--- 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: 2026-04-13T09:05:34.219Z 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  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 5, 2017 7:58 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Chrissy Teigen attends the 23rd Annual City Harvest "An Evening of Practical Magic" Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on April 25, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 25: Chrissy Teigen attends the 23rd Annual City Harvest "An Evening of Practical Magic" Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street on April 25, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/WireImage)Noam Galai—WireImage  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) \[[_Byrdie_](http://www.byrdie.com/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4769373/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4769373/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery/"},"headline":"Chrissy Teigen Got Candid About Plastic Surgery","datePublished":"2017-05-05T19:58:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:05:34.219Z","description":"She says she had armpit fat sucked out","url":"https://time.com/4769373/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery/","keywords":["motto","plastic surgery","Chrissy Teigen"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt891554fa2d8eb19d/6988cc3bab6d7732f96adfe8/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt891554fa2d8eb19d/6988cc3bab6d7732f96adfe8/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"23rd Annual City Harvest \"An Evening Of Practical Magic\" Gala","caption":"23rd Annual City Harvest \"An Evening Of Practical Magic\" Gala","creditText":"Noam Galai—WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4769373/chrissy-teigen-plastic-surgery/","name":"Chrissy Teigen Got Candid About Plastic Surgery"}}]}] ```