WHILE many say money can’t buy happiness, a woman named Scarlet Black begs to differ.
A former ‘fast food addict’ who earned £7,000 a year has lost 14 stone after going under the knife multiple times in a bid to get the body of her dreams.
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Scarlet Black she tipped the scales at 25 stone and was a size 22, but life-changing stomach surgery saw her lose almost half her body weight.
Scarlet revealed she was always a chubby kid, but being called “fat” and singled out for ill-fitting clothes at school made her feel “horrible” and insecure about her larger frame.
The content creator claims she later got stuck in a “vicious cycle” of emotional overeating that saw her spend around £600 a month on crockery.
But it was a friend who said she was “sickened” by the amount she was eating that woke her up and pushed her to go under the knife.
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After years of yo-yo dieting and a ‘self-destructive’ relationship with food, she decided to go under the knife and now lives a healthier lifestyle and feels like a ‘new person’.
Scarlet, from Chelsea, London, previously said: “Life really is amazing. I’m a new person and I can’t recommend this surgery enough to anyone struggling – it’s changed my life.
“Now I wear clothes that I would never have had the confidence to wear before. I can really express myself and show a bit more skin.”
Scarlet has had many surgeries – including breast implants, gastric sleeve, arm lift, tummy tuck and back liposuction, but her latest operation was a thigh lift.
Scarlet took to TikTok to share the results of her recent procedure, as she explained that the recovery was very difficult.
She revealed that not only does she have two huge scars on both legs (which look slightly uncomfortable), she also “opened her leg” as soon as she got out of bed.
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The social media star explained: “I’m finally getting a thigh update – so basically, I’ve lost 14 stone, with the help of the gastric sleeve, I’ve got a ton of loose skin, I’ve had my arms done, my tummy has been done, I’ve had these [breasts] done and most recently I had my thighs done.
“So all my loose skin is pretty much removed – that’s it, I can see the body I’ve worked so hard for.
“I think the thigh lift was the most difficult operation, not the most painful, but the recovery was really difficult.
“I’m so active, but you have to lie around loads, you can’t do much, you have to sit, you have to recover, you have to relax.”
Scarlet then showed off her scars from the surgery.
He continued: “I have a cut from my knee that goes all the way up here [vagina]you can see two small lines there.
“It’s not mine [vagina] out, don’t worry – it looks like this, it looks like a fold and folds, but no, it’s just scars, don’t worry.
“The openings have finally healed now.
“The treatment was really tough, you can’t move loads – literally as soon as I got out of bed I opened my leg.
“They weren’t really painful, it was just uncomfortable and very difficult to lie in bed without being able to move much, I was very limited for a while.
“Only now, nine weeks later, I can move my legs properly and stretch them properly.
“I’m so happy, I can finally see the body I’ve worked so hard for and it’s so nice not to have all that skin hanging around and weighing me down.
“I’m really lucky to be able to afford it.”
In just 11 hours, Scarlet’s video has clearly shocked many as it quickly racked up 124.3k views.
It has 4,476 likes, 297 comments and 54 shares.
TikTok users were very supportive of Scarlet and shared their messages of love for the social media star in the comments.
One person said: “You are very brave. You look fantastic and you should be proud of your journey.”
Another added: “Honestly great job. Well done. You’re so beautiful. Top job.”
A third commented: “Oh wow!!! all I can think is that it must have been so painful!’
Meanwhile, others joked about the placement of Scarlett’s scars.
One user noted: “I would smoke if they put my scar there.”
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Scarlet previously revealed that her new figure didn’t come cheap, explaining that she has spent £16,700 on surgeries.
Scarlett detailed the cost of her surgeries, some of which she did in Turkey and others in London.
She paid £2,800 for her gastric sleeve and £200 for flights, £1,000 for an arm lift, £2,600 for an extensive tummy tuck and muscle repair and £1,125 for flights and back liposuction to Turkey.
She has also had breast implants twice – the first time she spent £3,999 and the second time £1,700.
After that, she had a thigh lift which cost her £2,5000, plus £800 for flights.
He explained: “I’ve paid around £16.7k in total.”
But it’s worth paying for the surgeries for Scarlet, as she added: ‘Now I’m so active and have so much more energy. I look healthy and feel healthy and when you do that, everything is good.
“People are like, ‘Oh my God, you look so different.’
“I’ve got the popular kids from high school following me now and trying to message me and stuff.
“They were the ones picking on the little things about me about how I looked, how my blazer didn’t fit, or my pants were different from everyone else’s because they weren’t the normal skinny.
“It’s an ego boost, I can’t lie – people who didn’t want to meet me then see how well I’m doing now and how good I look now and they want to meet me. Please do one kindly.”
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