I've spent £55,000 keeping my face young... and I don't regret a penny! CLAUDIA CONNELL, 50, joins thousands of women who blow their budgets in a bid to get the perfect line-free skin

Wanting to look the best you can for the age you are, rather than a version of your younger self, is key, writes CLAUDIA CONNELL on her £55,000 face. 


I always thought I would grow old gracefully and be happy with what I had. But Mother Nature was doing a right hatchet job on me. My forehead was becoming furrowed and as for my laughter lines - as Victoria Wood once said - 'surely nothing's that funny'. The problem with Botox is that it's like the crack cocaine of the beauty world. Once you've tried it you just can't give it up. It works so beautifully and achieves what no expensive face cream ever can. I fell in love with that muscle-freezing toxin.