Brooke Shields reveals it all in her upcoming memoirs, Brooke Shields is not allowed to grow old: thoughts on aging as a woman. The 59 -year -old talks about some deeply private, even shocking moments in her life, including when a doctor had a vaginal procedure without her consent.
In the book, released on January 14, the model, actress and mom of two children tells her when her “wonderful” gynecologist recommended that she undergoing lips reduction. Sildes, who was 40 at the time, had bleeding, bloating and annoyance since she was a teenager due to her lips.
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“Of course, it is not covered by insurance because it is considered a cosmetic, which is very interesting. The last time I was checking, I didn’t want to become a porn star, “Sildes said US Weekly.
THE Blue Lagoon Star explains that she had a consultation with a man surgeon and proceeded with the surgery. But during a post -procedure check, he revealed that “[threw] In a “bonus process”, he writes, in the form of an irreversible vaginal rejuvenation procedure (vaginal tightening) in which he did not consent.
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“I was there for four hours, and you know what I did? “After two children, everything is more relaxed,” he said. “But I made a caesarean section and a cervix with signs, more limited,” I replied. “Still …” he said looking … he brought me a favor and that he should, in fact, be grateful. ”
“I felt like such an invasion – a strange, like, some kind of rape,” Sildes told the report.
Sildes said the doctor “legally explained to me that, you know, he threw a little twice.” This left her “uneasy”.
“Nothing indicates that this should be tighter or smaller or more stable or younger, especially there,” he added.
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Shields said she felt so “angry” and “shame” that she did not talk about her experience for the longer period – she didn’t even say it to her husband, Chris Hedsi, for a while. That is why Shields never took action against her doctor. “I didn’t particularly want to talk about the parts of my lady, once again, on the front page of each newspaper,” he writes. “The fact that the most intimate parts of my body were public center for so long … it was already enough.”
Now, about two decades later, Shields opens for the experience to draw attention to women’s health and encourage other women to defend themselves.
“I would lie if I said that I am not ashamed to share this very familiar information,” he writes. “But if we want to change the way we approach and talk about women’s health, then we have to highlight the uncomfortable but very real issues. Shame is no longer an option. ”
