Buffy star Michelle Trachtenberg, 38, hits back at ‘haters’ over cruel comments about her ‘thinning hair’ and ‘yellow eyes’

Michelle Trachtenberg spent the past week on Instagram shutting down ‘haters’ who expressed concern over her health and appearance.

The 38-year-old former child star – who boasts 1.1M Instagram/Twitter followers – wrote last Friday: ‘Fun fact. This is my face. Not malnutrition no problems. Why do you have [to] hate? Get a calendar.’

It all seemingly began last Wednesday when Michelle shared a snap of herself about to get her hair done at Tracey Cunningham’s Mèche salon in Beverly Hills.

Instagram user @cathy_critz asked: ‘Michelle [you] look sick. [Are you] ok?’

Trachtenberg replied: ‘@cathy_critz explain to me how I look sick. Did you lose a calendar and not realize I’m not 14? I’m 38. How sad for you to leave such a comment.’

The 38-year-old former child star – who boasts 1.1M Instagram/Twitter followers – wrote last Friday: ‘Fun fact. This is my face. Not malnutrition no problems. Why do you have [to] hate? Get a calendar’

The next day, the Daytime Emmy Award nominee posted yet another selfie showing off her newly-dyed pink-tipped locks with the defiant caption: ‘I’ve received several comments recently about my appearance. I have never had plastic surgery. I am happy and healthy. Check yourself haters.’

Michelle uploaded two more selfies she took on Wednesday and, again, fans clarified they’re not worried about plastic surgery or malnutrition but rather her ‘thinning hair and yellow eyes.’

‘Nobody is talking about plastic surgery. They are talking about your liver shutting down,’ Instagram user @efm850916 wrote.

Instagram user @heather_mcgillick agreed: ‘I really don’t think anyone was implying you had plastic surgery. We are generall concerned about you. Your eyes are yellow, your hair is [thinning] majorly, you look sick.’

‘People are just worried that your eyes are yellow and all your hair is falling out,’ Instagram user @go.lden7541 wrote.

‘I think they are worried for your health.’

Instagram user @samj_82_ added: ‘Anyone with yellow eye balls is not well and needs to see a doctor.’

Trachtenberg is best known for her work as Buffy’s (Sarah Michelle Gellar) younger sister Dawn Summers aka ‘The Key’ in 66 episodes of UPN teen supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer spanning 2000-2003.

Trachtenberg replied to a fan asking if she was sick: ‘@cathy_critz explain to me how I look sick. Did you lose a calendar and not realize I’m not 14? I’m 38. How sad for you to leave such a comment’

The next day, the Daytime Emmy Award nominee posted yet another selfie showing off her newly-dyed pink-tipped locks with the defiant caption: ‘I’ve received several comments recently about my appearance. I have never had plastic surgery. I am happy and healthy. Check yourself haters’

Michelle uploaded two more selfies she took on Wednesday and, again, fans clarified they’re not worried about plastic surgery or malnutrition but rather her ‘thinning hair and yellow eyes’

Instagram user @heather_mcgillick wrote: ‘I really don’t think anyone was implying you had plastic surgery. We are generall concerned about you. Your eyes are yellow, your hair is [thinning] majorly, you look sick’

Trachtenberg is best known for her work as Buffy’s (R, Sarah Michelle Gellar) younger sister Dawn Summers aka ‘The Key’ in 66 episodes of UPN teen supernatural drama Buffy the Vampire Slayer spanning 2000-2003

The Brooklyn native also had a recurring role as ‘The Witch of the Upper East Side’ Georgina Sparks in 28 episodes of The CW teen soap Gossip Girl spanning 2008-2012

Last year, Michelle reprised her role as the wedding-spoiling, manipulative socialite in two episodes of the second (and final) season of HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot

Trachtenberg’s last major gig was executive producing and hosting the 13-episode true-crime docuseries Meet, Marry, Murder for Tubi TV in 2021

The Brooklyn native also had a recurring role as ‘The Witch of the Upper East Side’ Georgina Sparks in 28 episodes of The CW teen soap Gossip Girl spanning 2008-2012.

Last year, Michelle reprised her role as the wedding-spoiling, manipulative socialite in two episodes of the second (and final) season of HBO Max’s Gossip Girl reboot.

Trachtenberg’s last major gig was executive producing and hosting the 13-episode true-crime docuseries Meet, Marry, Murder for Tubi TV in 2021.

And in 2018, the brunette beauty had voiceover gigs on her buddy Seth Green’s animated spoof Robot Chicken on Adult Swim as well as the Facebook Watch animated series Human Kind Of.

Michelle – who’s ‘mom’ to beloved cats Mister Martini and Sir Winston – made her first TV appearance, at age three, in a commercial for Wisk detergent.