Linda Evangelista Says She’s ‘Settled’ CoolSculpting Case: ‘Happy to Put This Matter Behind Me’
20.07.2022 - 17:57
/ usmagazine.com
Moving on. Linda Evangelista announced that she’s settled the lawsuit she filed against CoolSculpting after alleging the procedure left her “disfigured.”
“I’m pleased to have settled the CoolSculpting case,” the supermodel, 56, shared in a statement via Instagram on Tuesday, July 19.
“I look forward to the next chapter of my life with friends and family,” Evangelista continued, adding that she’s “happy to put this matter behind me.”
The beauty icon concluded her statement, expressing: “I am truly grateful for the support I have received from those who have reached out.” She did not reveal any further details regarding the settlement.
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Evangelista’s announcement comes after she first shared her CoolSculpting story in September 2021. In a shocking post shared on Instagram, the Canada native revealed she had been steering clear of the spotlight due to the cosmetic incident.
“Today I took a big step towards righting a wrong that I have suffered and have kept to myself for over five years. To my followers who have wondered why I have not been working while my peers’ careers have been thriving, the reason is that I was brutally disfigured by Zeltiq’s CoolSculpting procedure which did the opposite of what it promised,” she wrote.
Evangelista, who rose to fame alongside Christy Turlington and Cindy Crawford, explained that while the procedure was designed to “decrease” her fat cells, it instead “increased” them, leaving her “permanently deformed even after undergoing two painful, unsuccessful, corrective surgeries.”
“I have been left, as the media has described, ‘unrecognizable,’” she continued. What’s more, she has developed a rare side effect called Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia,