Carrie Underwood’s Fears For Her New Face

Carrie Underwood is preparing her fans for the worst: that her angelic looks may be marred forever after a serious — and mysterious — fall that required 40 to 50 stitches in her face!

She's been in hiding since the Nov. 10 incident — save for random appearances on pal's Instagram feeds, like this one on Dec. 12. “I want you all to understand why I might look a bit different,” she posted, and confessed she’s “not quite looking the same!”

Now “there’s a real worry she could be disfigured for life!” The National ENQUIRER learned from an insider. “Based on her statements, it seems doctors couldn’t save her face.”

Carrie says her drama unfolded after she fell on the front steps of her family home near Nashville. Initially, the "American Idol" winner only admitted to a broken wrist — but now she is finally confessing she also suffered severe facial damage.

“I’ll spare you the gruesome details,” she wrote, “but the doctor told [Carrie’s husband] Mike that he had put 40 to 50 stitches in.” But friends confide Carrie, shown here performing with Keith Urban in April 2016, is still putting on a brave front.

“This was such a horrific accident and required so much reconstructive work. It’s hard to imagine it won’t take a serious toll on her looks,” the insider says. “The fact she’s been in hiding for so long only makes her friends more worried that it’s a lot worse than she’s letting on.”

Carrie, whose triumphant anthem "The Champion" (featuring Ludacris) will open the Super Bowl broadcast on Feb. 4, confessed, “I honestly don’t know how things are going to end up!”