Noam Galai/Getty Chrissy Teigen revealed on her Instagram Stories on May 23 that she underwent a "hairline lowering procedure" and shared a photo of her stitches This comes after she reportedly shared a video of herself with a bandaged face in a hospital bed earlier this week The model revealed that she "lost a lot [of hair] in the front from babies" and has been wearing "extensions" to events Chrissy Teigenis getting candid about a recent cosmetic procedure she had done. A few days after she reportedly shared a video of herself with abandaged facein the hospital, the model and cookbook author, 39, revealed the reason why she was there on herInstagram Stories. "Hi friends! [A] lot of you have been wondering about my hospital pic which is very understandable as I gave no explanation lol. I had a hairline lowering procedure," she wrote in the May 23 post, alongside a photo of herself pulling back her bandage to show off stitches at her hairline. "Lost a lot in the front from babies and it's just very thin up there," she explained of her hair. "When you see it on a carpet, it's ALWAYS extensions." Chrissy Teigen/Instagram Teigen gave birth to daughterLuna Simonein 2016 and sonMiles Theodorein 2018, and welcomed daughterEsti Maxineand sonWren Alexander Stephensin 2023 via surrogate. She shares all four children with husbandJohn Legend, 46. TheCravingscookbook author concluded her Instagram Stories post by saying she would "share more later" about her hairline-lowering procedure if fans were "interested" in additional details because it really was "a journey." Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Teigen is no stranger to cosmetic procedures. She previously shared on her Instagram Stories in 2021 that she got aneyebrow transplant surgery, where hairs are taken from the back of a patient's head and placed on the face to create a fuller set of brows. "I never wear makeup if I can avoid it so I was so excited for this eyebrow transplant surgery," she wrote atop a photo of herself post-surgery, tagging Drs. Jason Diamond and Jason Champagne. At the time, Teigen shared a post-surgery image of her new brow look, calling the results "crazy" in the caption. "They look so cool," she also said in a clip, while pointing to her new brows. "He did hairs up here to even them out." She has also not been afraid to undergo some drastic hair changes. In February, she shared that she chopped off her longer locks in favor of ashort bob style. She showed off the look on the2025 Grammysred carpetand in a mirror selfie shared the next day inside of a walk-in closet. "Keeping it short!" Teigen captioned the video, also tagging her glam team: "hairinel @krisstudden @alanavanderaa." She has experimented with different colors as well, previouslydying her hair pastel pinkin 2021 and adding differentblonde and light brown highlightsin 2020. Read the original article onPeople