--- title: Chrissy Teigen Talks Plastic Surgery, Armpit Liposuction description: Find out how Chrissy Teigen showed her trademark candor when talking about plastic surgery and what she doesn't regret. canonical: https://time.com/4769373/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-05T19:58:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:01:12.716Z og:title: Chrissy Teigen Got Candid About Plastic Surgery og:description: She says she had armpit fat sucked out og:url: https://time.com/4769373/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt891554fa2d8eb19d/6988cc3bab6d7732f96adfe8/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: 23rd Annual City Harvest "An Evening Of Practical Magic" Gala og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Chrissy Teigen Got Candid About Plastic Surgery twitter:description: She says she had armpit fat sucked out twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt891554fa2d8eb19d/6988cc3bab6d7732f96adfe8/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Chrissy Teigen Got Candid About Plastic Surgery > Sponsored content. 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In this exclusive clip from “Making of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2017,” only on DIRECTV NOW, Chrissy Teigen opens up about her hesitation to do a body shoot just months after giving birth._  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 5, 2017 7:58 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 5, 2017 7:58 PM UTC _This story was updated at 5:15pm EST on May 5, 2017._ Whether she’s [clapping back at Twitter haters](http://time.com/4519800/chrissy-teigen-twitter-private/), showing off [her stretch marks on Snapchat](http://motto.time.com/4455930/chrissy-teigen-stretch-marks/) or sharing [her personal struggle with postpartum depression](http://motto.time.com/4702079/john-legend-chrissy-teigen-postpartum-depression-support/), [Chrissy Teigen](http://time.com/4518248/chrissy-teigen-rihanna-mail/) isn’t afraid of being open about her life. The model took her trademark candor to the next level at a recent beauty event, where she said she’s had multiple plastic surgeries. “Everything about me is fake except my cheeks,” she said while laughing and pointing to her forehead, nose and lips, [_Byrdie_](http://www.byrdie.com/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery/) reports. “Fake, fake, fake.” Teigen shared that she’s not ashamed of the work that she’s had done, even humorously sharing an anecdote about one of her more unusual procedures. “I had my armpit sucked out,” she said, noting that it wasn’t a “necessary“ treatment but helped her feel more confident in sleeveless tops. “It added two inches of length to my arms… \[That fat\] is coming back though, so I might need to go in and pay for it again.” All humor aside, however, Teigen remained refreshingly transparent about her procedures. “I’m not shy talking about that sort of thing,” she said. “I have no regrets.” Update: Teigen later clarified: “Reminder to never ever joke, ever (I did do the armpits, no regrets except it clearly came back.)” > [](https://twitter.com/chrissyteigen/status/860581914519805952) \[[_Byrdie_](http://www.byrdie.com/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery/)\] ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Nice Crissy, beautiful. It's been a while since I've done anything, swimsuit. I haven't shot since baby. [ UNKNOWN ], that's nice. Beautiful. But of course you know that MJ and everybody at Sports Illustrated in general is gonna really embrace your body no matter what's happening and embrace the changes. Wow, gorgeous, gorgeous. I just wonder if she has to have a baby every year, because I've never seen her look so good and move so great and take such amazing pictures. So pretty, my god How great? I love it. IT took Jane's shooting it and for me to see the photo to know that it It's gonna be okay, but my gosh. Like, I was not prepared for that. She showed up telling me she would only shoot one- pieces, and if I could throw a blanket over the top of her, that would be great. And by the end of it, I think she was Wearing nothing. Nice, there you go Crissy. That's nice, glorious. I forgot how- Little smile, just make it a little softer, beautifully done. Stupidly painful is to just like pop your **** all day. [ LAUGH ] It's exhausting. My hips hurt. Thinks models are just so effortlessly walking around naked all the time. You have to really prepare mentally for something like that and trust the people that you work with. And she does that. All right, eyes on. I think she surprised herself on this trip, because I don't think she was seeing herself quite the same way we were seeing her. [ MUSIC ] Gorgeous, Chrissy MG's right. I don't want to say this to her, but the tinier the suit the smaller and hotter you look. I hate that. I hate that she's right. For a mother it's nice to be back in your element. And it's so important to my well being That I come out here, and I'm able do this, and do something I'm proud of. 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