Plastic surgery experts weigh in on This Country star Daisy May Cooper's dramatic transformation – after she admitted she'd been banned from having Botox

Fans of TV favourite Daisy May Cooper will know her as the unfiltered talented actor and hilarious comedian. 

But these days, she appears somewhat unrecognisable from her days playing the loveable idiot Kerry Mucklowe in BAFTA-winning comedy, This Country some 7 years ago.

In a recent appearance, Cooper, 38, was seen looking markedly different from her former self — sporting a more defined bone structure and a crease-free forehead.

The actor has previously admitted to undergoing cosmetic ‘tweakments’ including fillers and this year, said she was advised to stop getting anti-wrinkle Botox injections as the effect on her facial expressions could limit acting roles.

Now, experts have weighed in, speculating that a range of procedures including skin remodelling and ‘under-chin’ treatment is the likely explanation for her new look. 

Fans of TV favourite Daisy May Cooper will know her as the unfiltered talented actor and hilarious comedian

In a recent appearance, Cooper, 38, was seen looking markedly different from her former self — sporting a more defined bone structure and a crease-free forehead 

these days, she appears somewhat unrecognisable from her days playing the loveable idiot Kerry Mucklowe in BAFTA-winning comedy, This Country some 7 years ago. Pictured, in 2020

Dr Fadi Hamadani, an aesthetic doctor told MailOnline: ‘Daisy May Cooper has admitted to having Botox and dermal filler treatments in the past, but it’s likely she’s had other aesthetic procedures as well. 

‘Her skin appears tighter and firmer than before, suggesting she may be undergoing advanced skin remodeling treatments, such as Morpheus8. 

‘This popular treatment uses radiofrequency microneedling technology to lift, tighten, and contour the skin, which aligns with the visible improvements in her complexion and overall more contoured appearance. 

‘Daisy’s “under-chin” area also appears to be more defined.

This could be a result of minimally invasive treatments such as FaceTiteTurbo which works by delivering radiofrequency energy beneath the skin, which melts fat and stimulates collagen production, resulting in a firmer, more sculpted appearance.’

She added: ‘The treatment is particularly effective for reducing sagging and skin laxity, especially in areas like under the chin. 

‘Since it’s a minimally invasive alternative to a traditional facelift, it requires less downtime and leaves minimal scarring.’

Fillers — typically injections of collagen or hyaluronic acid — are offered in beauty clinics for as little as £75 to reduce wrinkles and add volume to the face. 

The supposed age-defying procedure is becoming increasingly common among younger women. 

Earlier this year Cooper said she had had fillers but admitted it gave her a ‘horrible pillow face’ — when filler makes the face appear puffy — and she ‘couldn’t move [her] face’. 

Meanwhile, Dr Paul Banwell, a Sussex-based award-winning consultant plastic and cosmetic surgeon, suggested Cooper may have had ‘collagen-boosting treatments’ such as polynucleotides. 

‘Medical grade skin care and injectable skin boosters — such as Profhilo and polynucleotides — have always been popular amongst celebrities and non-celebrities alike as they may be performed quickly with minimal downtime. 

The actor has previously admitted to undergoing cosmetic ‘tweakments’ including fillers and this year, said she was advised to stop getting anti-wrinkle Botox injections as the effect on her facial expressions could limit acting roles 

Fillers — typically injections of collagen or hyaluronic acid — are offered in beauty clinics for as little as £75 to reduce wrinkles and add volume to the face. Pictured, Cooper in 2018

‘They create a more youthful appearance and glow.

‘Often with celebrities, it’s a number of tweakments and/or surgical procedures combined with tailored skincare.’

Advocates say polynucleotides offer a ‘natural’ alternative to other traditional ‘tweakments’ such as Botox and filler. 

It typically uses purified and sterilised DNA molecules extracted from salmon or trout sperm, known as polynucleotides which have anti-inflammatory effects. 

When polynucleotides, DNA molecules extracted from fish sperm, are injected into human skin, fibroblasts are activated.

Fibroblasts are stretchy molecules found in skin that help to maintain the structural framework of the tissue. As we age these fibroblasts decrease.

So, when the polynucleotides are injected under the eyes, in the cheekbones or in the neck, it theoretically ‘rejuvenates’ the skin. 

Dr Banwell added: ‘Daisy has mentioned that she had undergone a weight loss transformation during the Covid lockdown, which would have caused changes to her face as well. 

‘Weight loss can cause our cheekbones and chin to be more pronounced for example, which may have caused some changes in Daisy’s features as well.’

‘I think she looks fantastic.’

Earlier this year Cooper said she had had fillers but admitted it gave her a ‘horrible pillow face’ — when filler makes the face appear puffy — and she ‘couldn’t move [her] face’.

Cooper shares two children aged five and three with her ex-husband Will Weston, and her third – a newborn – with her boyfriend Ant. Pictured in 2023

In June she told the BBC podcast How to Be in the Spotlight she was banned by her agent from getting any more Botox or fillers over fears she wouldn’t ‘be able to act’. Pictured with her brother Charlie in 2023 

Cooper shares two children aged five and three with her ex-husband Will Weston, and her third – a newborn – with her boyfriend Ant. 

In June she told the BBC podcast How to Be in the Spotlight she was banned by her agent from getting any more Botox or fillers over fears she wouldn’t ‘be able to act’. 

She said: ‘I’ve had Botox and then I had fillers.

‘It was just the worst, I looked awful. There’s me on the One Show and I’ve got that horrible pillow face. I can’t move my face.  

‘My agent said to me: “You’ve got to stop because you’re not going to be able to f*****g act”.

‘I literally couldn’t move my eyebrows. It killed me because I loved not having any creases in my forehead.

‘I stopped having that done. But I haven’t had any surgery. 

‘I did go in to have a consultation for a tummy tuck and the surgeon just scared the s*** out of me.

‘There’s that dog ear thing you can get — these flaps that come from the side.

‘I just thought, I can’t. I’ll use my Spanx to hold all that in.’

Discussing her weight fluctuation, she also told the podcast: ‘It got to a point where I was so overweight at the time I was really miserable.

‘I wasn’t happy being that weight. 

‘I was put on some medication for depression, Quetiapine. It slows your metabolism right down to crawl and it makes you have the munchies 24/7. 

‘I was put on it just before I started This Country. What people weren’t aware of is I’d always been a size 8 to 10. 

‘It was when I went on to that medication that it made me balloon. 

‘It wasn’t until I made the decision to come off that that people were like “oh my god she’s so different and she’s losing all this weight”.

‘This was always who I was, so shedding all of that s*** was great.’