MOLLY-MAE Hague has shared an unseen childhood photo of a large “strawberry birthmark” on her forehead that she got removed due to bullying fears.
The 24-year-old star opened up about living with the mark as she did a Q&A with fans on social media recently.
One person asked: “Did your birth mark just fade or did you get it removed?”
Sharing a photo of herself as a baby, Molly’s birthmark – which presents as a large red lump – is visible in the centre of her forehead.
She replied: “I had it removed when I was about 12. Over the years its colour faded but it only went away from surgery.
“No one can believe it when I show pics of it.”
And Molly admitted to not minding the birthmark, as she added: “I strangely loved it. I used to love that it was something no one else had and that it made me different!”
It’s not the first time Molly has spoken about her birthmark.
When she was 21, the influencer spoke to her followers while applying her make-up in a vlog, with a series of pictures of herself as a little girl flashing up on the screen.
The first snap showed Molly cuddling up to her famous soft toy Elly Belly when she was just a toddler, with the same elephant joining her in the Love Island villa when she competed in 2019.
In the middle of Molly’s forehead the large red lump could be seen, with several other images showing off the birthmark following.
The blonde beauty told fans: “I was born with a very, very large strawberry birthmark.”
Holding up her beauty blender to her forehead, Molly continued: “Essentially, it looked like this.
“It was bright red, it was super large, it stuck out of my head quite far. It’s quite shocking, I didn’t realise.”
Speaking about her decision to get it removed as a teen, Molly added: “At around 12 or 13 I got it removed, before I started secondary school – my parents, they didn’t know if I’d be bullied for it but luckily I never was.
“I just wasn’t confident about it, as I got older the colour kind of faded.”
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She went on to tell fans that their own birthmarks are “cool”, sharing: “Own them, rock them. The only reason I got mine removed was because it was in such a prominent area, right on my head.”
The medical term for strawberry birthmarks is haemangioma, which happens when a collection of blood vessels form a lump under the skin.
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The marks are more common in baby girls, and premature babies – as well as twins, triplets, or other multiple births.
Haemangioma does not tend to cause any medical issues and usually disappear on their own once the child is around between five and seven.
