(Related: Can We Please Stop Talking About "Belly Fat"?) Since the first documented case of PAH in 2014, researchers have estimated that as many as one in 138 patients may experience this post-treatment outcome.
But in rare cases, like Evangelista's, the opposite can occur, causing the treated fatty tissue to thicken, expand, and harden. Essentially, CoolSculpting and similar procedures work by freezing and shrinking the fat cells in adipose tissue (fatty tissue). When PAH occurs, the fat cells frozen during the treatment actually grow bigger instead of shrinking. In June 2016 and receiving a diagnosis of a rare condition called paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH), according to the story. She stopped eating and increased exercising, believing she "was doing something wrong" and gaining weight instead of losing it. Within three months of her treatments, Evangelista says she noticed bulges at her chin, thighs, and bra area that began to harden and numb completely, reports People.
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Along with sharing photos of her affected areas, the model is revealing exactly what happened after a series of seven CoolSculpting sessions from her dermatologist between August 2015 and February 2016.
While minimally-invasive, "lunch break" cosmetic treatments have been on the rise, no doubt in large part due to social media and decreased stigma surrounding treatments in recent years, they aren't without risk, as Evangelista is now highlighting. In a new interview with People, Evangelista is sharing photos of the rare - but serious - side effect she says she experienced as a direct result of CoolSculpting, stating that she can no longer live in "hiding and shame" after five years of retreating from the public eye. Page Six has reached out to Evangelista for comment.Several months after revealing she'd been left "permanently deformed" by a fat-freezing procedure called CoolSculpting, model Linda Evangelista is opening up further about the physical and emotional pain she's endured since her initial session back in August 2015. PAH is a rare side effect - affecting just 1 percent of patients - in which fatty tissue thickens and expands. “ told me no amount of dieting, and no amount of exercise was ever going to fix it.” The results followed seven sessions of the procedure. I got to where I wasn’t eating at all,” she admitted. “I tried to fix it myself, thinking I was doing something wrong. Ron Galella Collection via GettyĮvangelista, who was later diagnosed with paradoxical adipose hyperplasia (PAH), said she thought she was “losing mind.” I just couldn’t live in this pain any longer.” Evangelista sued the company in September 2021. I can’t live like this anymore, in hiding and shame. “Do you see the angle of my arms? I can’t put them next to my body,” she told the magazine in February. She claimed at the time that CoolSculpting - an FDA-approved “fat-freezing” procedure described as a noninvasive liposuction alternative - had left her “brutally disfigured” and “permanently deformed.” The supermodel claimed she was left “brutally disfigured” and “permanently deformed.” Elder Ordonez / Įvangelista later posed for a People photo shoot and opened up about the emotional and physical toll she endured after seven sessions of the procedure, which took place from August 2015 to February 2016. The terms of the settlement were not immediately clear.Įvangelista first revealed the results of the procedure on social media in September 2021. I am truly grateful for the support I have received from those who have reached out.” “I look forward to the next chapter of my life with friends and family, and am happy to put this matter behind me. “I’m pleased to have settled the CoolSculpting case,” she wrote in a statement. The supermodel, 57, announced on Instagram Tuesday that the saga was over after suing CoolSculpting’s parent company, Zeltiq Aesthetics Inc., for $50 million in damages. Linda Evangelista settled a lawsuit over a “botched” cosmetic procedure that she claimed left her “deformed.” Linda Evangelista hits the runway for NYFW, closes Fendi show
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