Larissa Dos Santos Limaopened up about her experience following “botched” plastic surgery.
Over the weekend, the90 Day Fiancéalum shared onInstagramthat she has undergone several procedures to fix her belly button following an abdominoplasty, or a “tummy tuck,” over a year ago.
“Today, I would like to take the first step in slowly opening up about a plastic surgery procedure I received that is botched,” she shared alongside a photo of her arm hooked up to an IV.
She continued, “Like so many other people in this situation, I’ve been scared and embarrassed to speak out. It’s been over a year now since I’ve been botched.”
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“I did not want to speak of this before, but I’m tired of being silent in my sadness with no where to go to fix the problem.” she shared. “Now, I have the courage.”
In afollow-up poston Sunday, the reality star shared several photos of her belly button following the procedures and detailed her efforts to repair it.
“First botched procedure: My belly button. When I got abdominoplasty, My belly button was removed and disposed without my consent,” she explained. “I did 3 very painful revisions to create a belly button. Unfortunately, it was never fixed.”
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Dos Santos Lima added that she has undergone treatments to improve the look of her belly button.
“My friend@nmbrowsandlashestried many times improve the apparence [sic] through treatments, like fibroblast, it worked my a belly button isn’t possible to be made,” she wrote.
source: people.com
