Tennis and Strictly star Judy Murray has had a non-surgical facelift after her famous sons cheekily dubbed her “turkey neck”.
The 61-year-old’s appearance was transformed with treatment from a leading aesthetic clinician, following the playful jibes from former Wimbledon champions Andy and Jamie Murray.
Judy’s previously wrinkly skin was damaged from years of playing tennis outside and sitting in the hot sun watching her sons compete at summer Grand Slam tournaments.
From January last year, she had three appointments at Dr Judy Todd’s Synergy Clinic in Glasgow for the latest micro-needling and radio frequency treatment called Morpheous8.
And she believes the results of the treatments, which start at £1500 per session, have made her look “over 10 years younger”.
Judy said: “My kids, Jamie and Andy, started to call me turkey neck a few years ago in a loving and jokey way, and that may
have had something to do with me thinking I really should do something about this if I can.
“I didn’t tell them anything about the treatments I was having but they noticed the difference and recently they said, ‘Mum, what have you being doing to your face?’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ To which they replied, ‘It looks much smoother.’
“I mean, if they’ve noticed and mentioned it then it clearly has made a huge difference, and that made me very happy.
“I’d say it’s taken at least 10 years off my appearance, as you can see for yourself.”
Judy said her wrinkly skin and facial ageing was down to sun damage from travelling the world to tennis tournaments with her boys for years.
She said: “I spent most of my life working outside and a significant number of years following my kids on the tennis circuit and sitting in the sun scowling with the pressure of watching them perform, and so I’ve got lovely scowl lines and I’ve got a lot of laughter lines too.
“I’ve had a lot of sun damage and I was aware, probably over the last year or two, that I’d really like to explore something that would help me to have a fresher, clearer skin.
The Morpheus8 micro-needles inject “radiofrequency energy” into the skin with a series of tiny needles.
Dr Todd, who is a consultant anaesthetist at North Ayrshire Hospital, said: “Lots of women worry about ageing but hate the idea of undergoing surgery.
"Judy is a great example of how you can transform your appearance without going under the knife.”
