Don’t judge Evangelista

A FEW years ago I had the same treatment, CoolSculpting, that Linda Evangelista last week sensationally blamed for leaving her ‘permanently deformed’.

I had it to reduce the fat under my chin, and I subsequently went on to have it on my stomach too.

Evangelista, above, says she was not warned of the potential side effects, which can include a very rare condition where, instead of shrinking, as intended, fat cells actually grow bigger.

I have to say I clearly remember being told about this at the time but decided to go ahead anyway, and I was very happy with the results. But Evangelista’s case is a stark reminder that no treatment, however ‘noninvasive’, is truly risk-free.

That this should have happened to a woman whose appearance was once the envy of the world is doubly tragic.

It’s no wonder that she talks about ‘deep depression, profound sadness and the lowest depths of self-loathing’.

Many will, of course, say she has brought this tragedy on herself and that hers is a morality tale for our times. To that I would simply say: Let she who has never looked in the mirror and contemplated such a treatment cast the first stone.