Once one of the most beautiful women in the world, former model Linda Evangelista, 56, is now “permanently disfigured” and “brutally disfigured” after a cosmetic treatment, she says.
She hid from the public for five years, suffering from depression and severe pain. But that’s over now: Linda Evangelista shows off her new look on the cover of “People Magazine” for the first time.
Painful bumps all over the body
In fact, the native Canadian wanted to remove fat deposits from her body and face with a cold treatment. But after three months of treatment, as Evangelista describes her ordeal, hard, painful bumps formed in areas that should have been thin. His chin, thighs, stomach and arms were deformed.
“I tried to control him myself. He feeds and exercises more. I got to a point where I stopped eating. I thought I was losing my mind.”
no cure
Finally a doctor shared the bad news with her. The upper model has a paradoxical proliferation of adipose tissue cells (paradoxical lip hyperplasia). No diet, no training will help.
The company that screwed up the cold therapy offered Evangelista to try liposuction to repair most of the damage. But only if you sign a nondisclosure agreement.
She refused, but she had liposuction at her own expense. She has been wearing compression underwear and a chin strap for eight weeks. Without avail.
“I’m afraid of bumping into someone”
“It wasn’t any better, the bumps didn’t go away, they just got hard. I rubbed my skin until it bled when I wasn’t wearing the compression garment. My situation deteriorated because I could no longer put my arms over my body.”
“No designer would want to dress me like this,” she says. “I loved being on the podium. Now I am afraid of bumping into someone I know.”
Your experience should help others
But Linda Evangelista wants to get out of the snail pit. “I can’t live like this anymore. In secret and full of shame. I couldn’t stand the pain anymore and I’m finally ready to talk about it.”
She also wants to draw attention to the fact that natural aging is the safest method. “Why do we feel compelled to do these things with our bodies? I always knew I was going to get old.”
“I don’t know myself”
She lost her identity as “I don’t know myself physically, but I no longer know myself as a person.” Cover image is edited by Evangelista. “I don’t want to hide anymore, and I’m going to speak out to take some shame out of myself.” (grb)
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