Alexis Bellino ended up needing Dr. Terry Dubrow‘s professional assist when a piercing left her with a nasty an infection … TMZ has realized.
Alexis tells us her cartilage ear piercing had been giving her grief since she bought it a yr in the past … but it surely wasn’t till a hairdresser by chance ran into it final Thursday that she actually felt the agony. Ouch!
She says her hairdresser notified her that the earring was deeply embedded in her ear, and the pores and skin round it was clearly contaminated and overgrown. Alexis did not waste any time and dashed straight to pressing care to get it sorted out. Good transfer!
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Nonetheless, when docs busted out the scalpel, Alexis instructed them to carry up … ‘trigger the one individual she’d belief close to her ear was Terry. After all, the “Botched” star’s spouse, Heather Dubrow is Alexis’ costar on ‘RHOC,’ so it is all about protecting all of it within the Bravo household.
The massive elimination went down Monday, and Dr. Dubrow, being the champ he’s, even skipped his lunch break to assist her out.
We’re instructed he managed to tug out Alexis’ earring, which was decked out with 4 diamonds, with out having to make any incisions. Now that takes some critical talent.
For his half, Terry tells TMZ he is glad Alexis got here to him for assist … particularly ‘trigger messing with contaminated cartilage in your ear is like taking part in with fireplace. He explains to us the world would not have a lot blood move, so if issues go south, it may end up in severely gnarly infections that may straight-up wreck your ear, and even worse. Yeah, no thanks!
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Alexis is showering Terry with gratitude … telling us he is a top-notch surgeon and a brilliant variety good friend. She’s additionally raving about how Terry squeezed her into his busy schedule ASAP and made positive the entire ordeal was as painless as potential. Now that is the definition of getting a real good friend in excessive locations!
As for getting one other cartilage piercing. She’s placing her foot down, and saying by no means once more.