TV presenter Laura Woods has revealed the full extent of the facial injuries she sustained in a freak accident while on holiday in May 2024. The ITV and TNT Sports host shared a series of 'super graphic' photos on social media, showing deep cuts to her face and arm that required emergency surgery.
Woods, 38, was at a holiday cottage with her partner Adam Collard when she accidentally swung a pillow into a glass lampshade, which shattered and fell onto her. The cuts were so severe that they went down to the bone, but she was fortunate to avoid damage to her eye. She was forced to miss coverage of Tyson Fury's heavyweight fight against Oleksandr Usyk and was absent from television for several weeks before returning to present the Champions League final for TNT Sports.
In the newly shared images, Woods is seen in theatre undergoing surgery, with large cuts at the end of her eyebrow and under her eye. She also showed a deep cut above her elbow. 'A very bad day,' she wrote. 'These cuts ended up going down to the bone. But somehow missed my eye.' She added that she saw a specialist plastic surgeon who 'fixed' her.
Woods, who welcomed a baby boy named Leo with Collard last year, admitted she remains self-conscious about the scars. 'Used to love a selfie,' she said. 'I can see the scars in photos, when I smile, frown etc. Having a baby took my mind off it though.' She has undergone 'lots of red light therapy' and is trying a 'big f laser' to reduce the scars' appearance, despite the treatment being expensive and painful.
