Kailyn Lowry breaks down over body dysmorphia, warns fans to ‘think twice’ about plastic surgery

Kailyn Lowry broke down over having body dysmorphia after undergoing a breast reduction two weeks ago.

The “Teen Mom 2” alum took to Instagram recently to give her nearly 5 million followers an update on her health while doing her makeup.

“This is the first time I’m doing my makeup since I had surgery and I’m finally able to shower without help. I’m able to walk around without help,” the “Pride Over Pity” author, 32, said.

Kailyn Lowry broke down over having body dysmorphia and other mental health issues after undergoing a breast reduction. Kailyn Lowry/Instagram “This is the first time I’m doing my makeup since I had surgery and I’m finally able to shower without help. I’m able to walk around without help,” the mom of seven said. Kailyn Lowry/Instagram

“I had a very, very emotional morning, mainly just when I was taking a shower. I pray that my kids never struggle with their body images enough to mutilate their bodies to be skinny,” Lowry added while choking up.

The former MTV star said though a “little nip and tuck in terms of a nose job or a boob job is OK,” she believes undergoing plastic surgery to “be skinny is [a] mental illness.”

“And I say that with the most respect to anyone going through it,” she clarified.

Lowry said she was struggling “this time around” with her second surgery, adding, “I don’t know if it’s ’cause I have a daughter now.” (In 2016, Lowry got a Brazilian butt lift, as well as her stomach and breasts done.)

Lowry said she prays her kids “never struggle with their body images enough to mutilate their bodies to be skinny.” Kailyn Lowry/Instagram The podcast host, seen above in November 2024, said she doesn’t ever want her kids to “experience this level of body dysmorphia” because she was “willing to go to any lengths” to be skinny. Getty Images

She noted that she doesn’t ever want her kids to “experience this level of body dysmorphia” because she was “willing to go to any lengths” to be skinny.

“I was going for a breast reduction and then I was like, ‘You know what … add some lipo 360. Add a tummy tuck,'” she shared.

“Think once, think twice before you get plastic surgery,” Lowry warned her followers.

Last week, Lowry revealed on social media that. she had undergone a breast reduction months after welcoming twins, her sixth and seventh children.

“I was going for a breast reduction and then I was like, ‘You know what … add some lipo 360. Add a tummy tuck,'” she shared. kaillowry/Instagram Last week, Lowry shared a post-op selfie. Kailyn Lowry/Instagram

The “Barely Famous” podcast host shared a post-op selfie of herself wearing a supportive bra and holding up a peace sign.

Just six months prior, Lowry had expressed she wanted to get her breasts done but that she couldn’t until she lost weight. 

“I want to get a boob job, right? I call around. I’m making these consultations to get a boob job. You know what they told me? They told me I need to lose 40 pounds,” she said on her podcast.

“So 40 or 50 pounds, more like 50 but maybe get away with 40 pounds, before they can even operate on me.”

In May 2024, Lowry said doctors told her she was too overweight for a breast augmentation. Kailyn Lowry/Instagram She shares seven kids with four different men. Kailyn Lowry/Instagram

After the podcast host welcomed her twins, she revealed that she wanted to try Ozempic injections to lose weight.

Lowry is a mom to seven kids: Isaac, 14, Lincoln, 11, Lux, 7, Creed, 4, Rio, 2, and fraternal twins Verse and Valley, 1.

She shares the children with four different men.