Linda Evangelista reported that he still needs treatment to ‘See how it is in the mirror’after revealing in 2021 that he remained “permanently deformed” after a rare side effect of an aesthetic procedure.

The 59 -year -old iconic model Pose for the cover of “Harper’s Bazaar” for May 2025 and in an interview with the magazine, she shared how she changed her approach to her appearance after a double mastectomy in 2018.

Linda admitted that ‘Still not looking in the mirror’ After an intervention in 2016 that left her “permanently deformed”. Explained: “I have to go through treatment to like what I see when I look in the mirror. I didn’t want to see myself because I didn’t love myself or I didn’t like it. ”

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Bringing into tears, he added: “I really think beauty is something you win. I think about the faces of my grandmothers and what the war did to them, the price they gave them … just to ” wear ” their hardships. It had nothing to do with perfection or youth. ‘

Evangelista had revealed in 2021 that she decided to retire from the spotlight after a rare reaction to an aesthetic surgery in 2016.

The process of cryolipolysis, called Coolsculpting, was designed to reduce adipocytes, but instead made its cells swell. She said that she soon began to develop “bumps” throughout her body, which made her worry she was losing her mind.

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“For those who are wondering why I am not working, the reason is that I was brutally deformed by this intervention, which did the opposite of what he promised.”she said.

“It increased – not reduced – my adipocytes and left me permanently deformed after undergoing two painful, unsuccessful corrective interventions. I stayed, as the media described, ” unrecognizable ”.

During the interview, Linda also revealed that it is now fine with its appearance, having quietly undergoing double mastectomy as it was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018.

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“My double mastectomy, I’m fine with it. I put very small implants. Whatever they removed, I put it on. There were many surgeries. I’m okay. I’m okay with them. I won. I’m here. ”

He added that after her test, she has become calmer with the perspective of aging, saying: “I don’t care how I grow old. I just want to grow up. It doesn’t have to be with grace. Really, really, I really don’t want to die. I still have so much to do. Finally, I am starting to feel comfortable with myself and with everything and now I want to enjoy it. “

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