Photo: Brooklyn Khoury Instagram
Brooklinn Khoury’s lip reconstruction is still a work in progress.
“To be honest, I thought this was going to be my last surgery. But my surgeon is trying to get my upper lip as close to how it was before,” Khoury said. “If you look at my upper lip from straight on, it slants a little bit. That’s because the pitbull took more from this side than this.”
She added in the caption that she’s “so happy with the results.”
In recent weeks, Khoury has been sharing her excitement on social media as she continues to heal from her lip reconstruction surgery in February. Last month she explained to her followers what her doctor achieved with her latest procedure.
“Today you can definitely see more definition of the lip,” she said. “Although it is still very swollen, I do see the central columns forming and that dimple as well. Also what my doctor did was raise the lip so I have more teeth show.”
“And if you look at your lip, you’ll notice you have this right here,” Khoury continued, pointing to the unique shape under her top lip. “My doctor was able to mimic that. So my lip looks more natural and aesthetic.”
“Still very swollen, but the sutures are out and the lip is healing good!” she added in the caption. “I feel like I am still in shock. I can’t believe I have the cupid bow and the lip line! So crazy.”
Brooklinn Khoury
Ahead of her surgery, Khouryopened up to PEOPLEabout what the procedure entailed and her feelings as she approaches the end of this long journey.
“Basically, my doctor is recreating the top lip in this surgery — creating a Cupid’s bow and central columns. So kind of making my lip look more aesthetic,” Khoury told PEOPLE, noting that her surgeries typically take all day to complete. “My doctor’s very cautious and wants to do everything perfectly.”
Looking to the future, Khoury says she is eager to put these surgeries behind her and resume the high-velocity lifestyle she led prior to the attack.
“That’s one of the hardest things is just having to sit still and kind of refocus my attention into not being active and hiking, biking, surfing and skating,” she says. “But we’re almost at the finish line.”
source: people.com
