Popular Actress Shows Off Her Transformation Months After Admitting To Dramatic Weight Gain
Actress Moon Geun Young, who returned to the screens with an unforgettable role in the Netflix blockbuster K-Drama Hellbound, addressed her weight gain when the internet buzzed about her appearance at the “2024 Melon Music Awards,” held in November 2024.
At the time, she told Cosmopolitan Korea that she “gained a lot of weight in a short amount of time” because she “lived life to the fullest” lately. She explained how a non-restrictive diet was liberating, and therefore, she didn’t mind having put on some pounds. She mentioned working on shedding the weight, though with time, and putting her well-being first.
Only months later, though, the adored actress—once dubbed “Nation’s Little Sister”—showed off her weight loss progress in an Instagram update. Captioned “self-done makeup for the first time in a long time,” the selfie post captured Moon Geun Young’s transformation:
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In 2017, Moon Geun Young was diagnosed with Acute Compartment Syndrome (ACS) leading her to halt all activities to focus on treatment. This medical condition is known to increase pressure within the body’s anatomical compartments, resulting in insufficient blood supply to tissue within that space. The actress has since made a full recovery—read more about what she said about her rare condition here:
