Teddi Mellencamp took to Instagram on Thursday to share the before and after photos showing off the results of her neck lift and partial lower face lift surgery.
The 40-year-old TV star posted two bare-faced profile shots, side by side, revealing the difference in her former neckline and her new chiseled jaw, just four days after the procedure.
‘Day 4 post op: bruised and still swollen,’ the Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills star wrote above the photos, which were posted to her Stories.
In another stunning shot the blonde beauty showed her face from the front, revealing a very defined jaw and neckline.
She posted a similar photo on her Stories as well, sporting her shoulder-length blonde tresses in a sleek bob, and wearing light makeup, with a dash of mascara and pink lipstick.
In yet another snap she was seen in bed, with her face bandaged up and a blue compress on her head, as she continued to recover from the surgery.
The star recently spoke with Extra’s Billy Bush about the neck-lift procedure and the online reaction she’s received for it.
‘Everybody went crazy. I mean, there was way more positive than there was negative, but I kind of wanted to point out the negative because people continuously want to know all the details, but when you give them the details, they are upset about it,’ she said.
‘If you don’t want to get rid of it, don’t get rid of it, but I think we live in a world of filters,’ she explained, and went on to state that she didn’t want to lie to her fans that her new appearance was the result of drinking ‘a bunch of water.’
Teddi also mentioned that having children and weight fluctuations throughout the years caused her skin to lose elasticity.
‘Not only did I naturally have that slope, then I also added loose skin to it and I got to the point I was like angling myself in certain directions and it became something I didn’t want to deal with anymore,’ she said.
‘I was like, “I work really hard to feel confident, and this is a little thing that I can do and I want to be honest with the people that follow me and give them the good, the bad, and the ugly.”‘
Mellencamp revealed on social media earlier this week that she recently had the neck lift because she felt ‘insecure’ with how she appeared in profile.
The star also said that she was healing nicely with little bruising as she showed post-op images of her scar.
But it was not long before trolls criticized her for getting plastic surgery, forcing the star to defend going under the knife.
One angry person shared, ‘Ur a public figure trying to help women loose weight yet your getting a face lift to remind those of us who need one who can’t afford one how ugly we are Thanku.’
Teddi responded by saying it is better that she is being honest with her fans.
‘I am being transparent with my journey,’ Mellencamp said.
‘Would you prefer I lie and pretend the loose skin on my neck disappeared? That’s not who I am. You want to only follow people that show themselves through a filtered version of themselves then I am not the person to follow.’
The daughter of crooner John Mellencamp and Victoria Granucci said that she changed her life seven years ago by being healthier which helped her loose weight.
And she has been more than happy to motivate others to get healthy.
But she argued that she is still sharing her journey, which includes her admission that she had plastic surgery.
The star feels she should be given props for being honest about all her changes and not criticism.
‘Do you appreciate me being open about my journey or would you rather I just pretend I did nothing?’ she asked.
She has been generous with sharing her journey with videos on her Instagram Stories.
One image saw her still in the hospital with a large bandage around her head as her face was bloated.
On Monday she was seen with a bandage on her chin and a scarf over her head as she said she was doing a hyperbaric chamber.
On Tuesday she showed off the scar under her chin and said she could not believe there was not more bruising as she relayed she was finally able to take a shower.
A week ago she alerted fans that she was going under the knife.
‘I’ve been nervous to talk about this because when you have over a million followers on Instagram there are a lot of people with very strong opinions and they can come at you and they can make you feel all different kinds of ways,’ explained the star as she was makeup free with a black tank top and black Alo cap on.
She added she was ‘100 transparent’ with her fans so she wanted to tell everyone that the loose skin on her neck has always bothered her.
She tried Botox, the strings, fillers, and nothing worked, she insisted.
‘The way that my neck is and with the loose skin, the only way to do it is to pull it up,’ she said as she demonstrated the skin being pulled up with her fingers.
‘One million percent I could leave it,’ she also said but then shared that she did not want to leave it.
And she also said she was working with Dr Sarmela Sunder, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon.
‘This doesn’t mean I don’t love the skin I’m in but this is something that has bothered me since I was a young girl, it’s a deep dark insecurity that I have and I am just gonna do something about it,’ added the star.
She also said she has loose skin on her belly but is not going to change that. She just wants the loose skin under her chin fixed.
Mellencamp has had surgery before; in 2019 she admitted to having her breasts redone.
She has three kids with husband of 11 years Edwin Arroyave. They are Slate, 11, Cruz, seven, and Dove, two.
He also has daughter Isabella from a previous relationship.
