More than Natural Youthfulness?

By: Becky Foster
Created on 19th May 2011

Model Marie Helvin, famous in the 80s and 90s for her flawless figure and high cheekbones still continues to look effortlessly elegant, as she proved earlier this week at the British Heart Foundation ‘Tunnel of Love’ party in central London.

However photographs taken of the former model, now aged 58, have caused us to wonder if she has been relying on something more than her natural looks to keep her in top form. Upon close inspection of these most recent photographs, it appears as if the model may have had some kind of lip filling procedure done, as her lips appeared puffy and even wonky to the observer being much more ‘plumped’ on one side. Her publicist from top modelling agency Models 1 denied any knowledge of Helvin having undergone any procedure, suggesting merely that the angle of the photo was responsible for lopsided appearance of the model’s lips.

Helvin has already admitted to using a non-surgical face lifting device called Slendertone Face that used electrical impulses to retrain the muscles in the face to restore an appearance of youthfulness. Retraining the muscles that build the foundation of the face has the effect of plumping the skin out to reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, giving a more radiant complexion. Is it possible that Helvin’s plumped/lopsided lips are a result of her Slendertone therapy, or another procedure gone wrong? Either way, we hope that in the near future the former model’s face continues to attract attention for the right reasons, as opposed to speculation over botched lip filling procedures.