Turia Pitt opens up about her nose reconstruction surgery

Turia Pitt has shared a confronting photo of her latest surgery -- a nose reconstruction that will allow her to breathe through her nostrils for the first time in five years.

The athlete was competing in an ultramarathon in Western Australia's Kimberly region in 2011 when she was caught in a grass fire, suffering burns to 65 per cent of her body.

Pitt, now 30, has shared her battle to survive and has built an impressive career as an author and motivationalist.

In her latest post, the new mum is sitting with son Hakavai on her lap, showing the surgical wound on her nose.

"Just a little shout out for my nose," Pitt begins.

"I’m currently recovering from a surgery where doctors reconstructed this bad boy.

"I won’t go into too much detail, because the gore factor is high, but basically the doctors took cartilage from my ear and used it to re-shape my nose. Amazing, huh?!"

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The mother-of-one explains she keeps having surgeries like this because she believes life is all about "continual improvement".

"And, whatever you do in life, you can’t improve without doing the work.

"For me 'doing the work' means accepting that I’m going to be in a bit of pain, recognising that I’m not going to be able to do the things I enjoy for a while (running/surfing/being active), taking time off from work and other projects, and trusting the process.

"But putting in the work always pays off.

"I can breathe through my nostrils for the first time in five years and I’m loving hanging with the best antidote in the world.

"I’m jotting down some thoughts about how to keep putting in the work, even if you don’t know how it will turn out."

Pitt gave birth to Hakavai on December 7 in 2017, her first child with partner Michael Hoskin.

The couple have been engaged since 2015 when Hoskin proposed during a holiday in the Maldives.

Pitt has recently updated her biography, Unmasked,  which documents her incredible journey so far.