Farrah Abraham is in the middle of a serious recovery. The 35-year-old TV personality recently underwent double-disc jaw surgery, and her jaw is now wired shut, which means she can’t speak for two months. According to her manager, Chrissy Johnston, her face is extremely swollen, she’s in severe pain both physically and mentally, and she’s getting all her nutrition through a straw. Johnston also says Farrah has lost hearing in her right ear.
In her own words, Farrah says she feels like Frankenstein right now. She believes the jaw problems are connected to trauma from her 2021 sexual assault allegations against former Windsor, California mayor Dominic Foppoli, who denied the claims. Farrah also has a long history of cosmetic procedures, and fans online are debating how much that history factors into what she’s dealing with now. Either way, two months of silence and a liquid diet is a lot to handle.
This story is sparking bigger conversations about how stress and trauma can affect our bodies, and how much of a celebrity’s medical journey should play out in public. Two months is a long road, and recovery updates will likely keep coming.
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