Meryl Williams shares forehead reduction surgery results in before and after snaps as she makes heartbreaking admission about her 'biggest insecurity'
Meryl Williams has shared the results of her forehead surgery in before and after snaps as she made a heartbreaking admission about it being 'one of my biggest insecurities'.
The Traitors 2022 winner - who was born with dwarfism - took to her Instagram over the weekend to tell her followers that she had wanted it done for years and that not many people knew she went under the knife.
The 28-year-old reality star - who hails from Edinburgh - posted pre-surgery photos in a new reel, showing off her forehead from the side, before later unveiling her new look.
After the first snap, she added a mirror selfie, explaining how she was having hairline lowering surgery.
Meryl shared a snap of the mapped out lines on her forehead, where the surgeon would operate.
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The video, which had a narrator filter as the voiceover, explained she has a 'new lease of confidence' after finally getting the op done.
The video explained how Doctor Greg Bran - who is one of London's leading plastic surgery specialists - from the GBA London clinic, cut along Meryl's hairline, then pulled her skin up to remove extra skin, before stitching it all back together.
Meryl confessed that to her, it has been worth it.
Alongside the emotional transformation, she penned: 'Sharing my forehead reduction / hairline lowering surgery journey [sparkle emoji].
'Not a lot of people know I under went the surgery it was something I have wanted for years & dealt with one of my biggest insecurities my forehead #surgery.'
She was greeted with overwhelming support from fans in the comments, who shared how they admire her confidence and that she is looking 'radiant'.
One wrote: 'It looks amazing! Do what makes you happy & feels comfortable! Love you!!'
A second added: 'Wonderful results and doctor! Glad it worked out and helped you gain confidence!'
A third commented: 'You do you girl. You deserve happiness.'
And a fourth said: 'Stunning before stunning after… but the new confidence is RADIANT.'
Meryl's new-found confidence comes some months after she was forced to hide in a toilet after being targeted by feral teenagers on a London-bound train.
The TV star won a share of the BBC show's £101,050 cash prize after appearing on its first series in 2022.
And she admitted to being an 'easy target' for a gang of four youths during a January trip to London - after admitting she has only just gained the confidence to travel by train.
Addressing TikTok followers, she admitted she had retreated to a nearby toilet in a bid to escape their verbal abuse.
'Living with this condition is something that you can't hide,' she explained. 'People see you straight away; they notice you straight away, you're just an easy target.
She was greeted with overwhelming support from fans in the comments, who shared how they admire her confidence and that she is looking 'radiant'
'I got on the train, they sat opposite me because I'm sitting on the seats with tables, and so far they've said that I need a stepladder to get on the train, I'm a midget, they've watched dwarf throwing, they've taken videos of me, they've taken photos of me, they said I've got sausage fingers, and they've laughed at me.'
The Scottish influencer admitted she was staying in the toilet until they left the train, and condemned fellow passengers for not stepping in.
She added: 'This is all in the space of 10 minutes. I'm on my own right now. Everyone around me has witnessed this, heard this, and no one's said anything. I don't know what to do.
'So I thought, I know they're getting off at Durham, and they got on at Newcastle, so if you know these people, let me know, four teenagers… so I'm gonna wait in the toilet until the Durham stop, then I'll go out.'
Meryl has a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia which affects the growth of cartilage and can lead to a larger forehead.
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