the newborn was placed on her chest.

Posting a gushing tribute to her daughter, Lydia gushed that Loretta has “filled her world with so much color and made her whole,” adding that she would love her until her “heart stops beating.”

In the clip, Lydia broke down as she tenderly hugged her daughter for the first time, as her mother Debbie said: “Congratulations!”

She captioned the post: ‘Three years ago, you were born and so was I. You made me strong, you filled my world with so much color, you made me complete.

‘I’ll love you until my heart stops beating. Happy birthday Loretta Rose.

Family is very important to Lydia, and she recently vowed to use a ‘sperm donor’ to achieve her ‘number one goal’ of a great family.

Lydia said she dreams of having four children and having the same “busy, chaotic home” she had as a child: with three biological siblings, two adopted siblings and numerous foster brothers and sisters.

Lydia insisted, as she looks forward to meeting Mr. Right in the next five years, she’s happy to give her daughter Loretta, two, siblings in an “unconventional way, like adoption or the sperm donor route.”

The single mom isn’t focusing on dating, as she said it’s “not the answer” to having more children.

Speaking in an interview with Closer magazine, Lydia said: “I really want more kids, probably three, either by meeting someone or doing it on my own.”

“If I got to a point where love wasn’t happening, I would consider the unconventional way, like adoption or the sperm donor route.

‘For me, the number one goal is to have more children. I come from such a large family… I would like to have the same home as my parents. I love the hustle and bustle!’

This comes as he recently spoke about the cost of living crisis and how it can “discourage families who want to foster” children in care.

He said that he would not be ‘the person I am today’ if he had not spent his childhood in an adoptive family; her mother Debbie has spent the last 30 years raising more than 200 children.