Dana Delany Talks Eating Disorder, Botox Horror Story

Dana Delany Talks Eating Disorder, Botox Horror Story

'Desperate Housewives' star Dana Delany covers the new Prevention, and in the interview she talks about a Botox job gone horribly awry, struggling with eating and body issues and her new television series, 'Body of Proof.'

Here are a few excerpts, read the whole thing here.

On her eating disorder:

When I was a teenager and in my 20s, I had eating issues. I binged. I starved. I was one step away from anorexia--a piece of toast and an apple would be all I'd eat in a day. When I turned 30, my life got interesting and I stopped focusing on eating. Part of it was doing China Beach. I needed to have energy to work those long hours, and so I started eating more healthily.

On her current diet:

I don't like meat, so I don't eat it. I just prefer vegetables, tofu, and fish. And recently I was told by my endocrinologist that I am gluten intolerant. I'm not supposed to eat bread or pasta, which is really hard when you don't eat meat. But I'm trying gluten-free pasta, bread. It makes you less bloated and sluggish when you cut it out of your diet.

On botched Botox:

Something nobody ever talks about is doctor error. Seven years ago, I had never even heard about Botox. My dermatologist was saying, "You should try it." He injected my forehead, hit a nerve, and created a huge hematoma. The nerve has been dead ever since. It affected the muscle in my right eye, so my eye has started to droop a little bit. Now that I said this to you, everybody will look for it! I notice it more than anybody else, but I was symmetrical before and now I am not.

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