Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave celebrates how her scars are healing.
The The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum posted on Instagram on Thursday, showing off her surgical scar from having her melanoma removed.
In the carousel post, she first shared a comparison photo of the scar’s progress over the past three months. Followers can see how the dark red scar on her back has faded over the past few months following the surgery in December.
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Teddy Mellencamp Scars March 21, 2024
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In another photo, the 42-year-old shared a close-up image of an “abnormal spot” her doctor had noticed. The spot is on her bicep, not her back where most of her melanoma spots are found.
In her caption, the TV personality shared an update on her recovery process, noting that she recently had her quarterly skin checkup.
“What a difference 3 months can make! My scar is healing nicely and I have the best doctors to thank,” she began in the description.
“But completely transparently, also during my three-month check-up, there was one abnormal spot that the doctor thought we should do a biopsy,” she revealed. “It’s on the other side of my body, so praying is nothing.”
“But I feel it’s the right time to remind you to go for a skin checkup ❤️”, she concluded.
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A new abnormal spot on Teddi Mellencamp’s skin.
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In September, Mellencamp Arroyave announced that she had been diagnosed with melanoma for the 13th time. The mother of three was first diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma in October 2022.
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In recent times, Two T’s in a capsule At the end of February, the host took a brief look at her scar in her Instagram Reel.
She began the video by briefly showing her back to the camera, before jumping into a series of jumpers, which also gave a glimpse of her healing scar.
“You are a fighter,” she began in the caption. “Trust me, I need a reminder just like anyone else. Sometimes life hits you square in the face, knocks you to the ground and leaves you thinking, ‘Why should I go back?’ I’m here to tell you: the answer is always, ‘Because you can.’”
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Before that video, Mellencamp Arroyave shared on Instagram that her “word for 2024.” “force”.
The TV personality revealed to followers that she chooses a word to focus on every year and revealed that she “kept joking” that this year’s word would be “getting by”. But after February began, she decided to refocus her year on the word “strength.”
“I convinced myself that this state of constant terrible anxiety was the new me and I just had to learn to ‘deal with it,'” she wrote in her Instagram caption.
“But it’s true, EFF THAT,” the accountability coach added. “Now I’m focusing on how I can be the strongest possible version of myself.”
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