Khloe Kardashian says she had surgery to remove tumor from face
Khloe Kardashian recently had a tumor removed from her face, the TV personality said in a social media post this week.
According to People magazine and E! News, the “Kardashians” star, 38, took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday to address numerous reports that she has been wearing a bandage on her cheek.
“After noticing a small bump on my face and assuming it was something as minor as a zit, I decided to get it biopsied seven months after realizing it was not budging,” she wrote, according to the entertainment outlets.
Kardashian said that after she received a second biopsy on the “rare” bump, she was told “a few days later” that she needed “an immediate operation” to remove the tumor, the outlets reported. She then contacted Dr. Garth Fischer, who performed the surgery, she said.
Kardashian added that she had a tumor removed from her back nearly two decades ago and is predisposed to melanoma.
“I am someone who wears sunscreen every single day, religiously, so no one is exempt from these things,” she wrote. “Please take this seriously and do regular self-exams as well as your annual checkups.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, melanoma is “the third-most common type of skin cancer” – behind basal and squamous cell carcinomas – but is also the deadliest “because of its tendency to spread to other parts of the body.”
For now, fans will continue to see bandages on Kardashian’s face until she is allowed to remove them, she said, adding that she will likely have a scar and indentation in her cheek.
“Until then, I hope you enjoy how fabulous I’m making these face bandages look,” she wrote.
Check out these memorable photos of reality TV star Khloe Kardashian through the years.
1993: Clockwise from top left, Burton Jenner, Khloe Kardashian, Bruce Jenner, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Brandon Jenner, Brody Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Robert Kardashian Jr. and Cassandra Jenner of the celebrity Jenner and Kardashian families featured in the TV show "Keeping up With the Kardashians" pose for a family portrait in 1993 in Los Angeles.
2007: Kourtney (left), Kim and Khloe Kardashian arrive at Kim’s Birthday Party at Les Deux on October 21, 2007, in Los Angeles.
2008: Television personalities Kim Kardashian (left), Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian and Kris Jenner attend the season two launch of "Keeping up With the Kardashians" at Les Deux on March 19, 2008, in Hollywood, California.
2009: TV personality Khloe Kardashian and basketball player Lamar Odom arrive at the premiere of Warner Bros’ "Whiteout" on September 9, 2009, in Westwood, Los Angeles.
2010: Television personality Khloe Kardashian (left) and Los Angeles Laker Lamar Odom attend the "AXE Music One Night Only" concert series featuring Weezer at Dunes Inn Motel – Sunset on September 21, 2010, in Hollywood, California.
2011: TV personalities Kylie Jenner (left), Kendall Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian and Kim Kardashian attend the 2011 People’s Choice Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on January 5, 2011, in Los Angeles.
2012: Kylie Jenner (left), Kendall Jenner, Khloe Kardashian Odom and Kris Jenner attend the Seventeen Magazine Summer Celebration with Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner at the W Hotel Westwood on August 2, 2012, in Westwood, California.
2013: TV personality Khloe Kardashian arrives at The Hollywood Reporter’s 22nd annual Women in Entertainment Breakfast at Beverly Hills Hotel on December 11, 2013, in Beverly Hills, California.
2014: Kendall Jenner (left), Khloe Kardashian and Kyle Jenner attend the 42nd annual American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 23, 2014, in Los Angeles.
2015: Kris Jenner (left), Khloe Kardashian and Kylie Jenner attend the 2015 NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment Upfront at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center on May 14, 2015, in New York City.
2016: Khloe Kardashian attends the 2016 Angel Ball hosted by Gabrielle’s Angel Foundation for Cancer Research on November 21, 2016, in New York City.
2017: Khloe Kardashian attends the 2017 NBCUniversal Upfront at Radio City Music Hall on May 15, 2017, in New York City.
2018: Hrush Achemyan (left) and Khloe Kardashian attend the Fashion Nova x Cardi B Collaboration Launch Event at Boulevard3 on November 14, 2018, in Hollywood, California.
2019: Khloe Kardashian walks the red carpet at the official grand opening party for Mohegan Sun’s new ultra-lounge, novelle, on Saturday, June 22, 2019, in Uncasville, Connecticut.
2020: Khloe Kardashian attends Abyss by Abby – Arabian Nights Collection Launch Party at Casita Hollywood on January 21, 2020, in Los Angeles.
2022: Khloé Kardashian attends the 2022 Met Gala Celebrating "In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York City.
