Kaitlyn Bristowe got candid about her recent eyelid surgery — and what slowed down her healing journey.
The former Bachelorette, 39, opened up about why she decided to get an upper blepharoplasty — a cosmetic surgery that removes excess skin around the eyes — via Instagram on Wednesday, January 22.
She started off the reel by pulling a photo of herself 10 years ago, sharing she’s always had very hooded eyes. “I tried to over correct it by doing Botox but I got too much bad Botox and it actually drooped my lid even more,” she explained, also pointing out that she’s had lip filler, cheek filler and bonded some of her teeth in the past. “I haven’t touched my cheeks in years though,” Bristowe added.
The reality star then cut to a recent picture of her eyes, proving she had the correct amount of Botox but still had a hooded lid. “I realized it’s not that bad but it’s something that had bothered me for a very long time,” she said.
“I wanted to tone down the Botox so I figured that getting a bleph would help me open that eye without getting all the Botox,” Bristowe continued. “This was my first ‘plastic surgery’ where I did go ‘under the knife.’ I got a little bit of my lid skin removed.”
Bristowe went on to share photos of her after surgery, revealing bruising and stitches across her lids — but experienced a setback when one of her dogs scratched her stitches.
“My dog clawed at one of my eyes so I had to get one restitched,” she said in the clip. “So that one is healing a bit slower than the other eye.”
Besides the inconvenience, Bristowe shared that she felt “zero pain” during the surgery and the “scarring is healing nicely.”
Now, Bristowe’s bruising is gone and she no longer has hooded eyes. Volia!
