Pro Skateboarder And Model Shows Off New Face After Getting Mauled By A Pit Bull In 2020

Pro skateboarder and model Brooklinn Khoury just updated fans on how she’s looking and feeling following a horrific pit bull attack in 2020.

The In order to repair her nose and upper lips, 23-year old has had extensive reconstructive surgeries in the years that followed. Khoury Post several photos Imagine her going through the same process for social media during the holidays.

“Today I had to remind myself how far I’ve come since the attack,” She wrote. “Looking back at photos and videos makes me feel a way I cannot put into words. But what it does is it shifts my perspective on how precious life is, and also time.”

Most Recently, she shared a clip herself heading to Sephora To have a makeup artist apply makeup to her upper lips. Khoury She smiles and makes funny faces while drawing on her reconstructed face.

The Model encouraged fans to look for the bright side in any situation, regardless of how dire. 

“Timing is so unpredictable, but it’s also so divine,” Khoury Shared with her fans. “I would have never imagined something like this to happen, but I have learned so much about life, and finding happiness through this whole journey,” She spoke of the experience.

“Whatever you are going through it will get better, and it will happen the way it needs to,” She wrote.

Khoury In another post, she explained that her faith in God Her family’s support was crucial for her healing. “When I got into the attack it was so hard to see what the future held for me,” She spoke. “Thank God for giving me the strength, and the people I have in my life to help me grow, and continue to trust the process.”

The In 2021, a pro athlete discussed the attack with People.

In November 2020, Khoury Was visiting family in Gilbert, Arizona, and bent down to pet her cousin’s 8-year-old pit bull, Diesel. She She said that she had interacted with the dog many times before and had never experienced any problems. 

“I was like, ‘You’re such a good boy.’ He literally sprung from a sitting position like onto my face,” She spoke to the publication. “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 tried to follow the dog’s lead at that point to reduce tension on her face. “Finally, I felt a release. And then, something flew and hit the wall,” She spoke.

“I looked down and my whole shirt was just blood — like blood, blood, blood everywhere,” Khoury recalled. She She took the fragment of her lip off the floor and brought the item with her to the emergency department. However, doctors were unable reattach the skin.

Now after years of reconstructive surgery, the model says she’s finding happiness amid the healing process.