Love Island star Erin Barnett, 27, is approved for a hysterectomy after 17 surgeries

Erin Barnett has finally been approved for a hysterectomy after battling with doctors and enduring over a dozen surgeries. 

The former Love Island Australia contestant, who suffers from endometriosis, announced the news in an Instagram Stories post on Friday. 

‘IT’S HAPPENING! I’ve just been approved for a hysterectomy’ the 27-year-old shared with her fans. 

‘I’M CRYING HAPPY TEARS! I can’t believe it’s finally happening. I’m so overwhelmed with so many different emotions’ she went on. 

‘I’ve wanted this for so long. WHAT A WIN FOR ME!’ a clearly delighted Erin added. 

Erin Barnett (pictured) has finally been approved for a hysterectomy after battling with doctors and enduring over a dozen surgeries

A hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, and is used to treat a number of conditions including endometriosis, fibroids and prolapse.

Erin revealed in 2022 that she was warring with doctors who refused to give her a hysterectomy. 

She has had 17 surgeries starting at age 14, due to suffering severe endometriosis and PCOS. 

The former reality star said she wanted to have a hysterectomy to end her pain – but can’t find a surgeon who will agree to perform the operation. 

‘It’s not a cure but I would probably be 90 per cent pain-free and today I’m living with about 1000 per cent pain every day,’ she told Nine Honey last year. 

‘IT’S HAPPENING! I’ve just been approved for a hysterectomy’ the 27-year-old shared with her fans. ‘I’M CRYING HAPPY TEARS! I can’t believe it’s finally happening’

‘Sure, I would go into menopause and there are increased risks of having a stroke or heart attack in my 60s.

‘But that means I have to live in pain and have constant surgeries for another 30 years. I accept the risks and yet they still won’t do it’. 

Erin went on to say that she was able to get breast implants, but wasn’t granted a hysterectomy despite suffering pain that she describes like being burned from the inside. 

‘When I asked for large breast implants my surgeon advised against it, but it was what I wanted so I understood the risks and signed the form,’ she said. 

Erin revealed in 2022 that she was warring with doctors who refused to give her a hysterectomy. She has had 17 surgeries starting at age 14

Previously describing her symptoms on Instagram, Erin wrote: ‘Don’t know what’s going on! But look at how swollen I am. I’m in agony! I feel like my insides are on fire’. 

A furious Erin continued: ‘When you’ve had 17 surgeries since you were 14, left fallopian tube/ovary removed, two cyst ruptures and diagnosed with endometriosis, adenomyosis and PCOS, then come back and tell me how to live my life.’ 

She added: ‘You have no idea what this amount of pain, suffering and surgeries will do to you mentally, let alone physically.’  

Erin first discovered she had these debilitating disorders when she had a three-litre cyst removed from her ovary at the age of 15. 

Erin went on to say that she was able to get breast implants, but wasn’t granted a hysterectomy despite suffering pain that she describes like being burned from the inside