Chrissy Teigen embraces her surgery scars and encourages self-love with new topless selfie
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Libby Torres
Feb 17, 2021, 03:18 IST
Chrissy Teigen shared a topless selfie with her followers for Valentine's Day.Getty
Chrissy Teigen posted a topless selfie on Valentine's Day urging followers to love themselves.
In the mirror selfie, Teigen's scars from past surgeries are clearly visible.
The vulnerable photo comes after a tough year for Teigen, who lost her unborn baby in September.
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Chrissy Teigen embraced her scars in a body-positive post on Valentine's Day.
Teigen shared a topless photo to her Instagram story, which included a bandage emoji and the caption, "Happy Valentine's Day. Love yourself!!"
The "Cravings" author recently underwent surgery for endometriosis, and the scars from her procedure are fully visible in the mirror selfie.
She also wrote that she "has been throuuugh it"- a reference to the emotional and physical struggles she experienced this past year after losing her unborn baby with husband John Legend in September.
"my little jack would have been born this week so I'm a bit off," the cookbook author wrote on Wednesday. "I truly feel kicks in my belly, but it's not phantom."
In a subsequent tweet, she shared a video of her stomach moving, apparently due to cramps. "I'll pretend it's him saying hi - it never stops," Teigen captioned the clip.
"We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn't enough."
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"To our Jack - I'm so sorry that the first few moments of your life were met with so many complications, that we couldn't give you the home you needed to survive. We will always love you," Teigen continued.
The "Cravings" author has two children with Legend - Luna, 4, and Miles, 2.
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