Mary Jo Buttafuoco Gets Surgery To Smile Again 25 Years After She Was Shot By Husband’s Teen Lover

Feb 06, 2019 by apost team

Some people will never forget where they were when they heard the news about what happened to Mary Jo Buttafuoco. Although it was 25 years ago, Mary Jo has had to live life as a victim from a brutal and violent shooting assault from her husband’s teenaged mistress.

Amy Fisher, the teenage lover of Joey Buttafuoco, Mary Jo’s husband, decided that she was going to shoot Mary Jo on May 19, 1992. She was having an affair with Joey for quite some time, and the situation gave her the nickname of the Long Island Lolita in the press.

Everyone who lived through the ’90s remembers the incident, and Mary Jo has had to live with the consequences of the shooter’s actions and dealt with the repercussions all alone ever since.

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Thankfully, Mary Jo was a survivor of Amy’s violent rage. However, that doesn’t mean that she came out of the incident unscathed. After the shooting, Mary Jo became completely deaf in one of her ears.

Not only this, but part of her face became paralyzed and was deformed from the bullet. Thankfully, she gave an accurate description of Amy Fisher that allowed police officers to capture and arrest her.

After the shooting, Mary Jo stayed with her cheating husband for many years to come, but they eventually divorced 11 years after the shooting. This decision gave Mary Jo some backlash from the media, but she remained loyal regardless. 

Since the bullet damaged the right side of her face and brain, Mary Jo was unable to smile properly. For years, this left a weight on her confidence and self-esteem.

It was hard for her to look in the mirror because she hardly recognized the person that she was looking at. It also brought back and triggered harmful memories of the shooting and made her feel unattractive to the outside world. But at the age of 62, Mary Jo has now gone through an amazing makeover!

Dr. Babak Azizzadeh, a cosmetic surgeon, has worked to transform Mary Jo so she is able to smile and feel like herself again. He gave her surgery to repair nerves in her face and also gave her an added facelift.

You can learn about Mary Jo’s heartwarming transformation in the video above. What do you think about this violent attack and the aftermath? Tell us in the comments and pass this unforgettable story on to your friends and loved ones who might remember the incident from back in the days as well. Don't let Mary's story be forgotten.