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“Before, I loved being on the catwalks. Now, I’m afraid of running into someone I know.”
This is how model Linda Evangelista says she feels about the negative results she is experiencing from a cosmetic treatment that had a rare adverse effect on her body.
The 56-year-old Canadian posed for a magazine cover for the first time, Peopleand recounted the personal trauma caused by the coolsculpture for reduce body fat which he suffered at the end of 2015.
But now she’s a little better, she explains in the post, “I can’t live like this anymore, hiding and being ashamed. I can’t live with this pain anymore. I’m ready to talk.”
In September 2021, Evangelista explained via Instagram that she had retired from public life due to the treatment that had left her “permanently distorted”.
The cryolipolysis treatment increased, rather than decreased, her fat cells, a rare side effect.
That and two failed corrective surgeries caused “a cycle of great depression”, he explained a few months ago.
But now he’s looking for a way “love each other again”.
“What is that?”
on the cover of Peoplethe famous model appears from a low angle, with sweaters covering his torso and a serious face looking at the camera.
But on the inside pages, she poses in a T-shirt that shows off the side of her torso and effects paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH)the medical term for this problem.
The disease is manifested by bumps that harden and cause the body to lose sensitivity.
Evangelista explains that at first she thought she was doing “something wrong” by not seeing the results she expected in her chin, thighs and chest area.
So he doubled his diet to the point of “not eating anything”.
Seeing no results, a doctor diagnosed him with PAH, an adverse effect that it affects a less than 1% of those who undergo cryolipolysis and that there is no cure.
“I said, ‘What the hell is that? “They told me no diet or exercise would fix it.”
This happened between 2015 and 2016.
“I couldn’t put on a dress without wearing a girdle because it would cause friction to the point of bleeding. Because it’s not like soft fat rubbing against you, it’s hard fat,” she told People.
“I don’t think the designers want to dress me like that,” she says, pointing to her suites. For her, top model Linda Evangelista it does not exist anymore.
remove the shame
Time has given Evangelista peace of mind and now he sees going public as a way to overcome the problem.
I will continue to share my experience take away my shame, learn to love myself again and being able to help others in the process,” he says.
However, he acknowledges that it is a process that takes time. “I don’t look at myself in the mirror. It’s not me,” he admits.
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Linda Evangelista shot to fame in the 1990s, gracing catwalks and magazine covers. This photo is from 2009).
Today, many people’s “need” to modify their bodies is questioned: “I always knew I was going to age. And I know there are things that a body goes through, but I don’t never thought I would look like this.”
On the other hand, the former top model is in a legal battle with Zeltiq, the beauty firm that carried out the procedure, arguing that neither the “aggressive” publicity on coolsculpture their website also did not mention the risks of PAHs until recently.
The company declined to comment on the matter as it is in the midst of litigation.
The model is asking for compensation of 50 million US dollars.
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