Overview
- In a brief TikTok clip, Jackson used her phone’s flashlight to display a hole in her septum and explained the audible whistle when she breathes.
- She connected the injury to prior inhaled-drug use, with coverage noting cocaine as a common cause of septum perforations.
- Jackson said she will forgo reconstructive surgery because the postoperative pain medications could threaten her recovery.
- She recounted that the damage began around age 20, joked she could pass a strand of spaghetti through the opening, and said the whistle can complicate recording sessions.
- Reports highlight that she is nearing six years sober after celebrating five years in January and being honored with a Friendly House award in October.