Professional skateboarder Brooklinn Khoury has spoken out after trolls on social media criticized the results of her reconstructive facial surgery.
The 23-year-old skateboarder was left with serious life-changing injuries to her face after she was attacked by a pit bull while she was visiting family in Arizona back in November 2020.
The attack left Khoury without her top lip and with damage to her nose.
At the time, she wrote to her fans on Instagram: "This is the beginning of a long journey to recovery. I hate asking for anything but It would mean the world if you would pray for me. Please remember to hug someone you love today."
Fast forward to the last few weeks, and following her final surgery, Brooklinn has proudly been showing off the results of her reconstructive surgery on TikTok.
However, despite both Brooklinn and her doctors being flooded with praise from most people in the comments section, one person wrote that she felt like her surgeon "did her dirty" with regards to her nose.
"I still feel like the surgeons did her nose dirty, rough job," the comment read. "She's absolutely stunning though."
However, these comments did not sit well with the skateboarder.
Sharing a video directly responding to the comment, Khoury said captioned her post: "My surgeon did such a good job with this nose surgery. He had to recreate the tip and brace my nostrils because they would collapse. He did so so good."
In the video, she said: "I strongly disagree" - as she started showing images of her nose before and soon after the attack.
"I literally could not breathe. This nose hole was completely shut. I had no cartilage in the tip or under at all," she continued.
Brooklinn then showed off her new nose, saying: "I think it matches perfectly with my face."
And many of her fans agreed, with one person writing: "I agree I think you are healing beautifully after all the surgeries."
A second echoed this sentiment, adding: "Your doctor is amazing I hope he is putting this in medical books".
In an interview with PEOPLE, Brooklinn revealed that she was at her cousin's home when she went to pet their dog, an eight-year-old pitbull named Diesel. "I was like, 'You're such a good boy.' He literally sprung from a sitting position like onto my face," she told the outlet.
"I was standing, and he was sitting - he literally just sprung up. And he was literally, hanging - literally like arms, legs hanging off of my lip. And my first instinct was like, 'Oh my God, get on the ground with him, hold his head, go wherever he goes,'" she stated.
"Finally, I felt a release. And then, something flew and hit the wall," Brooklinn told the publication, adding that she eventually realized it was her lip on the floor.
Her first surgery to improve the appearance of her lip didn't happen until one year later, in November 2021. Her final surgery took place last month, with the skateboarder telling her fans: "The surgery yesterday went really well! My surgeon was able to accomplish what he planned to do."
Brooklinn, ignore the trolls! You look amazing and the doctors did a superb job!
