Linda Evangelista ‘not hiding anymore’ after procedure left her ‘disfigured’

Supermodel Linda Evangelista vowed that she is ‘not going to hide anymore’ after revealing negative side effects from a cosmetic procedure.

The 56-year-old revealed in September that she had been left ‘permanently deformed’ and ‘brutally disfigured’ after developing paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH), following a ‘fat-reducing procedure’.

She reportedly filed a lawsuit against CoolSculpting’s parent company Zeltiq Aesthetics over the issues in September.

Posing for her first photoshoot after speaking out over the ordeal, she told People Magazine: ‘I loved being up on the catwalk. Now I dread running into someone I know.

‘I can’t live like this any more, in hiding and shame. I just couldn’t live in this pain any longer. I’m willing to finally speak.’

Speaking about the side effects, she said that she started noticing bulges around her chin, thigh and bra three months after her treatment.

She explained that she started dieting and exercising more in a bid to reduce the bulges, and soon got to the point where she ‘wasn’t eating at all’, thinking that she was ‘losing her mind’.

Linda said she broke down in tears when she went to the doctor in June, 2016, and was diagnosed with PAH.

The doctors told her that ‘no amount of dieting or exercise’ would ever fix her issues.

Discussing the impact that her injuries have had, she claimed that she chafes ‘almost to the point of bleeding’ if she doesn’t wear a girdle under a dress – and can no longer put her arms flat along her side.

She defiantly added: ‘I’m not going to hide any more.’

CoolSculpting, or cryolipolysis, is a popular fat freezing treatment, cooling the fat so that frozen, dead cells can be excreted out of the body through the liver.

PAH is described as a rare side effect of the procedure and impacts less than 1% of patients, where fatty tissue grows instead of shrinking.

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The official CoolSculpting website states that typical side effects include  swelling, bruising, cramping, aching and numbness – which can persist ‘for up to several weeks’.

It added: ‘Though rare, some additional side effects such as paradoxical hyperplasia, late onset pain, freeze burn, vasovagal symptoms, subcutaneous induration, hyperpigmentation and hernia may also occur.’

Linda previously spoke out over the condition in a statement shared on Instagram, telling followers: ‘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…

‘[The procedure] did the opposite of what it promised. It increased, not decreased, my fat cells and left me permanently deformed even after undergoing two painful, unsuccessful corrective surgeries.

‘I have been left, as the media described, “unrecognizable.” I have developed Paradoxical Adipose Hyperplasia or PAH, a risk of which I was not made aware before I had the procedures…

‘PAH has not only destroyed my livelihood, it has sent me into a cycle of deep depression, profound sadness, and the lowest depths of self-loathing. In the process, I have become a recluse…

‘With this lawsuit, I am moving forward to rid myself of my shame, and going public with my story. I’m so tired of living this way. [sic]’

Linda concluded: ‘I would like to walk out my door with my head held high, despite not looking like myself any longer.’ 

Metro.co.uk has contacted Zeltiq parent company Allergan for a comment.

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