The Bachelorette alum Katie Thurston has revealed she underwent chin liposuction as she continues to battle breast cancer.
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"After so many required medical surgeries, I decided to do one for myself," Katie, 35, wrote via Instagram Stories.
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Alongside a photo of Katie resting with her beloved dog Charlie, an iced latte and a compression bandage around her head, she wrote, "I'm all about transparency. Never had Botox. Never had filler. But today I did in fact have chin lipo."
Katie looked very comfortable in the photo, as she was surrounded by big pillows in a cozy chair.
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The Bachelor alum subsequently called Charlie her "healer," and she added in a message to fans, "I'll answer all your questions when I can, but for now, I'm down for the count."
Katie was diagnosed with breast cancer in February 2025, and then she found out it had spread to her liver in March 2025.
Katie revealed in July 2026 -- three months after she underwent a double mastectomy -- that she needed a liver biopsy.
Although her liver had shown "no evidence of disease" this past spring, she said doctors were "at a loss" as to why her liver enzymes were elevated amid her cancer treatment.
"I'm looking forward to, you know, the future of medicine and the future of no evidence of disease, and, you know, whatever vaccines are coming," Katie said during a late July episode of the "Off the Vine with Kaitlyn Bristowe" podcast.
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Katie recently said her goal has been "turning pain into purpose" by helping other women going through a similar situation.
"My medicine is working. My tumor is shrinking. My energy is coming back and I feel good," Katie shared in a "Grave Conversations" YouTube interview in July.
"Some people like to use the word 'terminal,' but I don't identify with the word 'terminal' because that's such a morbid word. I don't want to think of a timeline over my head."
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Katie admitted she was in a "dark depression" for a little bit but she knows she has "a lot to live for," regardless of how much time she has left.
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In the meantime, Katie and her husband, comedian Jeff Arcuri, are planning for their first child and keeping busy renovating their new house.
Katie, who competed on Matt James' The Bachelor season before starring on The Bachelorette's seventeenth season, hard launched her relationship with Jeff in June 2024. She announced at the time, "Safe to say he's making it to hometowns next week," which was a nod to her prior The Bachelorette stint in 2021.
Katie and Jeff got engaged in August 2024, and then Katie moved from California to New York for Jeff and her cancer treatments.
Katie and Jeff tied the knot in an intimate backyard wedding in March 2025, and Katie said they'll have a bigger wedding after she beats cancer.
"He is proving that he's here to stay. He shows up every day and he does it in ways that just continue to surprise," Katie gushed to Us Weekly of Jeff last year.
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Prior to falling in love with Jeff, Katie had a short-lived engagement to her The Bachelorette 17 winner Blake Moynes.
Katie's The Bachelorette season ended on ABC in August 2021, and then she and Blake -- a Canadian wildlife specialist -- announced their breakup only a couple of months later in October 2021.
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Katie then went public with her romance with John Hersey, whom she had eliminated during Week 2 of her The Bachelorette journey, in November 2021. She was accused of moving on from Blake quickly with "a rebound" and emotionally cheating on her ex-fiance.
Katie and John split after less than one year together in June 2022, and Katie expressed on numerous occasions how John dumped her after she had allegedly given the relationship everything she had.
After ending her relationship with John, Katie made a cameo on Bachelor in Paradise's ninth season in 2023 and found closure with Blake, who remained her friend post-show.
Katie then she decided to pursue a unique opportunity and look for love on FBoy Island.
Katie had a brief public relationship with FBoy Island's Vince Xu, but Katie announced their breakup in December 2023.
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