Tamra Judge is giving her social media followers an intimate look at her most recent cosmetic procedures.
On Sunday, September 1, the Real Housewives of Orange County star, 56, posted a video on Instagram and X (formerly Twitter), where she chronicled her experience with a brow lift, from pre-surgery preparations to her recovery journey.
“Taking you all along on my journey!” Judge wrote in the caption of the revealing video. She shared that she visited Dr. Donald Mowlds in Newport Beach, who works alongside Dr. Ambe, to undergo a brow lift, a CO2 laser treatment, and a blue chemical peel.
“Seven years ago, I had a lower facelift but skipped the upper—like painting the house but forgetting the trim,” Judge added humorously. “Stay tuned for updates!”
Before her surgery, Judge snapped a selfie for her Instagram Stories, joking that she had “never felt prettier” while posing in her medical gown, with a cap covering her hair.
According to Mowlds’ website, a brow lift is performed to remove forehead wrinkles, while a “blue peel” is a “ZO controlled depth peel” that uses trichloroacetic acid combined with a blue-colored dye to tighten the skin and correct wrinkles or scars without surgery.
“Ok guys, I made it. I am one hour in recovery,” Judge says in one part of the video, speaking from her hospital bed. “I don’t feel bad. My eyes are all blurry because there’s, like, something like Vaseline in there or something. But—let the healing begin.”
The video then shows Judge being wheeled out of the Orange County surgery center with her face wrapped in bandages and a blue-green tint from the peel. The next clip shows her arriving home.
“Alright, I got home from the surgery center about an hour ago, so this is probably three hours post-op,” she continues, standing in her kitchen.
“They took a little skin out of the corner of my eye. I had a little fat pocket. Not too much pain, honestly. But, of course, I’m on pain medications—talk to me at 5 in the morning.”
Judge wraps up the video with an update filmed the morning after her surgery, as she sits in bed with a plate of food on her lap.
“Day one. I’m feeling okay. Felt a little beat up,” she says, before showing her breakfast.
“You know what happens when you take these,” Judge continues, holding up her prescription medications before showing a plastic baggie filled with prunes. “You get constipated.”
The video concludes with a series of close-up photos of Judge’s bandaged face. She notes that she is “in the thick of it” and promises to share more updates in the coming days.
Later that Sunday, Judge provided another update on both Instagram and X, writing in the post’s caption: “Day three and the swelling’s making a statement. Progress isn’t always pretty, but it’s happening.”
In an accompanying video, she discusses the swelling in greater detail. “The swelling is from the CO2 laser. You can see it’s all the way down my chest,” she says, opening her pajama top to reveal her chest.
In a clip filmed later in the day, she adds, “Swelling is supposed to be at its worst right now. I don’t know how it can get any worse. I feel like my skin’s gonna burst. You can see it’s getting oozy.”
Judge also mentions that she can barely open her eyes and that her throat is sore. “Hoping to turn a corner tomorrow,” she says.
This isn’t the first time the reality TV star has shared candid updates about her health and surgeries.
In October 2023, Judge revealed on social media that she had been hospitalized due to an intestinal obstruction after experiencing severe stomach pain.
Before that, she underwent life-saving emergency surgery to remove a strangulated hernia in 2012.
The procedure left her with a damaged, off-center belly button, leading her to opt for a corrective abdominoplasty in December 2022.
“It was one of the most painful things I’ve ever done in my life,” Judge told in February 2023 about the experience.
“God knows I’ve gone under the knife before, but recovering from this has been worse than anything I’ve ever done. I mean, I’ve given birth to four children and even that was easier!”
