Chrissy Teigen posted a topless selfie on Valentine's Day urging followers to love themselves.- In the mirror selfie, Teigen's scars from past surgeries are clearly visible.
- The vulnerable photo comes after a tough year for Teigen, who lost her unborn baby in September.
Chrissy Teigen embraced her scars in a body-positive post on Valentine's Day.
Teigen shared a topless photo to her Instagram story, which included a bandage emoji and the caption, "Happy Valentine's Day. Love yourself!!"
The "Cravings" author recently underwent surgery for endometriosis, and the scars from her procedure are fully visible in the mirror selfie.
She also wrote that she "has been throuuugh it"- a reference to the emotional and physical struggles she experienced this past year after losing her unborn baby with husband John Legend in September.
On February 4, Teigen shared an emotional tweet remembering her late son, Jack.
In the tweet, Teigen said she was experiencing "kicks" in her belly ahead of her endometriosis surgery - reminding her of her baby, who she lost after being hospitalized for excessive bleeding.
"my little jack would have been born this week so I'm a bit off," the cookbook author wrote on Wednesday. "I truly feel kicks in my belly, but it's not phantom."
—chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 3, 2021
In a subsequent tweet, she shared a video of her stomach moving, apparently due to cramps. "I'll pretend it's him saying hi - it never stops," Teigen captioned the clip.
—chrissy teigen (@chrissyteigen) February 3, 2021
After losing Jack in September, Teigen was open about the grief she was experiencing.
"We are shocked and in the kind of deep pain you only hear about, the kind of pain we've never felt before," the model captioned an emotional Instagram post about the miscarriage.
"We were never able to stop the bleeding and give our baby the fluids he needed, despite bags and bags of blood transfusions. It just wasn't enough."
"To our Jack - I'm so sorry that the first few moments of your life were met with so many complications, that we couldn't give you the home you needed to survive. We will always love you," Teigen continued.
The "Cravings" author has two children with Legend - Luna, 4, and Miles, 2.