Molly-Mae Hague took to Instagram today to share with fans that she's suffered a flare-up of tinea versicolor, a skin condition that leaves the skin looking patchy. The former Love Island star, 22, shared a photo to show pigmentation on her arm. And she explained that it had taken a year for it to go the last time it had flared up.
She wrote with a crying emoji: "I actually can't believe I've woken up this morning to my pigmentation having come back. It took me a whole year to get rid of this last time.
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"I didn't get my arms out because I was so self-conscious. I actually can't believe it's come back. No idea what could have caused it."
She also told her followers: "I think the actual term for this is tinea versicolor." Tinea versicolor, also called pityriasis versicolor, is a common fungal skin infection. According to the NHS website a GP can prescribe treatment for it, but it can keep coming back.
The condition is caused by a type of fungus that lives on the skin. Pityriasis versicolor causes patches of skin to change colour but it's not always clear why this happens.
Molly-Mae, creative director the fashion brand PrettyLittleThing, shared the update from a work trip to Mallorca, where she showcased a new shorter hairstyle. "Flying visit," she told fans before saying she was at "maybe one of the most beautiful hotels I've ever stayed at."
Molly-Mae has been celebrating her boxer beau Tommy Fury's win over Daniel Bocianski at Wembley Stadium on Saturday night on his heavyweight champion older brother Tyson's undercard. After the fight she revealed that they hadn't seen each other in two months. Speaking with BT Sport she spoke of her pride over her man's win. "I'm so proud and so relieved," she said. "We can relax and be a couple again. I haven't seen him for two months."
Molly-Mae said the couple are now looking forward to heading to America for a holiday where they will be celebrating his 23rd birthday. "He's written me a list of all the places he wants to eat at," she said. "He's very excited to eat. Burgers are his favourite thing to eat. Burgers everywhere."
The reality TV lovebirds, who met on the ITV2 dating series Love Island in 2019, went out for a celebratory breakfast at The Three Horseshoes Pub in Letchmore Heath, Hertforshire with Tyson and his wife Paris, which was later followed by a meal at Sheesh in Chigwell. Wythenshawe fighter Tyson, 33, triumphed in the sixth round in front of a crowd of 94,000 people to retain his WBC heavyweight title.
Last year Molly-Mae and Tommy went through a turbulent time including a harrowing £800k burglary at their former home leaving them 'with not a lot of stuff at all.' The previous month she told fans that she'd undergone surgery to remove a lump from her breast and another from her finger.
And in November she revealed her scan from an operation for the painful disorder endometriosis in which tissue similar to the tissue that normally lining the inside of the uterus grows on the outside. "I don't know if you can see but that's just one of the little scars from when they went into my stomach," she said. "They went into my bully button as well and lower down."
The couple have this month begun their 'new chapter' by buying a house together. Guests at a lavish housewarming party were greeted with a candle and flower display with a pink fairytale book which said "The next chapter. Once upon a time in a kingdom far, far away." The book also listed their moving-in date "8.4.2022."
