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\t\t<\/p>\n Brooke Shields<\/strong><\/a> is getting candid about her body.<\/p>\n The 59-year-old Suddenly Susan<\/em> actress opened up in her new memoir Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old<\/em> that she underwent labia reduction surgery during her 40s due to discomfort, chafing and bleeding. <\/p>\n However, during a post-op checkup with her surgeon, she learned he also performed a vaginal rejuvenation procedure without her consent.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019d be lying if I said I\u2019m not embarrassed to share this very intimate information,\u201d she wrote the book in an excerpt via Us Weekly<\/a>. \u201cBut, if we are to change the way we approach and talk about women\u2019s health, then we need to bring up the uncomfortable but very real issues.\u201d<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n According to Brooke<\/strong>, her doctor seemed proud of the \u201ctwofer,\u201d even though she didn\u2019t request the \u201cirreversible\u201d procedure.<\/p>\n \u201cHe informed me that he threw in a little bonus,\u201d Brooke<\/strong> told Us Weekly<\/em>. \u201cIt felt like such an invasion\u2014such a bizarre, like, rape of some kind.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cNothing pointed toward this need to be tighter or smaller or firmer or younger, especially there,\u201d she said. She told Us<\/em> that she didn\u2019t tell her husband, producer Chris Henchy<\/strong><\/a>, what happened \u201cfor the longest time.\u201d<\/p>\n She\u2019s now going public with her story to raise awareness about women\u2019s autonomy. <\/p>\n \u201cI thought, I don\u2019t want anybody else telling me what I have to do,\u201d she went on to say.<\/p>\n Find out what procedures celebrity revealed they had done recently.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n