Mikayla Matthews, one of the stars of the hit reality series, “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” has been sharing her health journey on social media following the removal of her breast implants. She recently took to Instagram to share a milestone and say she “finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel.”
Matthews has shared multiple videos and photos over the past year to document her health struggles and how she’s healing, and has received tons of support from friends, family, and fans.
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‘Mormon Wives’ Star Mikayla Matthews Shares Insight Into Her ‘2 Year Battle With Chronic Illness’
The MomTok mom has been sharing her health journey on social media, documenting her symptoms and what it’s been like since having her breast implants removed.
On January 12, 2024, Matthews shared a video on Instagram captioned, “Let the healing begin!” that shared, “POV you’re about to get rid of the implants that have been making you chronically ill.”
Many viewers shared their own similar experiences in the comment section.
“Best decision I ever made was removing mine,” one person shared. Another added, “Had my explant after 7 years and sooo thankful I did. BII is a real thing.” One other person said, “I too had BII and have since explanted. I had one autoimmune disease before and then everything went crazy and it was like I had several! Glad you got them out.”
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Celebrating ‘One Year Free’
Earlier this week, Matthews shared that she hit a milestone in her implant removal journey.
“One year (cherry emojis) free. I put it off for a long time (even though I only had them in for 10 months) but it was the best decision I made for my own PERSONAL health,” she captioned a video that shares some of her journey.
“Removing them was the beginning of getting my health back and clearing infection out of my body. Still a long way ahead of me but I finally see the light at the end of the tunnel!”
Fellow MomTok mom, Mayci Neeley, dropped into the comments to say, “My girl in her healing era.” Many others also shared supportive words.
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“Good for you for shedding light on the potential illnesses that can come with implants,” one person wrote. Another said, “My mom did the same thing!! She had them for 20 years. It’s been 4 years since she removed and she’s still healing, this needs to shared more.” One other added, “I can’t wait to get mine removed, I’ve been ill since I got them 5 years ago and saving to get it done.”
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‘It’s Been The Hardest 3 Years Of My Life’
At the end of December, Matthews posted a video on Instagram that shared more of her journey dealing with a chronic illness.
“It’s been the hardest 3 years of my life. Dealing with chronic illness can be one of the most frustrating and isolating things to go through. I’ve had to show up so many times where I felt ugly and didn’t recognize myself. I lost so much of my self worth when I was unable to do daily tasks like taking care of my kids,” she captioned her video.
“But, I have also been able to connect with so many of you dealing with something similar and advocate for my health when my cries to doctors were being ignored. PRAYING that 2025 brings me nothing but complete healing.”
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Mikayla Matthews Shared A Video Documenting Her Surgery
A few days ago, Matthews shared a video on YouTube that documents the day she had surgery to remove her implants. The video shows her going to Los Angeles for the surgery and all the details through her post-op checkups. She even shared how she couldn’t bring her implants onto the plane home with her and what happened to them because they weren’t “TSA approved.”
At the end of her video, she shared how she was doing “10 months out from getting the implants out.”
“I got them taken out mid-January, and now it’s mid-October. This is the update 10 months out,” she said. “My skin’s healing.” She then showed some places on her skin that’s healing and said the “inflammation in my body is going so down.”
Before ending her video, she said she’s “85 to 90 percent better.”
‘The Secret Lives Of Mormon Wives’ Is Currently Filming Season 2
Missing the MomTok crew after binging the inaugural season of their hit Hulu show, “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives?” The wait is almost over.
The group of moms who took TikTok and Hulu by storm have been filming the second season for a few months now. It was recently revealed that the new season will be released on Hulu in mid-May.
Season 1 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” is currently streaming on Hulu and recently made its broadcast debut on ABC as part of ABC’s Winter Programming Line-Up, with episodes airing weekly.