Sooooooooo not so sure about this one – sucking areas of my body (which usually I’d fight to keep covered at ANY cost) with some kind of fat-freezing machine? Not only do I find these ‘quick fix’ solutions pretty unbelievable, I’m really not up for anything that involves temperatures below zero.

Let me explain dear Vaulties - the cold and I are not friends – I’m a sun-child! I don’t believe there’s such a thing as ‘too hot’ and I’ll happily toast my bits and bobs for as many hours as the sunshine feels able to shine! Therefore, the idea of volunteering to actually be frozen using the new Lipoglaze treatment isn’t the most appealing.

“Why would you do that??” I hear you cry……… well, I’ve been given the chance to get rid of the bane of my life.

We’ve all got area of the body that jumps out and mocks us each time we glance in a mirror and for me it’s a small expanse of wobbliness below my bra strap and above my jeans that I’d love to describe in more delicate terms but in reality is the ultra unglamorous and most dreaded BACK FAT!

However, even though the reward is my most desired, body-improving dream the reality of Lipoglaze is still daunting and it’s with a certain amount of trepidation that I wait to be called into the treatment room.

“What are you having done?” a friend of a friend asks as she sits unaware, flicking through mags.

“Ermmm Lipoglaze fat freezing,” I mumble, looking out of the window and trying not to puke with nerves.

“What??” she spluttered “You’re having what? Fat frozen – How? Where? Why?”

All eyes in the salon swivel my way and I feel myself rambling incoherently about the process I’m about to embark on.

“I’ve got this little tiny bit of unhappy fat which will be PAINLESSLY frozen to minus one degree and after a certain amount of time will melt effortlessly from my body, leaving me slinky-backed and fabulous,” I ramble, looking at my feet.

The salon is stunned into silence.

“Errrrrrrr where does the fat go?” a voice by the sinks whispers.

“YES!” bellows the friend of a friend as her hairdryer starts to whir – “Good question; where does it go?? If it’s frozen does it just fall off your body like a giant fat-berg?!”

Squeals of laughter follow my terrified, fat-berg traumatised self as my smiling therapist, Kara, emerges to lead me into the tranquillity of the treatment room.

As with all these things the thought of it is so much worse than the actual process….

I have a secret. So big, so glorious I’m chewing my lip and contemplating whether or not to share it. Not because it’s in anyway contentious or litigious but because it’s so ruddy brilliant I sort of want to keep it to myself………

However, Miss V is all about sharing fellow Vaulties so draw closer, lend me your ear and prepare to discover the holy grail of all beauty treatments – the elixir of eternal youth!

Now I‘ve dabbled with Botox, I’ve even had the odd bit of plump put in my luscious lips but I’ve always erred on the side of caution with fillers and injectables; with names I cannot pronounce and results that seem to vary from permanently terrifying to scare-you-children shocking.

So, dear reader it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I sat down in one of The Vault’s big comfy beauty chairs to discuss va-va-vooming my face with the glorious Dawn Jasper.

I might add I am utterly in love with the wonderful D.Jasper; she calmed my hysterical self in seconds, didn’t put up with any of my unnecessary nonsense and is so professional and charming that I would have let her carry out a full face lift there and then!

However, I digress dear reader – I sense your impatience……..what is this fountain of youthful solace you discovered Miss V? I hear you cry!

Right, well…. It’s called (lowers voice and speaks in a whisper ;-) ) Sculptra.

Such a simple word, such an unassuming group of vowels and consonants which lilt off the tongue in such a simple way – yet the product under the name possesses the greatest and most wonderful of all powers – the ability to turn back time!

So how does it work? Unlike other skin plumping injectables which put a substance into your face to immediately puff out lines and creases, Sculptra uses a poly-L-lactic acid to stimulate your own collagen!  Therefore rather than having a foreign substance placed in your dermis, Sculptra kick starts your own collagen into doing its job again converting you back to your youthful self again!

So that’s the science bit at its most basic level (for a more in-depth journey into Sculptra go and talk to the Dawn – she can ally any fear and truly is a absolute encyclopedia of knowledge on how and why this amazing product works)

Now down to the nitty gritty – having had a few pics taken of my slightly droopy, sad looking 45-year-old face I begged Dawn to get going!