‘1000-Lb Best Friends’: Tina Arnold drops surgery fear and gets naked to free herself as she weighs benefits

The recently dropped sneak peek clip of '1000-Lb Best Friends' hints that Tina Arnold will try clearing her head and think again about the surgery
'1000-Lb Best Friends' star Tina believes taking off clothes can free her (TLC)
'1000-Lb Best Friends' star Tina believes taking off clothes can free her (TLC)

ATLANTA, GEORGIA: It's time for '1000-Lb Best Friends' star Tina Arnold to pay a visit to Dr Procter. We will see her and Ashley meeting the doctor in hope of getting the approval for surgery. The question that has been lingering around is whether Tina will get past her fear of getting bariatric surgery.

The recently dropped sneak peek clip of '1000-Lb Best Friends' hints that Tina will try clearing her head and think again about the surgery. In order to clear up the tension she does not need fresh air but fresh water instead. Tina believes that taking off her clothes and diving deep into the water can release the tension from her mind. But, will it? Will she be ready to go for the surgery? Keep reading to know everything.

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'1000-Lb Best Friends' star Tina Arnold (TLC)
'1000-Lb Best Friends' star Tina Arnold (TLC)

Will taking off clothes help Tina

Tina thinks that it's time for her to start thinking of herself. In the recently dropped sneak peek clip of TLC, the star was seen walking down the pool in her black and white bikini. As she dived deep into the water, her best friends stood beside the pool watching her act differently. Vanessa wondered, "Is she (Tina) spiraling right now?" Tina, with her serious face on, claimed, "I need to take better care of myself." She added, "I just need to shed my skin, and I can't do that so the next best thing is to take off my clothes." Seeing Tina swim with a tense face, Vanessa said, "Can I ask what are you doing?" Tina replied to this, "I always put f**king everybody on first and so I put me on the back burner and I can't just ever gonna be f**king free." Therefore, in order to free herself tonight Tina dived into the water. She says, "I'm done putting the fear. I'm done with it. I'm putting me first."

Will Tina say yes to bariatric surgery?

Yes, finally! Tina is putting down her fear of surgery. She says what's next in her life is surgery. "Surgery is next," claims Tina in the clip. It is high time for Tina and she has realized that she needs to move forward in her life. The star says that she is done putting her fear forward. "My fear of bariatric surgery has been one dime on the table and the complications that can happen afterward, but I can't let that dictate my life anymore," said Tina in a personal interview. She further claimed that she feels "the benefits of the surgery are going to far outweigh the risk."



 

Tina wants to look forward to her life as a skinny person. She feels that slim people have a whole different world. "I wanna see how the other side lives," said Tina.

Catch '1000-lb Best Friends' on TLC and discovery+ on Mondays at 10 pm ET/PT.

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