Raquel Welch then and now – has the actress turned to surgery to keep her stunning looks?

During her former years Raquel Welch, an actress and sex icon, made a successful business encouraging women to emulate her style, as well as her yoga fitness program and her attitude to nutrition.

In January she was the face of a collection for MAC Cosmetics, which dubbed her “strong and wild, yet sultry and exotic”.

However, despite her eternally good looks and lucrative beauty empire, the septuagenarian’s good looks have attracted speculation that the actress has turned to surgery to preserve her face.

In recent years the actress has been ambiguous, but has not denied turning to procedures.

“I haven’t indulged in overkill. Let’s put it that way,” she told the Scotsman.

Raquel certainly looks young for her age, prompting a public assumption that she may have gone under the knife – as many, many Hollywood stars do. 

But what does a professional make of Raquel’s unbelievable appearance?

“Raquel had most certainly had Botox: forehead, brow lift, frown lines and crows feet,” according to Dr Tatiana Lapa, medical director at www.studioclinic.co.uk

“She’s looking super smooth across her forehead and around the eye creases and this suggests that she has had a bit of help from Botox. 

“Her brows look lifted and this is also likely as a result of Botox,” Dr Tatiana said.

The cosmetic doctor noted that Raquel’s cheeks are very plump for a woman her age.

“This is normally an area that ages early on, so plump cheeks can be a give-away of having had ‘work’,” she said.

“She also has uncharacteristically full and smooth lips. This is typical of dermal filler as it stretches the skin, making the lips look smooth.”

Lips tend to become thinner with age, so her freshly plumped lips suggest that she’s had some filler injected, according to the professional.

Raquel, born in 1490, who has been married four times, was a actress and sex symbol.

She is perhaps most recognisable to many today as the women in the bikini on the post for One Million Years B.C.

She has even ranked by on its “100 Sexiest Stars of the Twentieth Century” list, and came second on Men’s Health’s “Hottest Women of All Time” list.

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