Did Danniella Westbrook have rhinoplasty? Yes — reconstructive, with rib cartilage

In an interview with Vanessa Feltz, broadcast on Channel 5 and reported by The Sun in June 2026, she set out the scale of the project in plain numbers: “I've been through umpteen surgeries. I think I'm coming up to surgery number six at the moment.” The next one was days away: “Five or six will be this Thursday. So it's quite scary.”

Her nose reconstruction with rib cartilage took place the previous summer, in 2025, and more operations remain on the schedule: “About another six to go I think after this one,” she said, describing a rhythm of “about every two and a half, three months I'm in surgery.” The work is not cosmetic in her own framing — it is a repair of damage: “not for anything cosmetically beautifying.” She is candid about the cost to her self-image, admitting: “I hate looking in the mirror.” And the plan keeps growing as the doctors discover more damage: bone loss from osteoporosis means a future metal cheekbone implant, and a recent facelift was needed, she said, “to realign both sides of my face because they were so wonky.”

That is what this article relies on: her quoted words in the newspaper's report of the interview. Everything below describes reconstructive rhinoplasty in general, not her treatment.

When the nose has lost structural support, surgeons often harvest cartilage from the patient's own rib: the body does not reject its own tissue, and rib cartilage provides enough material to rebuild a bridge and tip that synthetic implants cannot reliably replace.

The trade-offs are real, and she has been public about the journey rather than hiding them: rib harvesting adds a small chest incision and a period of soreness, the operated nose needs months to settle, and complex reconstructions are staged across several operations rather than done in one. That staging — roughly every two to three months in her account — is not a sign of failure; it is how surgeons safely build a structure that has to last.

The plan is decided at the consultation with an examination and imaging — including 3D modelling of the expected result — not from a celebrity story.

• Start preparing 21 days ahead: blood tests, biochemistry, coagulation, ECG, chest imaging — the standard pre-operative set.
• Stop blood-thinning medicines, alcohol and smoking a week before; last food and drink six hours before surgery.
• Buy class 2 compression stockings and plan time off: the first week is rest, and the swelling takes weeks to settle.

Congestion can linger for a month or two, the first improvements appear after two to three weeks, healing completes over about four months, and the final shape of the nose settles over one to one and a half years — longer still for staged reconstructions like hers.

The price includes anaesthesia, the inpatient stay and a lifetime guarantee on the result with a free post-operative check-up. More details are on the rhinoplasty page and the page for patients from London.

To be clear: City Medical Centre has no connection with Danniella Westbrook or her treatment. Her story is quoted here only because she chose to talk about her operations openly.