Margaret’s story will leave you speechless…
"I never thought I’d be the person sharing a transformation story,
but what happened to me is simply too extraordinary to keep quiet.
Six months ago, I experienced what I can only describe as the most devastating moment of my adult life – at my own daughter’s wedding.
The photographer was arranging family photos when he looked at me, then at my daughter, with visible confusion.
'I’m sorry, ma'am,' he said loudly enough for everyone to hear, 'I need the MOTHER of the bride in this shot, not the grandmother.'
The entire wedding party fell silent. My daughter squeezed my hand as tears welled in my eyes.
'She IS my mother,' my daughter whispered.
The photographer apologised profusely, but the damage was already done.
I spent my daughter’s entire wedding hiding from cameras and fighting back tears in the bathroom.
That night in my hotel room, I forced myself to really look in the mirror under the harsh bathroom lights. What I saw horrified me. Every deep line, fold, and wrinkle seemed magnified.
The stress of caring for my sick husband, working 60-hour weeks, and going through menopause had ravaged my appearance without me even realising it.
The deep ‘11 lines’ between my brows made me look perpetually angry. The hollow shadows under my eyes gave me a permanently exhausted look.
The deep folds around my mouth had carved my face into an old woman’s mask.
And the sagging along my jawline had completely erased the face I remembered.
I looked DECADES older than my 52 years – and a stranger had just confirmed my worst fear in front of everyone I love.
For weeks after the wedding, I couldn’t bear to look at a single photo.
I consulted THREE plastic surgeons who all recommended the same thing: a full facelift, neck lift, brow lift, and injectable fillers
with a heart-stopping price tag of $35,000 AUD and SIX WEEKS of painful recovery.
As a working woman who had just helped pay for a wedding, this was impossible.
I was seriously considering a second mortgage on my home when my daughter’s college roommate called me with
something that would change my life forever.