Chrissy Teigen’s Mystery Surgery Revealed After Bandaged Face Worry

Chrissy Teigen explained why she recently underwent surgery, after sparking worry with a video showing her face bandaged up while in a hospital on Thursday.

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model, 39, initially gave no details on her mysterious procedure. However, on Friday she explained that she underwent a ‘hairline lowering procedure.’

John Legend’s wife shared a photo showing tiny stitches along her hairline on her Instagram Stories.

She wrote: ‘Hi friends! A lot of you are wondering about my hospital pic which is very understandable as I gave no explanation, lol.’

‘I had a hairline lowering procedure. Lost a lot in the front from babies and it’s just very thin up there. When you see it on a [red] carpet it’s ALWAYS extensions.’ 

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In her original video, the model was seen with a beige bandage under her chin, around her cheeks and on top of her head.

It appeared the Mulligan actress had just had plastic surgery – but it wasn’t confirmed until a day later. 

A hairline lowering procedure is also sometimes known as forehead reduction surgery or scalp advancement.

It’s done for a variety of reasons, including to help with a receding hairline or to shorten a high forehead by moving the hairline forward

Teigen has previously been candid about the work she has had done. 

In 2021 she alerted fans she had liposuction in her face for a more slender appearance.

Previously, in 2017, she said she had the same procedure on her underarms.

‘I had my armpit sucked out,’ she said in response to a question about what the ‘craziest treatment’ she had ever received. 

The procedure, she said, added ‘two inches of length’ to her arms and made her feel more confident while wearing sleeveless shirts.

Detailing the liposuction to Refinery29, she said: ‘I had an armpit sucked out, which was one of the best things. It’s a big secret, but I don’t care.’

The model further explained the effects of the procedure, calling it the ‘dumbest’ thing she has ever done. She said the effects turned out not to be permanent and noted she was thinking of getting it done one more time.

‘And I had two inches to my armpit. Now it’s back though, so now I’ve gotta pay for [liposuction] again. It was so easy,’ she added. 

‘It made me feel better in dresses; I felt more confident. It was the dumbest, stupidest thing I’ve ever done. The dumbest, but I like it, whatever. I have no regrets, honestly.’

The model hasn’t previously given any indication she’d have extensive work done for cosmetic reason, but insisted she felt very comfortable talking about it publicly. 

‘I’m not shy talking about that sort of thing,’ she added. ‘I have no regrets.’

Chrissy later took to Twitter to confirm the armpit procedure actually happened. 

Chrissy’s admission about getting cosmetic procedures done came after she said on Twitter she’d had Botox injected in her jaws, but not for aesthetic reasons.

According to Chrissy, the procedure was done to relieve jaw clenching – an ailment she blamed on President Donald Trump.

‘I also had Botox in my jaw muscle to relieve tension from constantly clinching. I was not like this before,’ she tweeted. ‘Pay my bill, POS POTUS.’

Asked what the craziest thing she had ever done in the name of beauty was, the model previously revealed she’d had veneers put on her teeth.

‘I shaved away my teeth and made them into little pencil points for nice teeth, that’s kind of weird if you think about it,’ she told Harper’s Bazaar. ‘I was a notorious teeth-grinder, so all my front teeth became a couple millimeters shorter.’