Gypsy Rose Blanchard shows off her new nose.
The 32-year-old Munchausen by proxy, who has gained national notoriety recently, was spotted out and about this week for the first time since undergoing plastic surgery.
Photos from Wednesday, April 17, show Blanchard in a Walmart parking lot in Galliano, La. with a remarkable new look.
Earlier this month, she told PEOPLE exclusively that she will soon undergo rhinoplasty to change the shape and appearance of her nose.
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“I am currently on a personal journey of transformation and that includes a physical one,” she said in an exclusive statement. “Wish me luck with my surgery and keep an eye on it all this summer Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up.”
Once the procedure was complete, she revealed that things “went great” and that she was on the road to recovery.
“I’m in and out of sleep. It hurt at first but I’m on pain meds,” Blanchard told PEOPLE. “I can’t breathe through my nose because of the parcel, but that’s coming on the 10th.”
She added that she couldn’t wait to see her results: “I want to see it so bad!”
In the same photos from Wednesday, changes were also noticed in her smile.
TMZ reports that porcelain caps replaced her silver teeth. Her mother Claudine “Dee Dee” Blanchard previously had several of Gypsy’s teeth and salivary glands removed by doctors after she claimed her child suffered from tooth decay.
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After Gypsy was released from a Missouri prison in December 2023 after serving nearly nine years in prison for her role in her mother’s 2015 murder, she spoke exclusively to PEOPLE about her most painful unnecessary procedure.
In her exclusive interview with PEOPLE, the then-newly released woman recalled having surgery “to remove two salivary glands from the back of my throat.”
Gypsy recalled that she “didn’t respond very well to the anesthesia,” making the recovery process “really, really difficult.”
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“To this day, it has left me with the side effects of having to clear my throat all the time. So I’m always, if you listen to me, that’s a constant thing I’ve had ever since. And it annoys people to no end,” he said.
He also explained how Dee Dee had managed to manipulate the doctors into taking her to appointments.
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“The reason I had this operation is because my mother had it [Orajel] on my gums to make me drool at the appointment and complain to the doctor that [I drool] too much,” the Louisiana native told PEOPLE.
Gypsy added that her mother would be “very, very upset” with her if she asked about the number of surgeries she had.
Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up premieres June 3 on Lifetime.
