Olivia Munn is opening up about her breast reconstruction surgery.
Olivia Munn is opening up about her breast reconstruction surgery.https://t.co/Ukd5tidEZT
- Entertainment Tonight (@etnow) June 3, 2024
Olivia Munn, 43, discussed coming to terms with her body after undergoing a double mastectomy.
"I was by myself in my bathroom, and I looked at them and I cried in a way that I don't think I've ever cried in my life. I cried. I was devastated. I didn't recognize myself. I didn't know how I would ever dress myself again. I thought, 'Oh, there are so many styles, so many things that I'll never be able to wear,' It just looked like someone took off my breasts and then took some tape and paper and stuff and Tupperware, and they're like, 'Here.'"
She opened up about her breast reconstruction surgery. She lost so much breast tissue during her double mastectomy, she had to receive a larger implant just to fill the skin.
"I didn't want to have big breasts. I didn't want them to look like a boob job. [The surgeon] was just very clear, [and told me,] 'It's going to look like that,' All I care about is that I'm alive and I'm here for my baby. But putting that to the side, I'm like, one day people will forget or not know that I had cancer, but they'll look at me and go, 'Oh, what a bad boob job.'"
Munn asked the surgeon to go small and chic with the implants, and he agreed to go one size smaller in an effort to appease her. The result was much better than she thought it'd be.
However, the surgery, along with Munn's lymph node dissection, left the actress with scars, which is a big reason she grew her hair out.
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