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After months of criticism and mockery regarding her change in appearance, Galilea Montijo finally clarified what happened to her face and the effects caused by her plastic surgeries. What did the host say? Below, we share the details of her revelations.
According to what she said on the podcast Bajo la piel, hosted by Dr. Marimar Guerra, Montijo revealed that a plastic surgery she underwent in February 2026 was about to change her life forever and force her to leave television.
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The presenter confessed for the first time that she suffered serious complications after the surgery, lost control of her mouth and an eye for several months, and also suffered burns on her face while they were trying to reduce the inflammation in the area.
Almost half a year after the surgery and having undergone various treatments to reverse the effects, the celebrity stated that she has managed to recover by almost 90 percent, although she admitted that she had come to think she would not work in television again due to the damage she suffered.
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Montijo detailed that she lived through a nightmare after the aesthetic procedures, as she suffered from intense physical pain and lived in fear of not being able to control her mouth or her facial expressions again due to the complications: “When I feel that I cannot control my mouth or my eye, of course, it’s wonderful for memes, but it caused me a lot of pain,” she recounted.
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Initially, when she began to be the target of criticism and mockery for her change in appearance, Galilea said she had only undergone an eyebrow lift, but faced with media pressure, the host detailed all the procedures and their complications in the interview.
Apparently, the eyebrow surgery consisted of lifting them in a style popularized by actress Lindsay Lohan, she explained, but in addition to this, Galilea agreed to an intervention to remove “a little of the glands” from her neck to define the area.
“It hit a nerve in the eye, that has caused too much inflammation,” she said, adding that she was prescribed a liquid to reduce the swelling, but it didn’t work because the area continued to inflame and it also burned her.
Galilea said that by the third day, the skin started to turn white, so she sent photographs to her surgeon, Marimar Guerra. It was the doctor who identified the seriousness of the case and asked her to return immediately. Later, she received stem cell treatment, but the burn caused the collapse of her neck's lymphatic system, leading to a severe contracture that pulled her mouth to one side and affected the eye nerve.
“They give me stem cells, I wasn't worried about the eyebrow, I was worried about the burn, during these six months of whether it gets fixed, whether it doesn't get fixed, and I kept seeing how my eyebrow looked on this side, my mouth was coming to this side, because it was something I couldn't control. The massive contracture I had in my neck (...) This side started to pull over here. They started treating me as if I had paralysis,” she said.
The host of La Casa de los Famosos clarified that she never suffered facial paralysis, despite the speculation spread on social media, and that her specialist had already recommended that she not undergo any procedure, although she did not listen and took a risk with another doctor.
Despite the health complications and the initial criticism, Galilea Montijo decided not to leave the program Hoy and continued working during her recovery. However, she recalled that the studio lights made the side effects on her face much more evident.
“I have had a very bad time due to a medical issue rather than an aesthetic one. I was very worried about having a second-degree burn, which was what caused me to collapse and led to all of this,” she pointed out.
One of the episodes that affected her most after the complications occurred while she was interviewing actor Ernesto Laguardia on Hoy, when she observed on the monitor that her mouth was deviating without being able to feel the movement and without controlling it.
She also lamented that several doctors publicly expressed opinions about her condition without knowing her medical records and assured that none of them hit the mark with the real diagnosis.
In addition to this, Galilea recounted her experience and the fear she had of no longer being able to work in television or being seen in public; she also highlighted the psychological support she has received to face her fears of not returning to be the same physically.
“Psychologically I said: ‘I’m not going to work in television anymore, I mean, my face changed.’ It reached a point where I said: ‘My expression changed. What did he do to me? This isn’t me.’ I have always been very afraid of changing my expression, because I know that it is my eyes, it is my gaze, so, by not having that, I was very sad because I said: ‘Darn! It was my decision,’” she noted.
In the middle of her explanation, Galilea said that she felt like a “criminal” when she was spoken about in the press and on social media for having undergone plastic surgery and having gone through complications.
After months of rehabilitation, Galilea affirmed in the interview that this experience left her an important lesson; although she still believes in the effectiveness of aesthetic surgeries, she underlined the importance of choosing ethical specialists and having adequate post-operative follow-up.
The host reiterated that her goal remains to work 10 more years in television and to “age gracefully, naturally,” but without putting her health or her identity at risk.
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