Actress Uche Ogbodo has opened up on why she decided to undergo body enhancement surgery.
In an interview with Saturday Beats, the mother of three said the decision came after she struggled with her body image following childbirth.
“Well, about being naturally endowed, I don’t know how you mean because I didn’t have an hourglass shape. Growing up, I was very busty, but that’s not all beauty entails nowadays. Starting to have babies didn’t help matters for me. I didn’t like what I looked like when I looked back at myself after my third baby. So I felt like I owed it to myself to be happy and confident.
“I had to have work done on myself for me, not for any other person, but for my mental health – to feel good, okay, and enough. I am enough competition for myself,” she said.
The actress explained why she chose to be open about her transformation, unlike celebrities who stay silent after cosmetic work.
“In this country, I always find it a bit awkward that people are not honest and transparent most times, especially celebrities. You’re a role model, and then you lie to people who look up to you or who love you genuinely.
“So many people just go and disappear, and they come out with a banging body. They look like that’s how they were born. That’s not how you were born. You worked on your body. So why are you now hiding the fact that you worked on yourself?”
Uche added that having three cesarean sections affected her body and her husband supported her decision.
“There’s danger in everything. There’s danger in having malaria. But I knew there was nothing to be afraid of because I was in the right hands,” she said.
