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Back in May, she urged women not to skip their smear tests when her hospital results came back 'dodgy' after an earlier set of results revealed a HPV positive diagnosis.
And on Tuesday, Amy Hart, 29, revealed she has undergone an 'uncomfortable' colposcopy and may need abnormalities in her cervix taken out as the nurse told her: 'They are looking like high grade cells!'
The Love Island star explained that during the procedure - which is to check whether there are abnormal cells - she 'bled quite a lot' and needed to have biopsies taken, which will be sent to a laboratory for further testing.
Cervical Cancer Awareness Week: On Tuesday, Amy Hart, 29, revealed she has undergone an 'uncomfortable' colposcopy and may need abnormalities in her cervix taken out
Speaking to her camera phone for videos shared to Instagram, Amy said: 'Colposcopy. Quite uncomfortable while it was being done. quite uncomfortable now.
'I bled quite a lot. So a lot of the uncomfortableness was them having to try and stop the bleeding, like apply pressure.
'Before I went in there, the lovely nurse who looked after me told me that she would only take biopsies if she really had to, and she did have to take biopsies.
'And then she told me at the end that they are looking like high grade cells on the pictures, so there's a good chance I'll have to go back in and have them taken out.
What happened? The Love Islander explained that during the procedure she 'bled quite a lot' and needed to have biopsies taken, which will be sent to a laboratory for further testing
Candid: Amy's update comes after she revealed she was diagnosed with a positive HPV result when she went for her smear test - meaning doctors have had to retest in case it is a precursor for cervical cancer
'But again, she'll only take them out if she really has to because the more you have taken out the more chance of pre-term labour you can have when you have children.
'But hopefully it's all okay!'
Finishing off, Amy urged: 'So my overall message on Cervical Cancer Awareness Week is: make sure you go and have your smears on time, if you can.'
The most common way to remove abnormal cells is using a procedure called large loop excision of the transformation zone (LLETZ).
If the doctor or nurse needs to remove a large piece of tissue from the cervix, they may recommend a cone biopsy.
According to Public Health England, women who get pregnant after having abnormal
