Brooke Shields will no longer beat around the bush when it comes to women’s health.
The Suddenly Susan actress shared in her new memoir that she underwent labia reduction surgery during her 40s after spending years struggling with discomfort, chafing and bleeding. However, during post-op checkup with her surgeon, she said she learned he also performed a vaginal rejuvenation procedure while she was under the knife without her consent.
“I’d be lying if I said I’m not embarrassed to share this very intimate information,” she wrote in Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old, per Us Weekly. “But, if we are to change the way we approach and talk about women’s health, then we need to bring up the uncomfortable but very real issues.”
According to Brooke, her doctor seemed proud of the “twofer,” even though she didn’t want the “irreversible” procedure.
“He informed me that he threw in a little bonus,” Brooke recounted in an Us Weekly interview published Jan. 8. “It felt like such an invasion—such a bizarre, like, rape of some kind.”
