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Denise Richards stepped out in Los Angeles last Tuesday sporting some suspicious scarring on her face.

Amid her messy split from Aaron Phypers, 52, the 54-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum was photographed with her oldest daughter, Sami Sheen, 21, in Calabasas, where she was seen with incisions on her temples and near her ears, as well as bruising around her eyes.

In photos shared by the Daily Mail, Denise was wearing her hair up in a messy bun, which gave onlookers a clear view of her red and bloody incision marks.

Dr. Giselle Prado-Wright, a plastic surgeon who did not operate on Denise, told the Daily Mail that Denise’s scarring appeared to be the result of a brow lift or facelift.

“From a professional standpoint, the visible incisions and swelling near the hairline, along with the bruising on the sides of her eyes and tightness, strongly suggest a recent endoscopic brow lift or temporal facelift,” she said. “Both are minimally invasive procedures that target the upper face. They specifically lift the brows and smooth the area around the eyes without the longer scars of a full facelift.”

“Her scars are well-camouflaged within the hairline and temple, consistent with less invasive lifting techniques focused on the upper third of the face,” the surgeon continued.

According to the doctor, she found it likely that Denise was “between five and eight days post op.”

“The incisions and swelling are almost perfectly symmetrical on both sides, which is consistent with cosmetic facial surgery,” she explained. “When you see clean, mirrored placement like this, especially along the hairline or temple, it strongly suggests an elective aesthetic procedure, not a medical one.”

As RHOBH fans have surely heard, Denise split from Aaron, whom she married in 2018, on July 4. And in the days that followed, she accused him of abuse, both physical and verbal, and was granted a temporary restraining order against him.

“Throughout our relationship, Aaron would frequently violently choke me, violently squeeze my head with both hands, tightly squeeze my arms, violently slap me in my face and head,” she alleged. “Aaron regularly threatened to ‘break my jaw’ and would cry, beg me to stay, and promise to get help — none of which ever happened.”

“Aaron has caused me at least three concussions,” Denise also stated.

Meanwhile, Aaron claimed Denise was someone who “falls down a lot” as he denied her accusations and claimed it was she who cheated on him, as he also stated that she was addicted to Vicodin.