Model's powerful post about how her 'life changed instantly' after her lip was torn off by a pit bull four years ago

A model who had her top lip ripped off by a pit bull is looking back on the horrific attack four years later. Brooklinn spent years undergoing a slew of $400,000 surgeries to restore her smile as she gave her more than 1.1 million TikTok followers a glimpse into her shocking health journey. A model who had her top lip ripped off by a pit bull is looking back on the horrific attack four years later Brooklinn Khoury was making waves in the modeling industry, with the skateboarder-turned-influencer even set to star in a TV commercial when everything changed The surgery that saved Brooklinn's smile: What is a skin graft? A skin graft is when a patch of skin that is removed by surgery from one area of the body is transplanted, or attached, to another area It is often used on burns, areas where there has been infection that caused a large amount of skin loss, skin cancer, or very large wounds According to Mount Sinai, you shouldn't do physical activity for three to four weeks after the surgery She reflected about the incident on her TikTok account as she shared a slew of progress photos throughout the years. The 25-year-old's life was dramatically altered on November 3, 2020, when she was attacked by a relative's dog, who shook her 'head like a toy' Brooklinn spent years undergoing a slew of $400,000 surgeries to restore her smile as she gave her more than 1.1 million TikTok followers a glimpse into her shocking health journey Four years after the attack, the influencer admitted that she had felt every 'emotion you could possibly think of' and was still learning how to love herself They then made an incision in her neck, and went in and connected the artery so that blood could flow to the new lip.