Meghan Linsey on the Poisonous Spider Bite That Left a ‘Hole’ in Her Face

In February, Linsey was bitten by a poisonous spider while sleeping. The bite left her with “a hole on my face” after the skin cells around the site started to rot.

She opened up on the symptoms she struggled with, telling People magazine, "The swelling was the first thing, and then I ended up just having crazy, crazy symptoms. I had muscle spasms, then I had a body rash all over. They tell people to not look up things on WebMD, and I had looked up everything on WebMD and I had every symptom. Every day was another thing.”

“I was supposed to be getting better, but I was getting worse — up until day nine, which is when the symptoms stopped happening and the necrosis started on my face,” the 31-year-old revealed.

Over the past few months, Meghan's scar has begun to fade with the help of Stratamed, a gel dressing used on wounds. Her makeup routine has also changed since the incident. She shared, "I'm one of those people that just throws it on and goes, but now I have to put three or more layers on this one area of my face. It's kind of a pain at this point but, after going through everything I went through, I'm just glad to be alive.”