Love Island’s Malin Andersson reveals her hair fell out after she processed ‘blocked trauma’ leaving her feeling the ‘ugliest I’ve ever felt’

Malin Andersson opened up about her personal struggle with hair loss in a candid social media post on Thursday.

The 32-year-old reality star, who rose to fame on Love Island in 2016, has often used her platform to discuss issues related to mental health, self-care, and body positivity. 

Now, she’s adding another chapter to her journey by sharing her experience with hair loss and her steps toward recovery.

In her heartfelt post, Malin included a side-by-side comparison photo, showing the dramatic progress in her hair growth journey. 

She penned: ‘Soooo.. let’s talk about hair loss. 

‘The first picture was in June this year, I briefly spoke about my hair but I was so embarrassed as when I went through this shortly after my kundalini awakening as I was processing a lot of blocked trauma and emotions (especially with the sacral chakra/hormones).

‘I cried a lot, couldn’t understand what was happening and felt the ugliest I have ever felt.. for someone that used to get blowdries every other day with long caramel locks – this was hard for my head to get around.

‘Now I don’t know the reason for it and that made it worse for me, but I felt so insecure I would fill in my hair with coloured hair pens and none of you even would know, the sides fell out too and it was the start of my transformation internally and externally. 

‘I cut off all my hair and shaved the sides as a fuck it moment what will be will be – and I lost the mask of hiding behind my hair for the first time in my life. Liberation.

‘I switched up my diet and kept on going with @arellauk as I’m in awe of their collagen … and now 6 months later my hair is BACK!!!

‘Our mind body soul – all linked. Sort out all 3, stay in harmony and balance.. eliminate stress and process trauma, digest the good stuff for your body, meditate and you’re on a win.’

Following the post, her fans took to the comments to thank the star on her vulnerability. 

They said: ‘Been losing my hair since August. Hardest thing I’ve had to go through but nobody understands because it seems so shallow,’

‘This is incredible and such an inspiring post. Love how honest you are. I need to follow this advice,’ ‘Your such an inspiration you just keep going,’ ‘Thank you for sharing this,’

‘The exact same thing happened to me. Mine came back too. Glad it has come back,’ ‘Love your vulnerability, and realness. I’m proud of you! Your journey is amazing.’

Malin has suffered much trauma in her past, suffering from an eating disorder, being in abusive relationships, losing both her parents and also her baby daughter. 

It comes after Malin revealed she has split from her boyfriend just two months after they went Instagram official.

The Love Island star confessed she had found love again with Swedish hunk Jim Sundgren back in July after suffering through both heartbreak and abuse in her previous relationships.

However the pair sparked split rumours after unfollowing each other on Instagram last month and now Malin has confirmed the pair have gone their separate ways.

Taking to her Instagram Story on Thursday, Malin wrote: ‘And for those messaging me about my relationship status I’m absolutely single as I promised myself I would NEVER settle.

‘I truly know what I deserve and want in a man. I see what should be me as a 32 and feel like I need to rush into something for society’s sake, but I will never as I love every inch of myself to be alone for now.’

Malin previously explained that she met her new boyfriend online after a period of ‘healing’, and gushed that she had ‘never been connected with someone like with him’ ever before.

Her last boyfriend Jared broke up with her just four weeks after she gave birth to their daughter, Xaya, in January 2022.

While her former partner Tom Kemp was abusive during their relationship, and was jailed in 2020 for assaulting her.

Malin – who is half-Swedish and half-Sri Lankan – explained that her new boyfriend also hails from Sweden and was ‘nothing like her usual type’.

She told New magazine: ‘It’s early days, but I’ve never met anyone like him. I’ve never been connected with someone like I have with him my whole life and it makes me emotional thinking about it.

‘When you’ve gone through all of these abusive relationships, you get to do the healing and then you get comfortable being on your own. I got to a point where I was like, “Maybe I’m just going to always be on my own, just me and Xaya and I’m coo with that.” But now my heart is full.’

It has been a tough month for the star after she and her daughter narrowly escaped from with their lives after their £100,000 BMW car blew up on the motorway.

Her vehicle burst into flames just moments after they ran to safety down the dual carriageway and the true extent of the incident was revealed with horrific images showing their car mangled and in flames.

Malin and her daughter appeared lucky to escape unharmed, with the TV personality later remarking they were ‘seconds from death’.

Taking to her Instagram stories, Malin told how smoke began to billow out of her car while she was driving along a dual carriageway with the youngster, two.

Erring on the side of caution, Malin told how she and Xaya rapidly exited the vehicle, only for it to catch fire and blow up just moments later.

Writing a message on her stories, she penned: ‘This morning I was driving with Xaya and my car started smoking out of nowhere.

‘I took me Xaya out and ran down the side of the dual carriageway in time and it blew up and caught fire minutes later.’

The beauty went on to say how she was ‘in shock’ and will be taking some time away from social media, with a pal dealing with all enquiries.

She added: ‘In shock, staying off here and @erintidey will answer emails or anything needed work wise. Me and Xaya are safe and sound.’

Following her ordeal, Malin expressed her shock that she and her daughter were sop close to death, revealing that she now wants ‘answers’ from the car manufacturer.

She told The Sun: ‘I’m not usually affected by stuff, right? I’ve had the grief and all of that stuff happen to me, and I’ve kind of dealt with it, but never anything that’s put my own life with my daughter at risk. We were seconds from death.

‘It’s always been someone around me died, does that make sense? But to feel Xaya and me in that situation was just next level. But I can’t believe that they’d allow a car like that on the road, a hundred thousand pound car. I want answers.’

Malin, who only had her car serviced two months ago, went on to recall how she was initially made aware of a problem when she was alerted to an ‘engine failure’ warning.

Her instincts had kicked as she smelt smoke while driving along, with the TV star instantly stopping her car, throwing her daughter onto her back and fleeing from her daughter.

She added to the publication that as she was running, she was spotted by an ex soldier called Pete, who swooped into help and bundled the mother and daughter into his own car for safety.