The actor explained that he suffered from depression and that an accident at his house almost killed him.
A few months ago, Zac Efron went viral on social media for his remarkable physical change, and also for his “new face”.
Much was said that he had resorted to aesthetic touch-ups to correct some ‘imperfections’However, the actor never came out to deny or confirm the situation at that time.
During these months, Efron had moved away from the cameras and the media focus, until now, when he has returned to reappear thanks to an interview what did the revista Men’s Healthfocused on your physical health.
The actor also hit the red carpet this week during the premiere of “The greatest beer run ever,” his new movie for Apple TV+, at the Toronto Festival.
In his conversation with the aforementioned magazine, Zac referred to the health disorders that he had following having transformed his physique for the role he played in “Baywatch”, a remake of the successful series of the ’90s.
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Furthermore, among other things, it revealed that suffered from depression, agoraphobia and later had various physical injuries derivatives and an obsession with maintaining a fitness body.
“Ese look [de Baywatch] I don’t know if it’s really achievable. There is very little water on the skin. It looks fake or CGI. All of that required powerful diuretics to accomplish. So I don’t need that now. I’d rather have an extra, you know, 2-3% body fat,” he said, explaining his current dietary modification.
In addition to taking diuretics, Efron said he overtrained and ate the same three meals every day. Also, I wasn’t getting enough sleep.
“I started to develop insomnia and fell into a pretty strong depression, for a long time. Something regarding that experience burned me. It took me a long time to get focused once more. Ultimately, they attributed it to taking too many diuretics for too long. Something went wrong,” he said.
As a result of these events, Zac has revealed that he suffers from agoraphobia, an anxiety disorder that involves the fear of entering crowded spaces or even leaving the house.
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His ‘new face’
Efron commented in the interview that the changes in his face were a consequence of having broken his jaw in an accident at home.
The actor was running in socks, slipped and landed on the edge of a granite fountain. From the incident he recalls that she regained consciousness with her jawbone loose.
The way to fix the injury was that they had to sew it up. “The muscles of the face are made to work in symphony”, he explained, detailing that as a result of the accident the jaw muscles increased in size to compensate. “They got very, very big,” she pointed out.
Finally, he said that he still works with a specialist and a physiotherapist that have taken him to do rehabilitation to recover the ‘normal’ movement of the face.
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