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A writer, a boxer and a Botox-er. "Unapologetically writes things we are all a bit too scared to commit to thinking - never mind, writing." @styledbyUna

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How to feel much better, about your neck (via this new tweak I just had)

But FIRST: regarding those boomerang Royals, who are, apparently, Coming Here After All.

"I LOVE skinny privilege! Skinny privilege is THE BEST!"

I learn what it really means to be slimmer - if you used to be fat.

Brooklyn v the Beckhams, Harry v The Royals, Adam Ramsay-Peaty v the Peatys… What's *really* going on, with all these toxic family feuds?

I think I've worked it out.

17 things which cost 20 quid* (*or thereabouts) and have dramatically improved my life**

**Skin, body, hair, general aesthetic, overall mood, et cetera

“I’ve always been almost sure suicide might be the way I would die. I don’t think that, anymore.”

Another truly extraordinary story, from the Mounjaro files

Exactly how it feels when strangers discuss your body online

Spoiler: it's not very nice

Are you (or someone you know) a victim of Fourth Prettiest Girl In The Playground syndrome?

You may be entitled to compensat… Nah, you won't. But it's a little bit toxic, let me tell you.

You're not right in the head, Polly Vernon…

How (not) to deal with your Internet troll when it turns out she's a neighbour (a new edit)

"One of my clients aged about 10 years, in six months, on weight loss jabs."

I talk to a plastic surgeon about the harsh reality of "O face" - faces aged dramatically by GLP-1 use - and what we can do, to stop it.

"She met us at the door with a fake smile and a QR code…"

It's been a bad time for wellness. Cults, fakes, snake oil and rip-off merchant wrong 'uns dominate. AND YET… Some of it, works. But which bits?

"Might Mounjaro save me from my bad marriage?"

A woman in an impossible situation, starts taking the weight loss jab - then makes a monumental decision