Kat Pettibone
Finally on the mend. Bristol Palin spoke of undergoing her ninth breast reconstruction operation after a reduction left her with ’tissue damage’ and ‘scarring’.
“Sharing wayyyyy tmi right now but I had my 9th breast reconstruction surgery last night – yes, NINTH, all of this stemming from a botched breast reduction I had when I was 19,” wrote Palin, 32, via her Instagram Stories on Wednesday, January 26. “I’ve had surgeries before to try and fix that initial muscle tissue damage and terrible scaring. Honestly, the whole situation has made me very embarrassed my entire adult life. Pray this is the last surgery. surgery required.
The Alaskan native wore a black tracksuit, under-eye patches and a compression bra in the post, which apparently had surgical drains filled with red fluid attached.
The cheese OG teen mom star, who is the eldest daughter of the former governor of Alaska Sarah Pallinexplained that she hates “being a whiner” but that the surgeries “put a setback/pause in life”, causing her to become “MIA”.
She added, “[I’m] do my best to stay positive, put myself forward and remind myself that I have so much to be grateful for. I’m healthy, fully capable, and that’s just a downside because things could always be worse.
This isn’t the first time Bristol has faced the difficult aftermath of cosmetic surgery. In May 2021, the real estate agent opened about undergoing abdominoplasty in 2018.
“Way [too] easy to compare us here, just a reminder not to,” she captioned an Instagram video at the time. “Let’s go [sic] for a second,” she captioned the video. “I post what I want you all to see. From decent angles and not from insecurities/scars (visible or not).
The Not Afraid of Life: My So Fa Journeyr author then developed further on surgery during an Instagram Q&A the same day, sharing that she saw an “incredible” doctor in Texas, but the process was anything but easy. “It was done in early 2018,” she said. ” I do not regret it. But recovery was, (without a doubt) you [sic] the worst pain of my entire life.
Bristol has often been candid about all aspects of her personal life. In August 2018, she finalized her divorce Dakota Meyer. The two girls share Sailor, 7, and Atlee, 5. She is also the mother of her son Tripp, 14, whom she shares with her ex. Levi Johnston.
Two months after starting to be legally single, the reality TV star told exclusively We Weekly on what was it like coming back to the dating world as a mother of three children.
“It’s a scary thing,” she shared with We in October 2018. “I have my hands full and it’s a bit daunting. It’s not even on my mind right now. … There is no, like, rule book on dating after divorce. It’s just [a] weird concept. I haven’t been out for so long, I’m like an old woman with so many children.