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Khloe Kardashian is speaking out about the importance of getting skin cancer checks after experiencing a scare of her own.
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The reality star, 38, revealed in an Instagram story on Tuesday that she recently had to undergo surgery to remove a tumor from her famous face.
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The revelation came after Kardashian said she had noticed “numerous stories going around about the ever-evolving bandage on my face.”
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Kardashian said she decided to get a “small bump” checked out seven months after realizing “it was not budging,” at first thinking it was “something as minor as a zit.”
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But after consultation with two dermatologists and two biopsies, Kardashian was advised “to have an immediate operation to remove a tumor” from her face, noting that what the doctors were seeing “was incredibly rare for someone my age.”
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On the next slide, the mother of two wrote she was “grateful” to her surgeon.
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“All my margins appear clear and now we move on the healing process,” she wrote. “
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You’ll continue to see my bandages and when I’m allowed, you’ll probably see a scarbut until then I hope you enjoy how fabulous I’m making these face bandages look.”
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In one selfie, Kardashian is seen with a small rectangular white bandage covering her right cheek.
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Later in her stories, the Good American founder wrote that she is sharing her story so that she “can remind everyone to get checked, and frequently.”
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Kardashian said she had a melanoma removed from her back when she was 19 but advised even those who are not predisposed to skin cancer to “be checking all the time.”
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“I was lucky and all I have is a scar to tell a story with,” she said. “Most people aren’t as lucky as me and I am forever thankful.”