Is Teri a nip and tuck Housewife?

She has credited the television show with revitalising her career.

And it seems Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher has also managed to inject a new lease of life into her appearance.

The 40-year- old former Bond girl's striking looks have certainly stood the test of time since she found fame 12 years ago.

But her appearance has sparked speculation she may have had some help - with experts suggesting the possibility she has indulged in an eye lift, Botox injections to freeze muscles in her face and a nose job. Lower eye bags, evident when she first appeared as Lois Lane in the TV show The New Adventures of Superman in 1993, have now disappeared.

In addition, her forehead is remarkably wrinkle-free and her nose seems more refined.

Plastic surgeon Dr Lucy Glancey said: 'Looking at Teri Hatcher now, it would appear she has had some sort of work done on the skin beneath her eyes.

'She may have had a lower eye lift and, judging by her appearance, it appears her surgeon employed a new technique of removing fat by going in underneath the actual eyeball - this removes the threat of scarring and can have excellent results.

'In addition, it would appear she has had some Botox. Very few women of her age have a line-free forehead, as she has, which would lead to the obvious conclusion that she is receiving regular injections.

'Teri is at the prime age to benefit from this procedure as her skin would only recently have begun forming wrinkles, so she can stop any permanent lines forming straight away.

'She may also have had some work done to slim down her nose.' After Miss Hatcher - who has denied having any plastic surgery - starred in the 1997 Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, she devoted her time to raising daughter Emerson with now-ex husband Jon Tenney and failed to secure much acting work.

Desperate Housewives rescued her career from the doldrums.

When she scooped the Best Actress Award at last month's Golden Globes for her role as divorcee Susan Mayer in the hit show, she said: 'Thank you so much for giving me a second chance at a career when I couldn't have been a bigger has-been.'

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