Yellowjackets star Liv Hewson says they’ve “never been happier” after top surgery
Yellowjackets star Liv Hewson has reflected on how their life has changed since receiving top surgery. In a recent interview with Teen Vogue, Hewson opened up about receiving the gender-affirming surgery – which they mulled over for at least a decade. “I cannot tell you the complete fundamental shift that I have felt in the year since having surgery.
I knew that I wanted top surgery for a decade; it’s the longest I’ve ever thought about doing anything,” they revealed. “The place that I went, I had that clinic’s website open on my laptop for five years.
It was this impossible mountain: I want that, but I’m never gonna get it. No one’s gonna let me, blah, blah, blah.” The Drama World star went on to say that since receiving the procedure, they stand, walk and carry themselves differently before stating that they’ve “never felt happier.” “I’ve never felt more stable and present, and alive.
It’s the best thing I’ve ever done for myself. It’s taught me a lot,” Hewson explained. “The recovery process taught me about rest, accepting help, and caring for my body as something connected to me rather separate from me, that I’m in opposition to: This is mine, and I want to take care of it, and I feel good about it.” Towards the end of their interview, The Santa Clarita Diet star slammed the conservative critics who spew hateful rhetoric about top surgery, including the idea that the life-saving procedure is “mutilating” a person’s body. “When people talk about gender-affirming surgery using words like ‘mutilation,’ that’s not very nice.
