'My breast exploded in a nightclub' - Love Island star's botched surgery horror

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Privacy NoticeMalin Andersson is no stranger to going under the knife. Between the ages of 16 and 25 alone, the reality star – who starred in series two of Love Island in 2016 – had liposuction, two breast uplifts, nipple correction, lip filler and Botox. While on the outside she looked like a model, what she was feeling inside was a whole other ball game. Losing her mum Consy-Gloria in 2017 to breast cancer, and then her first-born daughter, who was named after her late mother, in 2019 just four weeks after she was born premature were two life events that rocked Malin to the core – and led her down a path of self-destruction. But after months of binge drinking and taking drugs, Malin decided something had to give, and the healing began. Today, Malin – who is half-Swedish and half-Sri Lankan and grew up in Bedford – is happy and focusing on her health and wellbeing. Here, the 31-year-old, who is mum to daughter Xaya, now two and a half, exclusively opens up to OK! about body image, finding happiness after a dark few years and her new boyfriend, who is “nothing like her usual type”.

Malin is mum to daughter Xaya
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Hi, Malin! How have you been? Really good. There’s been a lot of retrospection this year. A lot of deep work – a lot of looking in and digging into deep-rooted trauma that I’ve never really gone into before. I thought the trauma was my adult life. Losing the baby, domestic abuse, a s**t relationship, breaking up with Xaya’s dad and then losing my mum – I thought that was trauma but it was all a reflection of these inner child wounds that I had never even gone into because I was in denial about it. ‘I had to think, what am I handing down?’. What were those “inner child wounds”? When your parents die, you don’t want to think anything bad of them but I realised that my upbringing wasn’t that great. Not that it was Mum’s fault but there were a lot of abandonment issues projected onto me, especially with my dad not being around. I really wanted to understand what I was running away from and why was I drinking so much on the weekend, and sniffing cocaine. Was that a lonely journey for you? Yeah, going through your past and talking about it and trying to get over it – it was weird to me. I couldn’t speak to my mum and ask any questions. So, I started meditating, and sitting with myself in silence. I was just entering some space where things were just coming through in meditation. The more I silenced my mind, the more my body was releasing memories that were locked away. That would be a memory from when I was six years old and my mum was trying to kill herself. It was really dark. Things I didn’t know or witness as a child were coming through.

The star – pictured with her late mum – said she is on a healing journey
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How important was it to overcome this trauma for your daughter? Massive. I had to think, what am I handing down to Xaya? There were parts of me I was in denial about that are really unhealthy and toxic. I don’t want her to have that – and the biggest for me was body image. It was a lack of self-worth, and anger inside me. How has your perception of your body changed since you were on Love Island? I used to hate my body and want to alter myself every single day. I’d binge on sweets and chocolate, then feel s**t after but I started to uncover my relationship with food, including my mum’s past. All her problems played out into my life and I had to address my self-worth. The girls on this year’s series have been trolled for having too much filler. What are your thoughts on this? I haven’t seen it, but we live in a society where this stuff has become normal. I did it, too. These girls altering their faces to an extent where people are commenting on it, even though it’s not for other people to comment on, it shows there are still a lot of unhealed situations.

Malin opened up about her experiences with plastic surgery
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You’ve had a lot of plastic surgery and later regretted it… When I look back, I was a little girl doing it. It was a very dangerous procedure that I had. I went to Turkey with no research. Now, I see my body and the crap I’ve done to myself. It makes me so sad that I even wanted to. It’s a constant reminder of who I once was but also a constant reminder of the growth. What are the worst experiences you had? It’s got to be my nipples. I went to Dubai for a holiday a month after I had my boobs done and was out clubbing. I was drinking alcohol and my nipple was half hanging off. My friend told me but I just kept drinking. The next day, I was in agony. How are things with your new boyfriend? 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 cool with that.” But now my heart is full.

Malin said she is now comfortable in her own skin
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Is he supportive of your healing journey? So supportive. It’s like when two people that have done the inner work right, they face the dark parts of themselves, then they understand. We met online. I normally date tall basketball player types, with dark features – but he’s blond and blue eyed. He’s completely opposite and is from Sweden, the homeland.

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How does he differ from your exes? The feeling I’m getting inside is completely different. My heart has been so closed because of the grief and pain that I’ve had. I remember the men who I’ve been with, that little girl inside of me was like, “Love me, love me.” I would just be co-dependent and toxic because my heart has been so closed but, the work that I’ve done where I’m going into these relationships healed has helped me be safe in myself. So, I hope the women who are reading this, who have been in abusive relationships, can come out the other side too. You lost a lot of your hair, what led to that? When I stopped the alcohol and partying on weekends, my body went through this mad, detoxifying stage. I started eating really healthily, and my hair started falling out. My period, my whole cycle changed. It was my body just releasing all this old b******t.

Malin has turned her life around
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You need to write a book! I am writing one actually, and it’s all about my journey. It will be out at some point next year. What advice would you give to young women struggling with their body image? Start looking at what you put in your body. I take Arella Beauty, which is a vegan collagen, and use a Celler8 Pemf device. If I had taken better supplements and eaten better in my youth, I wouldn’t probably need all that s**t I’ve done to myself. Get rid of the toxic people around you, draining your energy. If you’re serious about making a U-turn, you must create substantial change to see change. For emotional support with any issues raised, call the Samaritans on 116 123Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnMalin AnderssonLove Island

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