Katie Piper was virtually unrecognisable after presenting a drastic new look on Loose Women.
The 40-year-old broadcaster just had a surgery to suture her eye shut after suffering blindness in one eye, as well as other life-changing injuries and burns, as a result of a horrific acid assault in 2008.
Katie has decided to alter her hair colour since she wants a change.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the ITV programme, she debuted her new appearance for the first time.
In the first few minutes of the show, after introducing the day’s panel, host Christine Lampard mentioned that they had a new co-star.
‘I thought we had a new panellist along with Jill (Scott), but it was Katie!’ she said.
As the audience cheered, Christine asked if Katie was ‘adjusting’ to the new look.
‘I am, but when you change your hair colour you have to change your make-up, your wardrobe, your jewellery,’ she said.
‘I’ve been experimenting with my hair a lot over the years, and I quiet enjoy doing it and never get frightened doing it.
‘I’ve been jet black, I’ve been white-blonde, and I now have different foundations in my make-up kit.’
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She went on to say she liked being ‘fluid’ and having fun experimenting with different hair colours.
Just before the show, Katie shared some photos and videos of her new hair, captioning a post: ‘New hair, who dis? Ready for today’s Loose Women.’
Katie’s hair makeover comes a month after she said that she was having eye surgery to ‘preserve the eye, avoid perforation, and losing my eye entirely’.
Katie described on the show in December how she had a semi-permanent eye closure treatment known as tarsorrhaphy.
‘It’s an operation done in theatre and your eye is fully or partially stitched up,’ she said.
‘I’ve had a lot of problems with my eye in the last year and a half, I don’t like to go on about it because there’s always somebody worse off.
‘It’s been quite painful so it’s quite a relief for me to finally have it stitched up, because it’s a lot more comfortable.’
She went on to say that it would not be permanent and will reopen in a year.
Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV1.