Sharon Stone, 64, appears on the cover of Icon Magazine… after revealing she will undergo surgery

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Sharon Stone unveiled her new cover shoot for Icon magazine to her 3.4 million Instagram followers on Sunday.

The 64-year-old actress went braless under a sheer black long-sleeved dress for the dramatic image.

The Basic Instinct star wore a short white skirt under the figure-hugging garment and high heels.

Covergirl: Sharon Stone, 64 went braless under a sheer black long sleeve dress for a cover story in Icon Magazine this month

Covergirl: Sharon Stone, 64 went braless under a sheer black long sleeve dress for a cover story in Icon Magazine this month

She also wore an elaborate headpiece as she posed for a profile picture with her hands on her hips.

The message was captioned, ‘Thank you @icon.magazin & our team!’

The black-and-white photo was taken on a marble floor with two large canvases hanging in front of an ivy wall as a backdrop.

Earlier this week, the Primetime Emmy Award winner announced she will undergo surgery to remove a large tumor.

The latest: Stone took to Instagram to encourage her followers to get a second opinion after a 'large fibroid tumor' was found in her body - pictured in LA in June

The latest: Stone took to Instagram to encourage her followers to get a second opinion after a ‘large fibroid tumor’ was found in her body – pictured in LA in June

Stone took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday with a personal message about her health

Stone took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday with a personal message about her health

Stone took to Instagram Stories on Tuesday with a personal message about her health, saying she “just had another misdiagnosis and incorrect procedure” and went for “a double epidural” to treat her pain.

She then encouraged her followers to seek second opinions after saying a “large fibroid tumor” had been found in her body following a previous medical misdiagnosis.

The Oscar nominee said amid “worsening pain” she went to seek a second opinion from another doctor who revealed she has “a large fibroid tumor that needs to be removed.”

This comes 21 years after the beauty suffered a brain hemorrhage and stroke that nearly killed her.

The Total Recall star addressed women directly, writing, “Ladies especially, don’t get blown off. GET A SECOND OPINION. It could save your life.’

Stone said she “wouldn’t be in full recovery for four to six weeks” and thanked fans for their care, adding: “It’s all right.”

This isn’t the first time the Sliver actress has spoken publicly about her health issues.

Her 2021 autobiography The Beauty of Living Twice states that in 2001 benign tumors were removed from her body that she described as “gigantic” and “bigger than my chest alone.”

Stone pictured in 2001, the year she suffered a stroke and brain haemorrhage

Stone pictured in 2001, the year she suffered a stroke and brain haemorrhage

She said a plastic surgeon gave her larger breast implants in the aftermath of the medical procedure that she had agreed to undergo breast reconstruction after the tumors were removed.

Stone also suffered a stroke and brain haemorrhage in 2001, when she was 43 years old.

Appear on the Today show in March 2021, Stone shared details of the critical moments as she was hospitalized and a doctor told her she nearly passed away.

“The room was so quiet,” Stone said. “When the room is so quiet and no one is running around to fix you, you realize how close death is and how serious everything is.”

Stone rose to fame in the 1992 hit Basic Instinct, opposite Michael Douglas

Stone rose to fame in the 1992 hit Basic Instinct, opposite Michael Douglas

Stone would continue to recover, but she said the stroke had an impact on her career and the way she was treated by others.

“People treated me in a way that was brutally unfriendly,” she said Variety in 2019. “From other women in my own company to the female judge who handled my child custody case, I don’t think anyone understands how dangerous a stroke is for women and what it takes to recover — it took me about seven years.”

She added: “I had to lock up my house. I lost everything I had. I lost my place in the company. I was like the hottest movie star, you know? It was like Miss Princess Diana and I were so famous – and she died and I had a stroke. And we were forgotten.’

Earlier this year, Stone also revealed that he has lost nine children to miscarriage.

The actress – who is the mother of three sons Roan, 22, Laird, 17 and Quinn, 16, through adoption – insists women are made to feel that losing a baby is “something to be carried alone and in the secret with a kind of sense of failure’.

In an Instagram comment, she wrote: “We women have no forum to discuss the gravity of this loss. I lost nine children to a miscarriage. It is no small matter, neither physically nor emotionally, but we feel it is something to wear alone and in secret with a kind of sense of failure. Instead of receiving the much-needed compassion and empathy and healing that we so desperately need. The health and well-being of women left in the care of male ideology have become lax at best, ignorant in fact, and violently oppressive in their efforts.”

What are fibroid tumors?

Fibroid tumors are growths that develop in or around the uterus.

The growths, which are noncancerous in 99 percent of cases, are made up of muscle and fibrous tissue and vary in size.

Many women do not know they have fibroids because two in three have no symptoms.

Those who show signs of fibroids may experience heavy or painful periods, abdominal pain, lower back pain, frequent urination, constipation, and pain or discomfort during sex.

In rare cases, complications can affect the pregnancy or cause infertility.

It is thought that 20 to 50 percent of women ages 16 to 50 have fibroids.

And about three-quarters will develop fibroids at some point during these reproductive years.

But only a third is large enough to be noticed by doctors during a physical exam.

Doctors don’t know why fibroids develop. But they think the growths are related to the female reproductive hormone estrogen, with the highest levels during reproductive years.

They tend to shrink when estrogen levels are low, such as after menopause, so they are not treated unless they are causing symptoms.

Treatment includes medications to ease discomfort and shrink the growths, or surgery if these don’t work.

Source: NHS and John Hopkins