I had a £500 ‘liquid nose job’ on my lunch break – my honk went numb, I couldn’t touch it for five days and it made zero difference to my looks

THANKS to the influence of surgery-enhanced Instagram models and filler-filled Love Island stars, there’s never been a greater pressure to look perfect.

According to the , there were 2,831 rhinoplasty nose jobs in 2018, which is up three per cent on the previous year.

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For years altering something as prominent as your nose would have meant going under the knife for expensive – and often risky – surgery.

But a new non-surgical, non-permanent procedure is now available in Britain, and it’s fast appealing to image-conscious millennials.

The ‘liquid nose job’ takes a mere 15 minutes – it can be done in your lunch break – and involves injecting dermal fillers to ‘straighten’ any bumps and subtly correct crooked noses.

Prices start from as little as £400 compared to rhinoplasty that can cost more than £5,000 – so could it be a great way to save cash and get instant results with minimal recovery?

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I visited Dr Aamer Khan of the , who counts the likes of Fleur East, Lisa Nolan and GB Gold Medallist Colin Jackson among his celebrity clients.

The thought of forking out thousands for a nose job makes me queasy, but if I were to have a fairy godmother wave her wand over me I’d make my nose straighter.

If I do inject into a blood vessel that little bit of filler can move around and that can cause blindness

Dr Khan

I'm not particularly self-conscious about my looks, but it is a common family trait we joke about.

Dr Khan firmly believes that cosmetic surgery should make you “still look like you”.

Before the treatment, he gave me a full consultation and explained how it can build the nasal profile, reshape the tip, straighten the length and fill in any depressions. So far so good.

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And instead of using a toxin like Botox, he prefers using hyaluronic acid, which is naturally occurring in the body and is produced in our cells to maintain moisture levels.

While I was feeling more reassured, he did warn that risks can be severe if it goes wrong.

He told Fabulous Digital: “The biggest risk is the vascular arrangement of the nose, which can change. We assume most of the blood vessels are either side of the mid line but it doesn’t have to be.

“If I do inject into a blood vessel that little bit of filler can move around and that can cause blindness.

“And if the terminal artery of the nose gets blocked, you can lose the tip of your nose, where the tip dies off.

“As the filler can move to any part of the neck and brain, so can infection and you can meningitis.

“If you get any redness, hot, swollen, anything like that, report it early and we can deal with it.”

If the terminal artery of the nose gets blocked, you can lose the tip of your nose, where the tip dies off

Dr Khan

Dr Khan also said that the nose can go grey and look dull if a blockage has occurred, and you’d need to seek help from a medical professional immediately.

I felt less confident by this point, but he assured me that all good practitioners should make clients aware of the risks – and people should select their surgeon wisely.

I was then led into a room next door to Dr Khan's office, which had a clinical bed and a table holding a number of surgical tools such as syringes - which I admit made me feel a little queasy.

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Dr Khan picked up a rather scary-looking long needle and told me that this would be what inserted the filler.

He numbed the tip of my nose with a topical anaesthetic, and then proceeded to insert the needle filled with 0.6ml of acid into the bridge of my nose.

Having never had a facial injection before, and into my nose of all places, it felt slightly disconcerting at first.

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The pain was manageable, but it definitely was an uncomfortable and slightly stinging feeling and the anaesthetic gave a cooling sensation.

It was over in a matter of minutes, however, and after sitting for a few minutes to compose myself, I felt fine almost immediately.

Dr Khan assured me that I could go straight back to work and that any soreness should subside in a matter of days.

I was ordered to sleep on my back that night for the next five days and to avoid touching my nose so the solution wouldn’t be displaced.

There was a slight swelling at first, but once this had subsided, I was able to view the finished result.

If I’m being honest, I didn’t see a jaw-dropping difference between my before and after honk, although the tip had a slightly smoother incline.

Looking at the change, my friend Josie told me: "It does look slightly smoother, but you barely had a bump before. You have to look reaaaally closely to tell, even knowing you well."

The pain – although slight – lasted around a week and my nose was sore to the touch during this time.

This, coupled with the less-than-dramatic before and after contrast, and the scary-sounding risks did make me think a liquid nose job would probably be a one-time experience for me.

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We previously shared the best and worst celebrity nose jobs, from Ferne McCann to Rebecca Adlington and La Toya Jackson.

Meanwhile, a mum said she wants ‘non-academic’ daughter, 14, to have cosmetic surgery ‘as ugly people get nowhere’.