'RHOC' Star Tamra Judge Looks Unrecognizable After Cosmetic Procedure

Healing takes time — that's what Tamra Judge is learning as she continues to recover from a recent cosmetic procedure that has caused some intense swelling.

The 57-year-old Real Housewives of Orange County star had some work done on Sunday (September 1), revealing that she had a brow lift and blue chemical peel, a non-surgical procedure aimed at tightening skin and correcting wrinkles, per People . She has also been documenting her recovery and healing process on social media, sharing what her face looks like mere days after the procedure, including facial swelling and peeling that makes her look unrecognizable .

The dramatic look hasn't only shocked fans; even her own mother, Sandy Baker , had some harsh words about the appearance of her healing face. In a video shared to her Instagram on Monday (September 2), Judge said she "literally can't stop laughing" at the screenshotted text messages she received from her mom, telling her followers, "you guys know where I get my empathy from, right?"

"Your face literally makes me want to throw up," her mom wrote, followed by another text saying, "It looks so painfully and you don't look like yourself."

Even her mom's friends have questions about what happened to her, with her mom writing, "One of my friends called and asked if you had been [in] a motorcycle accident."

Judge kept her sense of humor about the exchange, joking about the comments in the video's caption, writing, "Keeping it 💯 runs in the family. 😂" In the meantime, "things are looking up" in her healing process as she "only had one pain pill" to deal with being "just a little crisp around the edges."