I’ve spent £10k on secret tweakments behind my man’s back – it left me with a bruised face but he’s none the wiser
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ARRIVING home after an afternoon at the beauty salon, Heather Hopkins did a twirl for her partner, Joe Gibbs. “Notice anything different?” she asked, while a bemused Joe gave her the once-over. “Erm, your nails are a different colour?" he ventured.
![[Heather Hopkins has spent almost £10,000 on tweakments without telling her husband]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/i-got-9-5k-s-917318272.jpg?strip=all&w=812)
Nodding, Heather, now 30, didn’t mention the Botox and filler she’d just been injected with on the sly. A secret tweaker, she’d been indulging in injectables for the past four years - and her partner had absolutely no idea. “I was spending £1.3k a year on Botox and filler and Joe was none the wiser,” says Heather, a charity fundraiser from Port Talbot, South Wales.
![[She has had three nose jobs and regular filler and Botox to change her appearance (seen before)]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/de3d4739-0e64-4697-898b-f939ba8f0496.jpg?strip=all&w=473)
“Joe always complimented me on my ‘natural’ good looks, never suspecting that my secret Saturday jabs were the reason behind my high cheekbones and unlined face. “But as far as I’m concerned, injectables are an essential part of my self-care and none of his business!.
![[But her subtle transformation has meant that partner Joe Gibbs hadn't noticed]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/i-got-9-5k-s-917318433.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
“It’s about self-confidence, not vanity, and I plan on ageing on my own terms - not nature’s.”. Like Heather, more and more women are now committing ‘cosmetic infidelity’. According to EuroNews, around 900k Botox jabs are currently carried out in the UK each year, although it’s not clear how many are done in secret without their partners knowing.
![[Heather says that women shouldn't have confess to every tweakment they have]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/i-got-9-5k-s-917318457.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Some secret tweakers say they are not bothered by the little white lie, and like Heather don’t feel the need to justify their self-care routine. Others feel that societal pressure to look naturally ‘wrinkle-free’ means they have to keep their injections and surgeries to themselves.
![[Heather, who has spent £10k on nose jobs, has spent a total of £25,000 on surgery all together]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/i-got-9-5k-s-917318428.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
