Mikayla Matthews Says She’s ‘Getting My Health Back’ After Breast Implants Sparked a 2-Year Battle with Chronic Illness

Mar. 15, 2025

Mikayla Matthews documenting her ongoing struggles with her chronic illness.Photo:Mikayla Matthews/Instagram

Mikayla Matthews/Instagram

Mikayla Matthews"finally [sees] the light at the end of the tunnel" one year after she removed her breast implants.

The 24-year-oldSecret Lives of Mormon Wivesstar took toInstagramon Jan. 29 to commemorate the first anniversary since she removed her breast implants after they caused her chronic illness to flare up.

In the post, Matthews wrote “POV: It’s been a year since you decided to remove your implants that sparked the beginning of a two-year battle with chronic illness” over clips of her health journey. The videos and photos included snapshots from the time she got her implants put in, the skin flare-ups she dealt with all over her body and her recovery after getting them taken out.

“One year 🍒 free 🥳,” Matthews wrote in her caption. “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 even revealed that she tried to take her original implants back to Utah, but security did not allow her to take them on the plane. “I had to check it and I didn’t check it in,” she said in the video. “I guess we now know that the [breast implants] are not TSA-approved, I’m sad.”

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Matthews' ongoing struggles with her chronic illness were not included in the first season ofMormon Wives.Still, sheshared her journey on social mediaahead of the show’s premiere in September 2024. The mom-of-three took toTikTokon Sept. 15 and showed the “good that has come from sharing about [her] chronic illness that has controlled [her] life.”

Matthews further opened up onInstagramon Sept. 7 about her ongoing skin flare-ups and constant doctor visits while filming the first season. She said, “Showing up for filming the whole first season was not only physically exhausting but extremely mentally challenging.”

In the caption of her post, she added that she was grateful she “showed that my skin doesn’t define me and it gets better.”

source: people.com