Brooke Shields reveals doctor performed ‘unsolicited vaginal rejuvenation’ while she was anaesthetised
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‘I was gobsmacked,’ the actor said. Brooke Shields has detailed the horrifying moment a surgeon revealed they had performed a vaginal rejuvenation without her consent while she was anaesthetised for another operation. The Blue Lagoon actor, 59, had followed her gynaecologist’s recommendation and scheduled a labial reduction procedure eight years after welcoming her daughters Rowan and Grier with her husband Chris Henchy.
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Shields had been experiencing discomfort due to the length of her labia, which her doctor assured her could be resolved by a labia reduction. However, the model’s surgeon made a shocking revelation during her checkup. She continued: “I was gobsmacked, as you might say. Speechless. He was acting like he had done me a favour of some kind, but I didn’t ask for that, I didn’t need that. I walked out of there stunned.”.
The Pretty Baby star considered suing the doctor for their “audacity and the crime” but ultimately decided against legal action because she didn’t “want talk of my lady parts, once again, on the front page of every paper.”. Shields added that all she could think was: “Why can’t everybody just leave my vagina alone?”.
Reflecting on the ordeal, the model added: ““One good thing that came out of it was that it made me feel more at one with women. When I was in the hospital with a broken femur, this brilliant surgeon saw me and said, ‘Oh, dear God. Famous people get the worst treatment.’.
“He said, ‘Doctors either want to show off or they want to prove to you they don’t care who you are.’ And neither of those are healthy or productive. But I think this experience made me feel more unified with women, realising – that stuff like this is happening all the time.”.
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