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MADONNA once insisted she’s never had any procedures, saying: ‘I am what I am. And I don’t like the idea of someone putting you to sleep then taking knives to you.’

But something isn’t quite right with the pop sensation’s face and we’re pretty sure she’s trying to turn back the hands of time with a little help from the surgeon's scalpel.

The star, who credits Kabbalah with keeping her focused on inner rather than outer beauty, looked almost unrecognisable at the annual Met Gala in New York last night.

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The 57-year-old wore a bizarre ensemble that left her bust and bare bum on display through sheer lace.

Her long blond locks were styled in loose waves around her face and lashings of red lippy and dark eyebrows finished her look.

But nothing could disguise the unlined forehead and stretched skin that has replaced Madonna's youthful appearance.

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Compared with the hollow cheeks of her 40s, Madonna has a noticeably fuller face.

Has the star been dabbling in cheekbone-enhancing filler treatments? Or has the Queen of pop managed to achieve her look with just her famously strict macrobiotic diet regime?

We asked an expert.

"Combining too much cheek filler with too tight a lift can result is a strange look reminiscent of a cat," says Dr Nicola Willis, an NHS consultant with a private aesthetics practice in Ayrshire.

"Madonna does look a bit weird but, nevertheless, her skin looks in great shape. I think she has probably had at least one face lift in her time as it is impossible to achieve that degree of tightness and smoothness without surgery.

"You can see she has had cheek filler as volume loss in this area can be ageing. It happens to most of us but can be especially noticeable in people who exercise excessively. "

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