Linda Evangelista Poses For First Photo Shoot After Fat-Freezing Procedure Left Her 'Brutally Disfigured'
16.02.2022 - 22:51
/ perezhilton.com
Linda Evangelista has gone through hell the last few years after undergoing a procedure that was supposed to remove her fat and left her with an even bigger problem. After nearly five years of hiding in the shadows ashamed of her new body, the fashion icon is now opening up about — and showing off — her new look.
Sitting down with People for a candid interview published on Wednesday, the 56-year-old explained that she underwent a popular cosmetic procedure known as CoolSculpting. It’s an FDA-cleared and noninvasive “fat-freezing” technique that serves as an alternative to liposuction. Unfortunately, rather than get rid of fat in various aspects of her body, Linda claims it made the problem so much worse!
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Fans first got word of this issue in September when Evangelista filed a lawsuit against CoolSculpting’s parent company, Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc., for $50 million in damages because she has been unable to work as a result of the procedure. At the time, she explained that she had been left “permanently deformed” and “brutally disfigured.” Now she has more to share, telling the outlet:
The supermodel underwent seven sessions of CoolSculpting in a dermatologist’s office from August 2015 to February 2016. But three months after her treatments, her chin, thighs, and bra areas began to bulge — and these were the exact spots she wanted to shrink! Clearly something was wrong as they began to grow, harden, and turn numb. She recalled:
In an attempt to help, she began dieting and exercising a lot, she explained:
By June 2016, she went back to her doctor to reveal the shocking changes, and that’s when she learned she was suffering from a rare