“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kyle Richards was right by daughter Sophia Umansky’s side as the 26-year-old went under the knife.
Umansky, who also appeared on dad Mauricio Umansky’s Netflix reality show “Buying Beverly Hills,” documented the mother-daughter trip to the plastic surgeon’s office in a new video shared to Instagram on April 29.
The video comes after Sophia explained the day prior why she decided to get a breast lift, after she “lost a ton of weight” on Mounjaro, a type of GLP-1 injection.
Kyle & Sophia’s Surgery Journey
In a video collab between Sophia, Kyle and surgeon Dr. Steven Teitelbaum, Umansky explained she and her mother were on their way to “get the girls lifted today.”
Kyle then explained why she was going along for the ride, revealing her own past experience with the same doctor.
“Dr. Teitelbaum did my breast reduction in 2022, and I love him, I respect him, and would not trust anyone else to do the surgery on my daughter,” she shared. “I am not a fan of implants. I never had implants. I still don’t, and I’m really excited that Sophia is not getting implants. We’re excited.”
“So excited,” added Sophia.
Once inside the surgeon’s office, Kyle ribbed her daughter for trying to look “cute” while rocking her scrubs and hairnet. Sophia then took a pregnancy test—which Teitelbaum confirmed was standard operating procedure.
“I told her that we’re either leaving with new boobs or a baby coming. So it’s a win-win situation,” Richards quipped, adding that she’d “rather the boob job.”
After getting a negative pregnancy result, Sophia then took some “before” photos, and went in for surgery. Umansky hasn’t shared another update since.
Why Sophia Umansky Went Under the Knife
Sophia opened up about her decision to get a breast lift in a TikTok shared on April 28.
In a Get Ready with Me video, Umansky revealed she was “so excited” to “get my boobs done.”
“I’ve been on Mounjaro for about a year now, and at first I lost a ton of weight really rapidly, and then I gained weight back,” she explained. “Now I feel like I’m starting to finally balance out at a perfect medium. And as a result of my weight fluctuating, my girls are just not sitting where I want them to be sitting. They’re hanging real low, and I want them to be, like, up.”
While Sophia was unsure how high they could be lifted without implants, she said her doctor could take some fat from her hips to help with “volume.”
“I know getting this done will make me so much more confident in my body, and that’s always the goal,” she continued, adding that she was a little nervous about the pain that could come with the fat removal from her hips, should that be needed.
In the same video, Umansky also revealed she’s getting her lips “blushed.” According to Women’s Health, lip blushing is a semi-permanent tattoo that tints one’s lips, adds definition and brings out color.
She also promised to update her followers after the procedures.
Kyle Defends Sophia’s Decision
GettyKyle fiercely defended her daughter in the comments of their collab post, especially after a number of her followers criticized Sophia’s decision to have a breast lift at such a young age.
“Why are you letting her do this before kids? She will need more post kids as we all know what happens,” read one comment.
“She’s 26 years old. She makes her own decisions and she’s a very smart woman,” Kyle responded.
To someone else who wrote, “She’s so young they should still be perky especially since she has no kids,” Kyle added, “well every body is different.”
Richards also reflected on her own breast reduction in the comments, after one fan praised Kyle for supporting her daughter.
“Thank you so much. I feel much better being smaller now. I’m only 5’2” so fits my frame better, my back hurts less and I can wear clothing that I couldn’t wear it before,” said Kyle of her own work. “I am so happy I did this.”
