X Factor star Christopher Maloney has gone under the knife yet again after jetting to Poland for an array of cosmetic procedures.
The 45-year-old singer soared to fame when he reached the final of the ITV singing competition in 2012 but has overhauled his appearance in recent years.
For his latest round of surgery, Christopher underwent his ninth hair transplant, eighth nose job, eyebrow lift and cheek lift.
It comes four months after he underwent blepharoplasty, in which your eyelids are reconstructed and excess skin removed.
Speaking to MailOnline about his procedures, the Celebrity Big Brother star revealed that he still has more plans to go under the knife, with a trip planned to Bodrum, Turkey, in the coming weeks but he then plans to give up surgery for good.
Surgery: Celebrity Big Brother star Christopher Maloney has undergone his his ninth hair transplant, eighth nose job, eyebrow lift and cheek lift (pictured right on The X Factor in 2012)
He explained: ‘It’s not the end but my body can’t take anymore surgeries, this will be my final procedure.’
Christopher – who suffers from body dysmorphia – went on to explain that his latest procedures were maintenance for his earlier surgeries.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance. These flaws are often unnoticeable to others.
He revealed that his nose job wasn’t for cosmetic reasons but in order to help him with breathing issues he had.
Although surgeons had feared they would struggle to operate because of the eight nose jobs in the past had left him without any cartilage.
They had planned to use part of Christopher’s rib to support his nose, meaning he would not be able to undergo any further procedures, but were shocked to find there was enough workable cartilage left to proceed as normal.
As for his ninth hair transplant, Christopher explained: ‘I had a hair transplant because since appearing on The X Factor I had stress-induced hair loss. When my grandmother died it started to fall out pretty bad.’
He revealed that after the heartbreaking death of his father in August he began to suffer hair loss again, prompting another transplant.
Recovering: Christopher – who suffers from body dysmorphia – went on to explain that his latest procedures were maintenance for his earlier surgeries
More procedures: Christopher revealed he still has more plans to go under the knife, with a trip planned to Bodrum, Turkey, in the coming weeks but he then plans to give up surgery for good
Patched up: Christopher revealed that his nose job wasn’t for cosmetic reasons but in order to help him with breathing issues he had
Another round: As for his ninth hair transplant, Christopher explained that after the heartbreaking death of his father in August he began to suffer hair loss again
Christopher previously revealed he focusing on his mental health after confessing his body dysmorphia is so severe that he ‘feels sick’ whenever he looks in the mirror.
He explained: ‘My body dysmorphia, my anxiety and depression has taken over my life. In the past 12 months it’s gone into overdrive.
‘This is my 20th surgery in seven years and it’s a really major. I know it’s excessive but I just can’t help it. I need to stop but I can’t.
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‘I started counselling but I’m really down and depressed dealing with this. I’m not doing this for vanity reasons, it’s an uncontrollable addiction.
‘When I look in the mirror I feel sick. I pick at myself all the time and I’m constantly putting myself down.
‘I have really good friends around me but they can’t save me, it’s down to myself and putting my health first.
‘I’ve had so many supportive and loving messages from fans too but it’s easier said than done to make a change.’
The reality star previously spoke about how he was driven to change his appearance following the abuse he received on X Factor in 2012.
Speaking on This Morning in 2015, he said: ‘X Factor was great, but as the series was going on, I was getting really bad trolls and they were telling me that they were going to kill me, shoot me.
‘I was called Mr Potato Head, that I was ugly, that I had a big nose and it just affected me so much and at the end of the final, I did have a breakdown.’
The singer said his mentor Gary Barlow and the show’s producers were a fantastic support but following the final, he had a ‘breakdown’ and had to be admitted to The Priory Clinic for help.
The former call centre worker said he tried to block out the negative comments he received from online abusers but it became too much and meant he was ‘unable to function in daily life.’
It was then that he felt surgery was the answer – something he had never considered before The X Factor.
Fan favourite: The reality star has previously spoken about how he was driven to change his appearance following the abuse he received on X Factor in 2012
‘I never thought of surgery beforehand. I did block the online trolls but they got me on the lowest part of my life. I hated myself, I hated looking at myself, I would analyse myself in mirror,’ he said.
Christopher added that the stress of being on the show and under public scrutiny also led his hair falling out. This in turn led to further online criticism.
‘I had stress-induced hair loss. It would came out in clumps before I was doing TV interviews,’ he said. ‘Towards end of show you can see the hairline is right back and trolls picked up on that.’
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