Leslie Ash unveils facelift results after 'losing herself completely' over botched lips

Actress Leslie Ash says she looks “ten years younger” and has regained her confidence thanks to a revolutionary non-invasive face-lift to improve her appearance.

The 65-year-old star best known for her roles in Men Behaving Badly and Quadrophenia, has been secretly having the latest technology NeoGen Plasma treatments which she says have completely transformed her appearance, giving her back the confidence she thought she'd lost forever. Leslie, was left with a permanently altered appearance when she got silicone lip injections at 40.

In the past eight months she had six hour-long treatments with Dr Martin Kinsella at a clinic near her home in Chelsea, and the skincare regime was so effective it led some friends to think she'd had a facelift.

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Leslie said: "People keep saying to me, 'What have you done? You look amazing!' One friend of mine, who shall remain nameless, is convinced I've had surgery because the change was so dramatic, but I can assure you I haven't."

"It was really important for me to have a non-invasive treatment that achieves really natural looking results."

And she added: "Even after all that research, I couldn't be sure if NeoGen would work for me, but I decided to give it a go and after a few sessions I could start to see the improvement and now after six treatments I think I look 10 years younger.

"I'd seen that Shirley Ballas and Linda Lusardi had great results with NeoGen and I know Linda, so it was easy for me to check it out and know that it was a respected treatment with good outcomes."

Prior to the treatments Leslie admits she had been struggling with the visible signs of ageing and it had a considerable impact on her self-esteem.

"I was really quite depressed about how I looked," she revealed candidly.

"I felt like I'd lost myself completely. I was doing quite a few Quadrophenia signings and events back then and so I was constantly having to look pictures of myself from 1979, when I was 18, and then when I looked in the mirror I just didn't recognise myself anymore. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to look 18 again, and I know that's not going to happen, but I was looking tired and old, and my confidence was on the floor, so I decided to do something about it."

Leslie booked a consultation with leading UK aesthetic practitioner Dr Martin Kinsella, and told him she only wanted non-invasive treatments and that they would have to fit into her busy work schedule. He suggested that she try NeoGen, because they are relatively pain-free and at lower energy levels has little or no down-time.

The treatment heats pure nitrogen gas to cause controlled heating within the skin. This triggers the body's natural defences to boost collagen and elastin levels, which in turn leads to a rejuvenated and more youthful appearance. The NeoGen sessions start at £750 each and so the whole treatment regime would have cost Leslie around £4,500.

Leslie has also been taking daily Ameri-Vita Liver Support drinks which contain active ingredients of turmeric, milk thistle, artichoke, as well as vitamin B2, C and E, which have amazing anti-oxidant affects on the skin.

Dr Kinsella said: "At my first consultation with Leslie it was clear that she'd had quite considerable sun damage, she admits to sunbathing quite a lot in the past, and there was accelerated ageing and pigmentation as a result. There was also laxity around the neck and jawline, and her upper eyelids were puffy and hooded. I told her that I thought NeoGen would be an effective treatment to improve those areas.

"Leslie had a busy lifestyle and didn't want any down-time and also has a relatively low pain threshold, so we had to opt for low energy treatments and I explained that we would still get a great result but that at low levels it would take a bit more time."

Leslie freely admits to being a bit of a "wuss" when it comes to pain but said the treatments were bearable.
She said: "It's quite a weird sensation, I was lathered in numbing cream for half an hour before having the treatment. It's non-invasive but you can feel it, you can put up with it though. You might be a bit red for a day or two afterwards, like you've had a bit too much sun, but after that it's just amazing, your skin just feels so much tighter and you start to notice your pores closing."

Looking through her before and after pictures at her apartment in Chelsea, west London, Leslie added: "The difference is really noticeable, and what's really blown my mind is my jawline, it's so obvious that it has lifted. Also, my eyes look so much better, they were hooded before and now you can see my eyes are completely a different shape. Then you come to the texture of my skin, and reduction of my pores, now it looks soft as anything and the colour is uniform, so there are four major things that are demonstrably improved.”

She is particularly impressed with how natural the results look. "It doesn't look fake or overdone at all. It's just me, but a much better version of me. My skin feels tighter and more plump, and the overall texture and tone is so much better. I can definitely say I look like I'm in my mid 50s, so yeah, I'm happy with that, ten years younger.”

In 2021 Leslie urged anyone considering having surgery to “do your homework” after her previous problem procedure when aged 40. But this time around things have been much more smooth.

And she's already planning her maintenance schedule.

She said: "I'm absolutely going to keep having these treatments. The results are so good, I can't imagine stopping now.”

* NeoGen Plasma treatments are available at Dr Martin Kinsella's Re-Enhance clinic in Hale, Cheshire, and also in London. For more information about NeoGen treatments and to find your nearest clinic in the UK, visit neogenplasma.co.uk/neogen-clinics