In a current episode of her “The Greatest Podcast Ever with Raven and Miranda”, Raven-Symoné revealed being weight-shamed led her to have two breast reductions and liposuction earlier than she turned 18.
Now 37, the previous Cosby Present star had by no means made that chapter of her teen life public, TODAY.com reported. She stated she determined to endure beauty procedures due to her weight.
“I had two breast reductions and lipo(suction) earlier than I turned 18,” the actress stated, including that it was her father who initially urged her to go underneath the knife. “My dad prompt strongly that I ought to get my breasts diminished,” she revealed.
“He was like, ‘So that you don’t really feel unhealthy, is there something that you really want?’ I used to be like, ‘Yeah, if I get lipo, will folks cease calling me fats?’” she added. “So I received a twofer.”
The previous That’s So Raven star, nevertheless, revealed that having plastic surgical procedures at such an age took a psychological and bodily toll on her. “It was only a mess, simply being that younger and the ache of all of it, honey,” she stated.
The 37-year-old additionally touched on her restoration journey post-surgery when her spouse and the podcast’s co-host, Miranda Pearman-Maday, requested her about it. “The restoration was somewhat painful. I nonetheless have scars. I nonetheless have scar tissue to at the present time,” she revealed.
The actress stated she later opted to have one other breast discount regardless of her unfavourable expertise. “I gained weight after and had to return for a fast little bit extra out as a result of they had been nonetheless too large,” she stated.
However the Cheetah Women star stated the body-shaming feedback about her measurement didn’t cease regardless of having a number of plastic surgical procedures. “I nonetheless received reamed by way of social media as a result of I wasn’t skinny as all people else, they usually nonetheless known as me fats,” she stated.
“It’s like, you get that performed and it’s nonetheless not what all people needed to see.”
