Inside Love Island 2023’s most dramatic surgery transformations – from butt lifts to boob jobs
LOVE Island fans are gearing up for another long hot summer of romance, flirting and drama.
The ITV2 reality show is just weeks away from kicking off again and the latest batch of singletons are currently prepping and preening themselves ahead of their villa entrance.
Many past contestants have opted for a touch of Botox and filler before their Love Island debut – but some have gone way further.
Here, we look back at the most dramatic cosmetic transformations among the show’s alumni.
Megan Barton-Hanson
There’s no denying Megan Barton-Hanson has had one of the biggest Love Island transformations of all time.
Even before she entered the villa in 2018, she had spent £40,000 on cosmetic surgery to improve her confidence.
This included filler and having her ears pinned back.
But she now looks even more different, having slapped on the fake tan, got extensions and experimented with her hair colour.
However, in January 2022, Megan said she was quitting cosmetic surgery, and says she is finally happy with herself.
Laura Anderson
When Laura Anderson appeared on Love Island in 2018, throwback pictures of her emerged and she looked very different to how she appeared in the villa.
And her face has changed even more now, leading many fans to question whether she’s had Botox or fillers – or both.
But Laura has denied undergoing any actual cosmetic surgery.
When fans called her “unrecognisable,” she hit back claiming she’d had a face peel that had left her face swollen.
She said: “Guys please stop commenting on my face, I got a face peel which is all I’ve been talking about on my story.
“My face swelled up, a girl still has to work.”
Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu
Last summer’s winner Ekin-Su Cülcüloglu entered the villa with new teeth and a £1,200 filler makeover.
She revealed in her Instagram highlights section that she went to Dental Design in Antalya, Turkey, for her £4,000 veneers.
In a Q&A after the procedure, the star explained she had 10 teeth done at the top and 11 at the bottom.
In another video from a Cheshire clinic, the former soap actress was also seen having cheek, tear trough and jaw line augmentation.
A video posted to TikTok showed Ekin-Su sitting in the treatment chair, as needles were inserted across her face.
“Oh my god! How have you done this?” she exclaims looking at the results. “My face looks smaller as well. Oh my god.”
However, since winning Love Island and watching herself back, Ekin-Su has said she’s getting her lip filler dissolved.
“I didn’t like the fake look,” she told The Guardian.
Tanyel Revan
At the beginning of the year, Tanyel underwent a ‘Brazilian booty lift’ to give herself a “peachy” bottom.
Tanyel, who starred in last summer’s series, had the non-surgical procedure done at a London clinic – and she couldn’t wait to show off the results.
Sharing a cheeky snap on Instagram, he clinic wrote : “BRAZILIAN BOOTY LIFT. Non surgical but the RESULTS would make you think it’s surgical. #bodygoals @tanyelrevan.”
This month, Tanyel has been busy posing with her booty in tight dresses while abroad on holiday and sharing the snaps with her own followers.
Maura Higgins
As soon as Maura Higgins walked into the Love Island villa in 2019, she became a star thanks to her stunning, model looks.
But pictures of her looking very different then emerged.
In one school snap, Maura had much thinner lips than the plumped up pout she has had since then.
However, her mum Sharon insisted that all she’s had is lip filler.
Speaking to the Longford Leader, her mum said: “She’s 28 now. She has matured. She never got plastic surgery ever.
“The only thing she ever got done – and she never hid it, she had it up on her own Instagram – was she got some lip filler. Because she had quite thin lips.”
Molly Smith
Molly Smith was on the first winter Love Island series back in 2020 – and is still dating Callum Jones, who she met in Casa Amor.
Whilst she was in the villa, old pictures of her emerged where she looked unrecognisable.
While she’s only ever confessed to having a breast enlargement, Molly looked like she had thinner lips before.
She also had very different hair and wore less fake tan…
Olivia Attwood
2017 Love Island star Olivia Attwood is another one who’s always been open about her love of cosmetic surgery – saying she’s been having filler “for years”.
She’s even posted her own throwbacks from before she was famous to show off the difference in her face.
Over the years, Olivia has had lip filler, filler under her eyes and a £2.5k chin liposuction and contouring procedure.
Before she entered the I’m A Celebrity jungle last year, she shelled out thousands of pounds on beauty treatments, which included Botox.
Luca Bish
When Luca Bish entered the Love Island villa last year, he was very open about his Turkey teeth.
And a video emerged of him detailing his journey to Turkey to get the veneers, looking very different.
In the clip, he was sporting long hair which he tied back into a ponytail.
The fishmonger then opted for the full works, getting 20 porcelain caps applied to his teeth.
Luca later shows off the gleaming results and looks worlds away from his time on Love Island.
Mollie Salmon
Earlier this month, Mollie showed off the dramatic effects immediately after a controversial cosmetic procedure.
The Love Island 2022 alumni snapped a picture of her bruised and swollen face after undergoing an op to give her ‘fox eyes’.
She told her fans on Instagram: “I am very swollen and am struggling to currently see out of my eyes as that’s where the surgery was so I just wanted to let you all know I’m not ignoring anyone, however thank you for all the lovely messages.”
Mollie, 24, is yet to show off her new, finished look. The last snap of her on Instagram was taken during a night out before her surgery.
Ellie Brown
Ellie Brown went on Love Island in 2018 and looked so different before entering the villa, having apparently had over £7,000 worth of surgery before the show.
According to her doctor, she had lip fillers, a nose job and cheek bone fillers.
Since the show, Eliie’s face has changed even more, thanks to her getting new teeth in December 2022, and even NECK liposuction in August last year.
Faye Winter
Faye Winter, who went on Love Island in 2021, is probably one of the only stars who’s had a make-under.
She has always been open about the work she’s had done, and often jokes about not being able to move her face because of Botox.
She became known for her plump brown lips, but she’s admitted she’s since had her filler taken out.
She told The Sun: “It’s no secret about my lips. I had my lips dissolved and then refilled with a new technique so it’s allowed my lips to look bigger with less filler.
“My Botox had gone wrong and both of my eyebrows had dropped.
“However, I’ve had that fixed. My eyebrows are now where they should be and I’m wrinkle-free on my forehead. And my lips are perfectly ideal.”
She also revealed she has no plans to get any more filler in the future.
Mary Bedford
Mary Bedford looks worlds away from her pre-Love Island days.
She admitted to undergoing a brow lift Botox procedure, as well as getting lip filler before the show.
Speaking about the lift, Mary previously shared: “If you’ve got an insecurity you’re best off getting it fixed, there’s no point going through life insecure.”
She also had 0.5ml of filler pumped into her lips, as well as Invisalign treatment due to insecurities around her teeth.
And in January last year, Mary visited a celebrity dentist Dr Bilal Arshad to have her teeth turned into the “perfect smile,” with some veneers.
- The new series of Love Island kicks off on ITV2 on June 5