Brooke Shieldsrevealed that hersurgeonperformed an irreversible intimateprocedurewithout her consent.
The supermodel likened the intrusive operation to sexual assault in her upcoming memoir,Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman.
During a visit to her gynecologist, Brooke’s doctor recommended labia reduction surgery after she mentioned experiencing discomfort, bleeding, and chafing.
HighlightsBrooke Shields expressed feeling “shame” after a surgeon performed a procedure without her consent.The supermodel underwent the surgery when she was in her forties, her new memoir reveals.Brooke said the surgeon was “legitimately proud” of the “invasive” procedure.
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Brooke Shields claims her surgeon performed a “bonus” procedure without her consent
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Trigger warning: sexual assault.Her surgeon later revealed during a post-op checkup that he had also performed a vaginal rejuvenation (or vaginal tightening) while she was under the knife.
“He informed me that he threw in a little bonus,” Brooke told the outlet about the “irreversible” procedure.
“It felt like such an invasion—such a bizarre, like, r*pe of some kind.”
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The Beverly Hillsplastic surgeonwas “legitimately proud” when he explained that he had “thrown in a little twofer,” theBlue Lagoonactress recalled, saying the revelations left her “dumbfounded.”
“Nothing pointed toward this need to be tighter or smaller or firmer or younger, especially there.”
Brooke had agreed to labia reduction surgery but the surgeon also performed a vaginal rejuvenation procedure
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People get vaginal rejuvenation procedures to address different issues, including vaginal looseness, excess dryness, painful intercourse, and loss of sensation and satisfaction during intercourse.
These procedures can be done for cosmetic reasons or to solve age-related problems, as per theCleveland Clinic.
Feeling “shame” and “anger” about the unwanted modification to her body,Brookestruggled to tell her husband, producer Chris Henchy, what happened “for the longest time.”
Two decades after the invasivesurgery, she still hasn’t taken legal action. “I thought, I don’t want anybody else telling me what I have to do,” expressed the 59-year-old star.
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In her memoir, available on January 14, she apologizes to readers who might find the story “too graphic or simply TMI” but emphasizes the importance of coming forward about the abuse to protect women’s health.
“I’d be lying if I said I’m not embarrassed to share this very intimate information,” the actress admits.
“But, if we are to change the way we approach and talk about women’s health, then we need to bring up the uncomfortable but very real issues.”
The revelations were made in the supermodel’s new memoir,Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old
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“I was such a naïve, innocent child. I wasn’t Lolita. I didn’t have that precocious understanding of my sexuality,”the supermodel reflectedin 2014 about the role, which heragent mother, Teri Shields, had secured for her.
She said the plastic surgeon was “proud” when he revealed what he had done during a post-op checkup
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The star said she was assaulted shortly after graduating from college in 1987 and chose not to reveal the abuser’s identity.
After attending Princeton, she had dinner with a man she knew to talk about potential projects,according toEntertainment Weekly.
The man then allegedly convinced her to go to his hotel and offered to call her a cab home.
At the hotel room, he disappeared for a while, and Brooke picked up a pair of binoculars he owned. She was watching a volleyball game out the window when he unexpectedly returned to the room without his clothes on.
“I put the binoculars down, and he’s right on me. Just like, was wrestling, I was afraid I’d get choked out or something,” she described.
TheBlue Lagoonactress said the unwanted procedure felt like “an invasion”
The model continued: “So, I didn’t fight that much. I didn’t. I just absolutely froze. I thought one ‘No’ should’ve been enough, and I just thought, ‘Stay alive and get out,’ and I just shut it out.
“God knows I knew how to be disassociated from my body. I’d practiced that.”
Hernew memoiris described as an “exploration of aging that flips the script on the idea of what it means for a woman to grow older,” according to its synopsis.
Brooke reveals that the passage of time has brought her a sense of freedom, and she feels more “empowered and confident” now than she did in the early years of her career.
“So proud of her for coming forward,” a reader commented
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