Jessica Simpson Admits Plastic Surgery Almost Killed Her

Jessica Simpson has a message for everyone who believes that plastic surgery is the secret sauce for feeling fabulous. And it’s far from what you think it is.

“I can tell you that plastic surgery does not cure what's inside,” revealed Simpson in her memoir, “Open Book”, which releases on February 4. “Really, it's about how you feel emotionally, and I was still just as hard on myself once those stitches were out. I still had work to do,” Simpson added.

The tummy tuck surgery, which was done in the year 2015, was ideally a gift to herself on her 35th birthday, which turned out to be nothing short of a nightmare. Recounting how she disregarded her doctor’s calls, who alleged that she could die, Simpson went ahead anyway.

While she initially signed up for a partial tummy tuck, the results weren’t convincing enough. But, the need to tighten up the saggy skin led her to dismiss her own instincts that felt something about the surgery was amiss from the get-go. That led her to opt for a full tummy tuck soon after.

The second surgery lasted two hours longer and did not go well, and she was hospitalized for the next nine days. “I got an infection - colitis - and was vomiting so much I thought I was going to bust my sutures,” she wrote, adding, “Doctors talked seriously about me needing a blood transfusion.”

The star, who was addicted to popping pills and drinking, went on to drop gnawing details about how the post-delivery gain interfered with her sex life. Her growing insecurities around her body prevented her from having sex with her husband Eric Johnson unless she had a white shirt on. It is believed that Simpson often hated looking at herself in the mirror.

Simpson is in a much better space physically and emotionally and is of the opinion that everything is an inside job. Her memoir is a tell-all in every sense of the world—from her tumultuous marriage to Nick Lachey and sexual encounters as a child to battles with alcoholism. Simpson is married to Eric Johnson, with whom she’s had three children – Maxwell, 7; Ace Knute, 6; and a ten-month-old daughter Birdie.