Kerry Katona confirms she's cancelled her facelift following the results of best pal Katie Price's recent surgeries

Kerry Katona has confirmed she's cancelled her lower facelift following the results of her best pal Katie Price's recent surgery.

The former Atomic Kitten star, 44, previously revealed that she had planned the cosmetic procedure for this month and was 'excited' to go under the knife.

But since close friend Katie, 46, returned home with a new face, it appears Kerry has decided against it.

Kerry, who just last year had a corrective nose operation, also admitted she had a change of heart and called off the operation after her children begged her not to go through with it. 

She wrote in her new! magazine column: 'I just don't think now is the right time. My eldest three girls really didn't want me to do it, they were begging me not to, saying, "Please don't".

'I knew they didn't want me to, so that massively impacted my decision. It is hard for the kids to see me recovering - that's why I stay at my mum's after surgery so they aren't exposed to it. The results are always amazing but I'm just not there yet.'

Katie jetted abroad last week to get several 'tweaks' to her sixth £10,000 facelift, including pinning back her ears and undergoing a minor eye lift. 

Kerry, is a mother to Molly, 23, Lilly, 23, from her marriage to Brian McFadden, Heidi, 17, and Max, 16, with second husband Mark Croft and youngest child, DJ, 10, with her late husband, George Kay.

Speaking further about while she cancelled the facelift, Kerry explained how the recovery period would have been really 'tough' as she recalled her struggle to recover from her recent nose surgery as 'the most horrendous thing'.

She said: 'It’s tough emotionally while recovering because you look so different and it’s hard to get your head around. I had to get it done medically and it wasn’t just a vanity choice, but It was really hard. I did get a bit scared, I don’t think I’m ready to do something else now.'

She added that she doesn't have the 'time' for a lengthy recovery at the moment as 'everything is so busy'. 

While she's not planning on going under the knife just yet, Kerry remarked that she has instead opted for some non-surgical tweaks, revealing that she's recently had Botox while she plans to also have invisible filler.

At age 44, the singer insisted that she's 'definitely entitled' to get some tweaks if she wants to, declaring she has 'no shame' in it. 

And while she's cancelled her surgery for now, Kerry remarked that she hasn't ruled it out in the future. 

Kerry explained that she's pushed back the procedure for 'a year or two' and will head to the Pall Mall clinic as it's the only place she 'trusts'. 

In December, Kerry revealed her plans for the lower facelift and had turned to her surgery-obsessed pal Katie  for guidance and 'moral support'.

Katie has long been known for her love of going under the knife and has had numerous procedures over the years including facelifts, breast enhancements, rhinoplasty.

So it's little wonder Kerry has leaned on her friend for support, with the star remarking in her new! magazine column that she's both 'excited' and apprentice for the surgery. 

Opening up about her plans, Kerry explained: 'I’ve got my lower facelift coming up in January, which I’m excited about – but I’m also so nervous 

'I always get really nervous when it comes to anything being done to my face, but I know it will be worth it.'

On her pal's help, she continued: 'Katie is going to come to stay with me when I get it done for moral support, which I really appreciate.

'She'd had the procedure done before, so she knows what I’ll be going through and will be able to ease my nerves and anxiety, while helping during my recovery too.'

She added: 'Katie is in such a good headspace right now and it’s amazing to see, I’m so proud of her. She has been a real pillar of support for me these past few months.'

A lower facelift, known as a jowl lift is a procedure 'designed to reduce loose skin around the lower half of the face (mainly the jowls) and neck', according to the NHS, and is designed to address the signs of ageing. 

This isn't the first time Kerry has gone under the knife or enlisted an aesthetic practitioner to alter her appearance.   

In November she hit back at cruel trolls after they blasted her recent lip tweakment and compared her to a 'duck'. 

A clip of the process was shared on Instagram where Kerry could be seen on a reclining treatment chair as she got the 'natural' treatment. 

Back in June, the star looked drastically different after revealing the results of her recent nose job which left her in tears.  

Kerry underwent surgery in order to fix the damage she caused during years of drug abuse only to be distraught when the operation made her no longer look like her biological father. 

Kerry previously revealed she was getting a rib removed to make her new nose and would be used to replace cartilage 'to make it look a bit smaller'.