Ruby Tuesday Matthews: Influencer undergoes Korean facelift to achieve a more youthful look

Australian influencer Ruby Tuesday Matthews has caused controversy on social media after undergoing a Korean facelift in the hope of achieving a more “refreshed and awake” appearance.

The 33-year-old Byron Bay personality took to Instagram to share her “wild” recovery journey from the first three days after the surgery she had done last Friday at the Ilchi plastic surgery clinic in Seoul.

Matthews said the reason for her endoscopic lift was so she could have “snatched skin again” without changing her facial features.

The minimally invasive surgery uses a tiny camera and small hidden cuts in the hairline to lift and tighten the upper and middle parts of the face.

“Initially, I thought I’d also need eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) to get that more refreshed, awake look,” she said.

“After my consultation, my surgeon felt the endoscopic lift alone could achieve what I wanted, so we decided not to do the bleph.

“The goal was never to change the way I look. I wanted to keep my face and my features — just look a little more refreshed and awake, while addressing some of the volume loss through my face.”

The morning after the four-hour surgery, Matthews returned to the clinic to have her drain and face tape removed — but not before a visit to the Apple store.

“I literally had to go to the Apple store in my pyjamas looking like this and reboot my whole phone because there was no way it was recognising my face, and I have so many locks on my phone that I couldn’t do it without face recognition,” she said.

The mother-of-three videoed herself walking around the Korean city, where she was seen struggling to open her mouth and talk properly.

On day three, Matthews’ face was extremely swollen and bruised, which she admitted was “uncomfortable”.

“My face is double the size normally; apparently, this is the worst day, so let’s hope it starts going down tomorrow,” she told her 245,000 fans.

She went on to show the tiny incisions in her hairline and was pleased to see no scarring on her face.

“It’s actually insane I’ve only got that tiny dot there...no scars on my face, literally just in my hairline and they’re neat as a pin,” she said.