X Factor’s Christopher Maloney begs for help after gruesome eyelid surgery
X Factor’s Christopher Maloney begs for help and admits ‘I think I went too far’ after gruesome eyelid surgery as he shows off bruised and bloodied face
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X Factor star Christopher Maloney has sparked concern when he pleaded for help following surgery on his eyelids.
The singer, 45, who rose to fame on the show in 2012, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a series of post-surgery snaps.
Christopher admitted, “I think I went too far” as he showed off his bruised and bloodied face, with stitches around his upper and lower eyelids.
Chris, who flew abroad for the operation, could barely bear his swollen eyes and the blood had dried all over his face.
He wrote: ‘Think I’ve gone too far. I need a hug’. Chris then hashtags body dysmorphia.
X Factor star Christopher Maloney has sparked concern when he pleaded for help following surgery on his eyelids.
Cosmetic surgery: The singer, 45, who rose to fame on the show in 2012, took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a series of post-surgery snaps (pictured in 2019)
Concerns: He wrote, “Think I’ve gone too far. I need a hug’. Chris then hashtags body dysmorphia
Concern: In another post, the X Factor star added: ‘Enough said! xx #depression help #cosmetic surgery
Body dysmorphia is a mental illness where you worry a lot about your appearance.
In another post, the X Factor star added: ‘Enough said! xx #depression help #cosmetic surgery’.
Chris’s followers took to the comments section to express their concern, with EastEnders star John Partridge typing, “Chris, I hope you’re okay? You have my number… use it! X’.
“Chris as your friend of 10 years I’m asking you to please stop you’re beautiful you don’t need more xx,” added another.
‘Kris! Please stop doing this to yourself. You are beautiful inside and out through and through. You really don’t need to do this to yourself x,” another follower wrote.
It’s not Christopher’s first time under the knife, with the star spending an estimated £100,000 in total on cosmetic surgery.
In 2017, the singer flew to Poland with Danniella Westbrook for a nose job, eye lift and hair transplant.
Back in the UK, he woke up to find he couldn’t feel one of his legs and had a suspected blood clot.
Regret: Christopher admitted ‘I think I went too far’ as he showed off his bruised and bloodied face, with stitches around his upper and lower eyelids
Getting in touch: Chris’s followers took to the comments section to express their concern, with EastEnders star John Partridge typing: ‘Chris, I hope you’re okay? You have my number’
Under the knife: In 2017, the singer flew to Poland with Danniella Westbrook for a nose job, eye lift and hair transplant
Hurtful: The reality star has previously spoken about how he was driven to change his appearance after the abuse he received on the X Factor in 2012
The reality star has previously spoken about how he was driven to change his appearance after the abuse he suffered on the X Factor in 2012.
Speaking on This Morning in 2015, he said: “X Factor was great, but as the series progressed I got really bad trolls and they told me they were going to kill me, shoot me.”
“I was called Mr. Potato Head, that I was ugly, that I had a big nose and that it hit me so hard and at the end of the final I had a breakdown.”
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