“I was disfigured by an aesthetic treatment, which forced me to live as a recluse for years”. It is the shocking confession, through a long story published on her Instagram page, of the former supermodel Linda Evangelista.

At the base of everything there would be a therapy to reduce body fat, which would have literally "disfigured" her.

"To my followers who have wondered why I no longer worked - explains Linda Evangelista - while the careers of my colleagues have been on the rise, the reason is that I was brutally disfigured by the 'Zeltiq Coolsculpting' procedure, which made the opposite of what he promised ”.

Basically, instead of reducing the fat the treatment increased the fat cells. “And he left me - added the former model - permanently deformed even after having undergone two painful and useless corrective surgeries. I was made, as the media has pointed out, unrecognizable ”.

The reference is to the many articles published in the past, especially on the English tabloids, which spoke of the incredible physical transformation of the former model, in the nineties among the highest paid stars of the catwalks together with Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford and Kate Moss.

Evangelista explained that she had developed a "paradoxical adipose hyperplasia", a rare side effect of cryolipolysis and which created, in addition to physical damage, also a depressive state, prompting her to isolate herself, to develop a form of disgust for herself and her body , and to live "like a recluse".

Now the goal is to tell what happened to "finally be able to leave the house with your head held high".

For her, lots of messages of support from fans.

(Unioneonline / vl)