These before-and-after snaps show why an online influencer had such a problem getting back into her Brazilian homeland after a series of cosmetic ops left her looking nothing like her passport photo.

Gkay, 32, poses in undated photo. She was stopped at immigration and she was almost deported because she looked different from the photo printed on her passport. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (@gessica/Newsflash/NX)

Astonished actress Gessica Kayane, known as Gkay to her 20 million Instagram followers, was flying back from a trip on 10th April when she was held by immigration officials.

Gkay, 32, poses in undated photo. She was stopped at immigration and she was almost deported because she looked different from the photo printed on her passport. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (@gessica/Newsflash/NX)

Gkay explained in an Instagram stories post: "I was almost barred from entering the country because the photos on all my documents are different from my face now."

It only got worse when she showed them her national identity card and driving licence because they showed her looking even less like she does now.

Gkay, 32, poses in undated photo. She was stopped at immigration and she was almost deported because she looked different from the photo printed on her passport. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (@gessica/Newsflash/NX)

The grainy, distinctly unglamorous snaps are a far cry from Gkay's glossy, groomed look today after a series of surgical tweaks to her face.

In just a few years she has had a boob enlargement, a breast lift, her nose reshaped, fat removed from her jawline and cheeks plus lip fillers.

Gkay, 32, poses in undated photo. She was stopped at immigration and she was almost deported because she looked different from the photo printed on her passport. Note: Private photo taken from social media. (@gessica/Newsflash/NX)

Finally she had to resort to showing passport officials her collection of 'before' and 'after' surgery snaps on social networks before they let her back into the country.

She laughed: "I’m glad I had my Instagram and several ‘before and after’ to prove it."

Gkay added: "First things to do back to Brazil - update all the photos of my documents."