Teddi Mellencamp Shares Major Update on Skin Cancer Battle

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RHOBH alum Teddi Mellencamp shares an update on her skin cancer battle and reveals that immunotherapy treatment “did not work.”

Teddi Mellencamp has hit a bump in the road on her skin cancer journey.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum, who has been battling skin cancer for almost two years, revealed on Tuesday that the topical cream immunotherapy treatment she’d been doing for the last three months “did not work.”

The Two T’s in a Pod podcast host shared the update on Instagram, writing:

“Long story short: The immunotherapy treatment did not work on my melanomas. I had a wide excision removal on my most recent melanoma last week to see if it did, and sadly, it did not.

I have been presented with a couple [of] new options, and I have decided with my doctors that the best next course of action is to have surgery on December 26th to remove a larger portion of the problematic area. I don’t like going under, and my anxiety is popping off, but I have faith all will be ok and that the reason this is happening to me is because I am able to raise awareness.

After surgery, when god willing, my margins are clear, we will continue to monitor my body closely every three months. In the meantime, I am looking forward to spending Christmas with my loved ones and hope this is a reminder to book your skin checks for the new year #skincancerawareness.

In October 2022, Teddi Mellencamp was diagnosed with stage 2 Melanoma just eight months after having her first skin cancer scare.

“Melanoma awareness update. Despite my anxiety, I listened to the doctors and went in for my 3-month skin check last week since my previous melanoma. They said I had another abnormal spot near my last one, so they did a biopsy. I got the call this morning: Stage 2 melanoma. Now, next Wednesday, I go to an oncologist to have it cut out and come up with a game plan on [the] next steps. Of course, this is all pending some additional testing and biopsies of other spots nearby that were taken today,”  the 42-year-old explained on Instagram at the time.

Back in March 2022, Teddi Mellencamp first shared several photos of a scary-looking mole that she recently had removed after it changed color. She revealed that her BFF and former RHOBH co-star Kyle Richards noticed the mole had changed shape and urged her to get it checked out.

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs on Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET on Bravo. 

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