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Honey Boo Boo, 19, shares fears over weight loss surgery after Mama June used it to shed 300lbs

Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Thompson revealed how her mother Mama June's dramatic weight loss negatively impacted her self-esteem as an impressionable young girl.

While reflecting on watching her mom, 45, shed 300 pounds very quickly, the reality star, 19, admitted to fearing she would need to undergo the same procedures to look 'perfect picture' and like a 'skinny little model.' As documented on her family's reality show, Mama June: From Not to Hot, Thompson's mom underwent $75,000 worth of treatments, including the insertion of a gastric sleeve, a breast augmentation, liposuction and skin removal of her 'turkey neck' and 'bat wings.' While reflecting on watching her mom, 45, shed 300 pounds very quickly, the reality star, 19, admitted to fearing she would need to undergo the same procedures to look 'perfect picture' and like a 'skinny little model' (seen in 2017)

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