Khloé Kardashian has opened up about her cheek indentation.Photo:Khloe Kardashian Instagram; Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Khloe Kardashian Instagram; Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Khloé Kardashianis speaking out about her 2022 “skin cancer scare.”
Writing on her Instagram Story Tuesday, theGood Americanco-founder, 39, opened up about the incident which saw her have amelanoma spot removed.
Sharing a mirror selfie showing a close-up of her cheek, Kardashian wrote: “Not that we needed the arrow to show the huge indentation on the side of my face but because we had to remove a tumor from my cheek, I was Ieft with an indention."
“I am definitely not complaining because I would rather have an indention than melanoma any day,” she continued. “I am so incredibly grateful to all the doctors who helped and continue to help me with my skin cancer journey.”
Per theSkin Cancer Foundation, melanoma is one of the three major types of skin cancer.
Khloé Kardashian opened up about her scare.Khloe Kardashian Instagram
Khloe Kardashian Instagram
The Kardashiansstar went on to share a series of before-and-after snaps of her cheek and reveal that she is now getting the indentation filled with cosmetics injections.
She then shared some selfies from before the injections and “after one round of injections.”
Khloé Kardashian shared the reality of her skin cancer scare.Khloe Kardashian Instagram
“I look insane in these pics but I’m just happy that my face is slowly coming back together ha! I don’t even know how else to word this,” she wrote.
In a separate post, Kardashian thanked her “Armenian tribe” for working “WONDERS” on the indentation and added that getting it filled “will always be something” she has to do “due to the mass.”
Kardashian also thanked Beverly Hills surgeonDr. Garth Fisherfor removing the tumor in October 2022 and called him “my angel.”
Khloé Kardashian thanked her surgeon for filling the indentation left in her face.Kevin Mazur/WireImage
Kevin Mazur/WireImage
“Not only did he remove the tumor and made sure that I am completely cancer free but he did such a f—ing stellar job on making my scar as small and beautiful as possible,” she wrote.
“I never imagined that this tiny spec would turn into skin cancer and I can’t fathom what could have possibly happened had I not gone to the doctor to get it looked at,” she wrote. “Praise the Lord for covering me and thank you to everyone who was a part of my journey. It’s an ongoing one!”
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“I have done one biopsy on this bump that I just assumed was a zit, turns out it’s not a zit,” she said. “It’s melanoma, and for my age, it’s incredibly rare.”
“Melanoma is deadly,” she continued. “This is way more serious than I anticipated it to be.”
SisterKylie Jennercommented that finding out her sibling had melanoma was “really scary,” while 67-year-old momagerKris Jennercalled the news “very concerning.”
“I just hope that everything’s gonna be okay,” said Kylie, 26.
source: people.com
