KATIE Price speaks to camera as a surgeon holds up a HUGE flap of her skin in an astonishing video of her own face-lift.

The 40-year-old - who is completely awake during the surgery- chats as the medic stands behind her working away with two large metal utensils in the 'gruesome' footage.

12 Katie is heavily sedated and her tongue hangs out of her mouth Credit: BackGrid

She slurs her words and her tongue lolls out of her mouth because she is heavily sedated, but she says she's 'brilliant' and can't feel any pain.

“So here I am and I’m absolutely not in pain at all,” she says.

“Even though my mouth is numb, I can’t feel a thing, it’s brilliant even though I’m talking too much.

“So you know how scared I am of needles? I’m needle-phobic. And obviously they gave me something to calm me down. But I actually can’t feel a thing!”

12 She seems totally calm in the astonishing video Credit: BackGrid

12 She happily chats away while her surgeon works Credit: BackGrid

She continues: “I’m dying to look at what he’s done. It’s amazing!

“So all you women out there who are afraid of being put to sleep and want your face done, this is perfect."

When she’s asked by the nurse if she’s ok, Katie replies: “Me? I’m perfect! But I’m numb, my face is numb. I haven’t felt a thing. Not one bit of pain.

“I was panicking because I wanted to be put to sleep and I can’t talk properly.”

12 Katie says she's talking 'too much' at one point Credit: BackGrid

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Katie is speaking while Doctor Frank Plovier completes the corrective surgery at the clinic in Belgium in March 2018 – which Katie later praised as “the best clinic I’ve ever seen or been to”.

She told The Sun: “I asked the nurse in the surgery room to film the procedure as I wanted to show people that this can be done while you are awake and how important it is to go to professional places.

“Although it looks really gruesome it didn’t hurt one bit and it was actually the easiest surgery I have ever had done!”

Katie's suggestion that the video was an attempt to raise awareness of the procedure was questioned by one industry source who said: "Over the years Katie has profited from pretty much every aspect of her private life.

"On the face of it, this video seems like another money making enterprise. Although getting publicity and attention from a video like this might be her most unbelievable stunt ever."

Katie was forced to have this round of corrective surgery after a previous ‘thread’ facelift she got for free went disastrously wrong.

12 Katie is keen to insist she can't feel anything Credit: BackGrid

12 Next, the surgeon switches sides to correct Katie's previously bodged surgery Credit: backgrid

12 Katie left the surgery in 2018 with drains fitted to the side of her face Credit: Mayfair Associates

12 She had to be wheeled out in a wheelchair after the op Credit: Mayfair Associates

12 Katie's face was left badly bruised by the operation Credit: backgrid

12 Katie's 'thread' facelift in september 2017 went badly wrong

12 She was left looking puffy and regretted taking the free operation Credit: WENN

Katie's 20 years of surgery 1998: Breast augmentation takes her from a natural B cup to a C. She also had her first liposuction.

1999: Katie then had two boob jobs in one year, going to a D cup, then an F.

2006: She goes under the knife again to take her up to a G cup.

2007: She had a rhinoplasty and veneers on her teeth this year.

2008: In a surprising u-turn, she had her boobs reduced to a 32C.

2011: Then went back up to an F cup, and got body-contouring treatment and lip and cheek fillers done the same year.

2015: After an infection, she had her breast implants removed.

2016: But changed her mind and had more implants, Botox, and lip fillers.

2017: She then had her disasterous 'threading' facelift, and her veneers replaced. 2018: Katie went under the knife with Dr Plovier as shown in the video.

Explaining why her September 2017 'thread' facelift was such a disaster Katie says: "They cut a hole in the side of your head and pull the threads through.

"What that doctor did is he f***ed my face up. He put something under my eyes called tear trough and that made me look like I had puffy eyes.

"And every surgeon I spoke to said he shouldn’t have done that because it made my face go all funny. So Frank] [Dr Plovier] had to take them out, and the excess skin he had to pull back.”

After Dr Plovier corrected that bodged surgery, Katie told Loose Women that she’d never have an op on her face again.

What is Katie Price's 'awake facelift'? An awake facelift, like seen in the Katie Price video, is not actually a type of procedure but instead refers to the type of anaesthetic used during the op. The procedure itself is the same as a facelift that’s done while under general anaesthetic (when the patient is unconscious) but is done under a type of local anaesthetic that numbs the whole face but doesn’t knock the patient out. Just like any other facelift the operation also known as rhytidectomy is a surgical procedure which aims to tighten up the face and reduce sagging skin. During an awake facelift tumescent fluid is administered to numb the target area. Tumescent fluid is a compound comprised of saline, numbing medications such as lidocaine, and epinephrine. Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, is incorporated to constrict the blood vessels to reduce bleeding during the procedure. Lidocaine is used to numb the operating area completely. The procedure costs significantly less than other facelift procedures, ranging in price from £5,000 -£6,400. According to the NHS, a typical facelift involves: making cuts (incisions) above the hairline at the temples, which extend down in front of your ear, underneath your earlobe and behind the ear

making cuts under the chin if the jawline is also being lifted

removing the surplus facial skin

pulling the remaining skin backwards and upwards before stitching it into its new position

sometimes redistributing facial fat and tissue or add this to the face

bandaging the face to minimise bruising and swelling A full facelift's effects will last around five to seven years. As with any surgery, there are always risks, so speak to your surgeon before you decide to go under the knife.

12 Katie praised her surgeon on Instagram Credit: BackGrid

She said: “Choosing the right place to do the right procedure is vital. Maybe, with hindsight, I should have thought twice before jumping in. I wasn’t happy with the outcome last time and didn’t like the way I looked.

“This is the last time I will have surgery on my face.”

Katie Price undergoes non-surgical face-lift known as 'thread lift'

What is a thread facelift? A thread facelift is a procedure that uses temporary sutures to produce a visible lift in the skin around the face. Instead of removing a patient’s lose skin surgically, a surgeon will be able to stitch portions of it to leave the face looking younger. As well as creating a younger look, using thread helps promote the body’s natural healing response in reaction to the wounds caused. This causes the body to produce collagen, which encourages elasticity in the skin to help keep it young. For many patients the biggest advantage of a thread facelift is the time it takes to recover – much shorter than surgery. Thread lifts can be performed under local, rather than general anaesthesia, meaning that thread lift patients can drive themselves home and look after themselves immediately after having their procedure and it doesn’t require much rest. Thread lifts ae considered low risk and non-invasive, but as with any cosmetic procedure there are always risks it could go wrong. Talk to your surgeon before you decide which procedure is best for you.

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