The Traitors star of season 4 Caroline Stanbury has been unflinchingly candid about her decision to get a deep facial wash.
The Real Housewives of Dubai alum was made public with her choice to have the extensive cosmetic procedure in November 2023, creating a vlog about his recovery. In the candid pictures, Stanbury’s husband, Sergio Carralovisibly wept for how much the first ladies of london star struggled as he recovered.
“It was probably one of the hardest times of my life,” Carrallo wrote via Instagram at the time. “To see the person you love with all your heart suffering and in pain the way he was…it was very hard.”
Caroline was initially unable to speak in the vlog due to her extensive facial coverings, however she was proud his healing and renewed gaze on Thanksgiving Day.
“NEW FACE, NEW ME,” she announced via Instagram. “#happythanksgivng Thanks for so many things in my life! Day 14 of the journey.”
Keep scrolling to learn more about Stanbury’s deep plane journey below.
Caroline Stanbury explained why she underwent a facelift
The real housewives star shared with people in August 2024 that she wanted a facelift because she felt that other cosmetic treatments were not effective. For example, Caroline Stanbury started doing fillers and Botox treatments at the age of 26.
“He had a crazy eyebrow,” she noted. “My lips had gotten a little weird. My face got rounder and rounder and bigger and bigger because I kept pumping filler into my jaw.”
Although he began his journey by having his filler dissolve, Stanbury eventually “thought the cost of doing this every year, you know, is a face wash.”
“I have a very young husband, not that he wanted me to do it, but these are things that women go through,” she added. “I don’t want women to look at me and think at 48, I look like this and they look like shit. It’s unnatural.”
Caroline Stanbury wanted to share her experience with followers on social media
Once Caroline Stanbury decided to get a face wash, she thought it was important for her husband Sergio Carrallo to film her recovery.
“I have a podcast called ‘Uncut and Uncensored.’ So if I censor my life, what’s the point?” Stanbury said people. “Also, I’m on a reality show. This is my reality.”
Another benefit of documenting her experience was that it gave other women her age a better idea of what to expect with their own cosmetic procedures.
“You get books (with photographs of) 80-year-old women who suddenly look 70 or 60. And that’s not me. I couldn’t relate to them,” she said. “I wanted to find someone my age. Who had done it but didn’t look terrible. I just wanted to look better, right?”
Caroline Stanbury went under the knife in November 2023
In November 2023, Sergio Carrallo filmed his wife’s post-operative recovery after Dr. Steve S. Kim gave Caroline Stanbury a deep plane face wash.
For the Mayo Clinicthe procedure achieves a rejuvenated appearance by repositioning deep facial tissues and muscles and adjusts the Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System (SMAS) to tighten the skin in the mid-face, jaw and neck. Stanbury also chose to remove excess skin from the eyelids during the operation.
Carrallo’s post-op vlog captured the moment she broke down in tears when she saw Stanbury for the first time after surgery.
“Oh my God … I love you so much,” she said as the camera showed Stanbury’s face covered in bandages and scars.
He tried to keep Stanbury’s spirits up by surprising her with a “Get Well Soon” balloon and a Hailey Bieber-inspired by the Erewhon shake. Stanbury was unable to speak at the time, but he did wave to the camera.
“As a husband, I will always support her and (be) here for her and as much as I was against it, she really wanted to do it,” he told viewers. “So I was there for her, supporting her and helping her day to day. I’m so proud of you and just seeing how happy you are with the outcome makes me so happy.”
Carrallo walked arm in arm with Stanbury to her car after she was released, though she later acknowledged that her recovery would take time.
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“We didn’t sleep and she was in a lot of pain,” he admitted after the first night.
Early hiccups aside, Stanbury bounced back on schedule and showed his new face once the swelling subsided.
“I’m so proud of her,” Carrallo said sweetly at the end of the vlog. “We’ve been through some crazy stuff!”
Caroline Stanbury got real about the scars
Caroline Stanbury revealed that the thing people asked her about the most was the scar from her deep facial wash.
“Everybody wants to know what scars look like,” she said people on August 2024. “The one behind the ear takes the longest to heal, but (now) it’s just a little red light mark that can be covered with makeup.”
He added: “The body heals itself in an incredible way.”
Caroline Stanbury was thrilled with the results of her facelift
The RHODubai alum called out fans for being so supportive of her deep facial wash. In January 2025 TikTokone viewer praised her for looking “so naturally tall” rather than “overstuffed”.
“These comments make me so happy and I’ve had so many from all of you,” she said.
Sergio Carrallo soon joined his wife in bed to embrace her with a sweet gesture.
Caroline Stanbury shared advice for other women her age
During a 2025 episode of his “Uncut and Uncensored” podcast.Caroline Stanbury offered her advice on deciding when the time is right for a face wash.
“Friends now ask me, ‘When is too young? When is the right time?'” she reported. “Because they told me I’d have to wait until I was 50. And now I’m so glad I didn’t.”
She was joined on the podcast by plastic surgeon Dr. Garo Kassabian to discuss the different cosmetic options that people can explore.
“The timing of facial washing varies from person to person,” Dr. Kassabian emphasized. “It depends on what signs are visible. We have options, surgical and non-surgical. Try the non-surgical things, which are botox, fillers, non-aggressive radiofrequency, etc.”