Rachel Ricciardo Explains Her Health Battle, Denies Plastic Surgery Rumors

Rachel Recchia She’s dealing with a thorn in her side.

the Single The “Youth Today” alumna has responded to online chatter about her recent weight loss, denying rumours that she had “plastic surgery” on her face and resorted to cosmetic surgery to lose weight.

Instead, Rachel suggested that the change in appearance was the result of a long health battle.

“I have been very sick since May,” she wrote on her Instagram account on August 18. “I was in the hospital with a bad kidney infection that spread to my back muscles.”

According to the 28-year-old woman, she had been taking antibiotics through a peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) for more than a month, which made her feel “tired and nauseous, which led to weight loss that everyone commented on.”

“I realize I look sick because I’ve been sick, please be careful,” Rachel added.

In fact, Rachel has been seen in some of her recent Instagram photos with a PICC catheter on her right arm. On July 7, the Bachelor Nation star posted a photo of herself in a purple bikini with a bandage on her arm, captioning it, “What I look like with it.”