Audrina Patridge had surgery to remove a large mole on her midsection, STAR reports

"Audrina never liked the way it looked, and whenever she did any modeling, she always instructed the photographer to airbrush it out of the pictures," a source tells Star.

Audrina Patridge had comestic surgery

Audrina finally got around to having the mole removed in 2006, says the source, who adds: "Professionally, it may have been a little distracting, and maybe she thought it would keep growing. But it actually didn't look bad at all — you could say it was a beauty mark!"

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