Linda Evangelista is revealing more details about one of the hardest moments of her life, admitting that she even stopped eating during a long period of time after a cosmetic procedure left her “completely disfigured” five years ago.
The 57-year-old supermodel, who recently posed in her first campaign following health struggles and a legal battle against CoolSculpting, is now confessing that she barely ate as she was suffering and was desperate to find a solution to the damage on her body.
“I was so embarrassed, I’d just spent all this money and the only way I could think of to fix it was zero calories, and so I just drank water,” she admitted. “Or sometimes I would have a stick of celery or one apple. I was losing my mind.”
© GettyImagesThe fashion icon was diagnosed with Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia and underwent liposuction twice to correct the issues caused by the procedure. “I have incisions all over my body. I have had stitches, I have worn compression garments under my chin, I’ve had my entire body tightly girdled for eight weeks - nothing helped,” she said.
© GettyImagesFollowing the “nightmare” Evangelista is slowly getting back to booking gigs. “I miss my work so much, but honestly, what can I do? It isn’t going to be easy.”
She concluded, “You’re not going to see me in a swimsuit, that’s for sure. It’s going to be difficult to find jobs with things protruding from me; without retouching, or squeezing into things, or taping things or compressing or tricking…”
