Rachel Recchia is addressing a thorn in her side. The Bachelorette alum clapped back at online chatter about her recent weight loss , shutting down rumors that she had "work done" on her face and sought plastic surgery to slim down. Instead, Rachel noted that the change of appearance was the result of a lengthy health battle .
"I have been extremely sick since May," she wrote on Instagram Stories Aug. 18. "I was in the hospital for a bad kidney infection that spread into my back muscles.
" According to the 28-year-old, she had been on antibiotics through a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for over a month, making her feel "so tired and nauseous, which led to the weight loss everyone has been commenting on." "I am aware I look 'sick' because I was sick," Rachel added. "Please be mindful.
" Indeed, Rachel was pictured with a PICC line on her right arm in some of her recent Instagram photos. On July 7, the Bachelor Nation star posted a photo of herself in a purple bikini with her bicep bandaged up, writing in the caption , "How I look while going through it." But now, Rachel's health battle is coming to an end.
As she noted on a separate Instagram Story over the weekend, she just had her PICC line removed. "I’ve been sick since before the beginning of the summer," she wrote, per Us Weekly , "and it’s such a relief to be off medication!!!" In fact, Rachel said she's meeting with a doctor to resume her plans to get a revision on her 2023 breast reduction surgery, wh.