Teddi Mellencamp is continuing to share her health journey with fans.
12.10.2022 - 07:17 / usmagazine.com
Teddi Mellencamp opened up about her recent health journey — and revealed she has been diagnosed with stage two melanoma.
“Melanoma awareness update. Despite my anxiety, I listened to the doctors and went in for my 3-month skin check last week since my previous melanoma,” the former Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star, 41, wrote via Instagram on Tuesday, October 11, alongside a photo of a scar on her right shoulder. “They said I had another abnormal spot near my last one so they did a biopsy. I got the call this morning: Stage 2 melanoma. Now, next Wednesday I go to an oncologist to have it cut out and come up with a game plan on next steps.”
The reality star shared that the skin cancer likely was caused by “putting baby oil and iodine on my skin to tan” as a teenager in the ‘90s, and never “wearing sunscreen” or “getting my moles checked until I was 40 years old.”
“I so badly wanted to blow this off. ‘What could happen in 3 months?’ I thought. Apparently a lot,” she wrote before concluding her post with a call to action.
“This has been such a wakeup call for me, and I hope to all of you, to love and protect the skin you’re in,” she wrote.
This isn’t the first time Mellencamp has discussed her experiences with melanoma. The Indiana native revealed in March that former castmate Kyle Richards took her to the doctor after noticing her skin was changing color.
“This is a reminder to please go get your yearly skin checks. I had been avoiding mine bc of my own anxiety for a very long time but when @kylerichards18 saw my back and it had changed colors again, she immediately took me to the doc who within minutes said it looks like melanoma and did a big removal,” she said via Instagram at the time, adding that she hopes her
Teddi Mellencamp is continuing to share her health journey with fans.
Teddi Mellencamp is getting real about her health.
Teddi Mellencamp has been diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma. The 41-year-old reality star took to Instagram to reveal she had been diagnosed after her doctor sported an "abnormal spot" on her back, which she will have cut out next week. She wrote: "Melanoma awareness update.
Teddi Mellencamp is opening up her diagnosis.
Teddi Mellencamp is opening up about her health and encouraging others to take their doctors' advice seriously.The alum took to Instagram on Tuesday to share her story regarding her recent melanoma diagnosis, alongside a photo of a pink scar and a bandage on her shoulder blade.«Melanoma awareness update. Despite my anxiety, I listened to the doctors and went in for my 3-month skin check last week since my previous melanoma,» Mellencamp, 41, shared.
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