Finally here. Bristol Palin opened up about her ninth breast reconstruction surgery after a reduction caused “tissue damage” and “scarring.”
“Now together, but I had my 9th breast reconstruction surgery yesterday – yes, the NINTH of all because of a botched breast reduction when I was 19,” Palin, 32, wrote via Instagram Stories on Wednesday, January 26. “I’ve had surgery before to try to correct the early damage to the muscle tissue and it was terrifying. The whole situation has honestly made me very self-conscious all my adulthood. Praying that this is the last surgery I need.
Alaska native sported a black sweatsuit, undereye patch and a compression bra in the post, which has apparently had a surgical drain filled with red fluid attached.
That’s from Teen Mother AND star, who is the eldest daughter of the former governor of Alaska Sarah Palinexplaining that he hated “being a whiner” but the surgery “put a setback/pause in life,” causing him to be “MIA.”
He added, “[I’m] trying my hardest to stay positive, hype myself up and remind myself that I have so much to be thankful for. I’m healthy, capable, and this just doesn’t feel good because things could be worse.
This isn’t the first time Bristol has dealt with the difficult aftermath of cosmetic surgery. In May 2021, the real estate agent opened up about the tummy tuck procedure in 2018.
“How [too] it’s easy to compare ourselves here, just a reminder not to,” she captioned the Instagram video at the time. “Let’s reeeel [sic] for a moment,” he captioned the video. “I posted what I wanted to see. From a decent angle and not from insecurities/scars (visible or not).
At Not Afraid to Live: My Journey to Becoming a Far the author then expanded further on the surgery during the Instagram Q & A on the same day, showing that he asked the “extraordinary” doctor out of Texas, but the process was anything but easy. “It was completed in early 2018,” he said. “I no regrets. But recover, (no doubt) you [sic] worst pain of my life.”
Bristol is often candid about all aspects of her personal life. In August 2018, they finalized their divorce Dakota Meyer. She shares two daughters Sailor, 7, and Atlee, 5. She is also mother to son Tripp, 14, who she shares with her ex. Levi Johnston.
Two months after starting to officially declare single, the reality star exclusively told Us Weekly what it’s like to return to the world of dating as a mother of three.
“It’s a scary thing,” he shared us in October 2018. “I’ve got my hands full, and it’s kind of daunting. It’s not on my mind right now. … There’s no rule book about dating after divorce. It’s just [a] strange concept. I haven’t dated for a long time, like an old woman with many children.”