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Teddi Mellencamp has eyelid surgery during stage 4 cancer treatment
Teddi Mellencamp had surgery to remove excess skin from her upper eyelids while receiving treatment for stage 4 cancer.
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum said she was awake during the procedure, which was done under local anesthesia.
Her cancer doctors cleared her for the procedure, according to Mellencamp and her surgeon, Dr. Sarmela Sunder.
Mellencamp was first diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, and it later spread to her lungs and brain.
She is continuing immunotherapy and said she would have her stitches removed on Thursday.
The procedure comes as she continues recovering from cancer and earlier surgeries to remove brain tumors.
Teddi Mellencamp says she had an upper blepharoplasty to remove excess skin from her eyelids while undergoing treatment for stage 4 cancer.
She said her cancer doctors approved the procedure and that she was awake during it.
Plastic surgeon Sarmela Sunder said the surgery was performed under local anesthesia after Mellencamp received medical clearance from her oncologists.
Mellencamp said she had immunotherapy scheduled for Wednesday and stitches due to be removed Thursday.
She was diagnosed with melanoma in 2022, and the cancer spread to her lungs and brain around March 2025.
- Who
- Teddi Mellencamp, a reality TV personality and “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum.
- What
- She had an upper blepharoplasty to remove excess skin from her eyelids. She said her cancer doctors approved it.
- When
- The articles say she shared the news on Instagram Stories on Monday and Tuesday; they do not give the procedure’s exact date.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Mellencamp said she wanted the procedure. Her surgeon said the skin on her upper eyelids had been weighing heavily on her.
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Mellencamp was diagnosed with stage 2 melanoma.
The cancer progressed to stage 4 after doctors found it had spread to her lungs and brain.
Mellencamp said the cancer was “gone,” while noting that it would take time to be considered in remission.
Mellencamp shared that she had undergone eyelid surgery after receiving approval from her cancer doctors.
- Procedure
- Upper blepharoplasty to remove excess eyelid skin
- Surgeon
- Sarmela Sunder
- Anesthesia
- Local anesthesia, according to Sunder
- Age
- 45
- Cancer diagnosis
- Stage 2 melanoma in 2022
- Cancer progression
- Stage 4 around March 2025, after spread to the lungs and brain
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What people are saying
Of course, it was fine with my cancer doctors, that’s why I agreed to do it
I was awake. I get my stitches out Thursday. I have immunotherapy Wednesday.
She got the ‘all-clear’ and we were able to perform the procedure under local anesthesia