After a meteoric rise and a career in top Model in the 80s and 90s of the last century, Linda Evangelista suddenly disappeared from circulation and magazine covers. The reason was now known: the former supermodel revealed that she underwent a cosmetic procedure five years ago that left her “Brutally disfigured”.
56-year-old Canadian, one of the largest gateways and magazine covers that were part of the so-called Super Six in the 1990s, with Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington, Kate moss e Naomi Campbell, posted on Instagram a report about how she underwent weight loss treatment about five years ago.
“To my followers wondering why I didn’t work while my peers’ careers were flourishing, the reason I was severely disfigured by the Zeltiq CoolSculpting procedure, which did exactly the opposite of what it promised,” he wrote. in publication this Wednesday.
The model points out that after the procedures, she developed a rare side effect called paradoxical adipose tissue hyperplasia (PAH), which causes swelling in the treated areas. “HAP not only deprived me of my livelihood, but also threw me into a cycle of deep depression, deep sadness (…). In the process, I became a hermit. “
Zeltiq Aesthetics, a division of Allergan Aesthetics and parent company of AbbVie, did not respond to a request for comment.
The lawsuit against the company was filed by Linda Evangelista, who referred the case to federal court in New York on Tuesday. The complaint accuses Zeltiq of negligence, misleading advertising and alleges that the company did not alert customers to potential side effects. The process also describes that between 2015 and 2016, the model underwent several procedures to reduce fat on the hips, abdomen, back, sides and chin. But corrective surgery failed to correct PAH.
