Teddi Mellencamp shares extremely graphic images ahead of 16th skin cancer surgery: ‘Reality check’

 

shirtless teddi mellencamp with scars on her back smiling in black-and-white photo

Teddi Mellencamp shared graphic images snapped throughout her skin cancer journey. teddimellencamp/Instagram

Teddi Mellencamp gave her followers a “reality check” by posting a series of brutal images snapped throughout her skin cancer journey ahead of her 16th operation.

In one Instagram photo shared Tuesday, the “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum showed a massive incision site on her back before it healed in a Z-shaped scar. In another photo that came with a “trigger warning,” Mellencamp, 43, is lying face down on an operating table with a large portion of her back’s skin removed.

Warning: Graphic images ahead

blurred photo of a Z-shaped scar

The “RHOBH” alum posted an image of a massive incision mark from one of her surgeries on Tuesday. teddimellencamp/Instagram

screenshot of teddi mellencamp lying on her stomach with a massive portion of skin removed from her back

The former reality star also shared a haunting image of a large portion of her skin being removed and offered fans a “trigger warning.” teddimellencamp/Instagram

“ONLY SWIPE ON THIS PHOTO IF YOU WANT A REALITY CHECK ON HOW IMPORTANT SKIN CHECKS ARE,” she warned her fans before they aimlessly swiped through the carousel.

Despite the intensity of the images, Mellencamp said she is “feeling more positive” about her next surgery than she was “a week ago.”

“The surgery is the easy part compared to the ups and downs of not being able to control what’s going on inside my own body,” she wrote, noting that she will be going under the knife on Aug. 19.

shirtless teddi mellencamp with scars on her back and shoulder

Mellencamp, 43, shows her scars in a new black-and-white image. teddimellencamp/Instagram

teddi mellencamp wearing an oxygen mask

Mellencamp, seen here lying in a hospital bed after a previous surgery, will be undergoing her 16th operation on Aug. 19. Teddimellencamp/Instagram

“In the meantime I will be loving on my kids, getting to see my dad [John Mellencamp] in concert with a bunch of friends, going to some incredible horse shows, and podcasting with some amazing women,” she concluded her message. “I am blessed.”

The former Bravolebrity has been undergoing surgeries to have melanomas removed ever since she was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in October 2022.

A couple of months later, Mellencamp revealed the surgeries were successful and her margins were clear, but she would have to go for skin checks every four to six weeks.

The ex-Bravolebrity was first diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in October 2022. Instagram/@teddimellencamp

towel-clad teddi mellencamp taking a mirror selfie to show bandages on her back

Mellencamp, seen here showing off her past bandages, previously shared every painful surgery has been “worth it.” Teddimellencamp/Instagram

In September 2023, Mellencamp shared doctors had discovered “another melanoma.”

“At this point, I am starting to black-out these memories like a portion of my childhood,” she wrote under a teary-eyed selfie at the time. “I slept maybe 2 hours last night because my mind was racing.”

She ultimately had to undergo a massive excision on her shoulder, but she said it was “worth it.”

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