Social media influencer opens up about her chronic inflammatory response syndrome (CIRS), sharing how the condition affects her skin, career, and motherhood. She details her experiences with the illness and its impact on various aspects of her life, including her ability to socialize and pursue job opportunities. The influencer also discusses the challenges of being a mother while dealing with the chronic condition.
InstagramIn her online Q&A, the 26-year-old social media influencer opened up about her chronic condition, which causes red skin rash es, sharing her experiences both onMatthews often gives health updates on social media.
On March 10, she shared multiple photos of her skin on Instagram, writing, “chronically over this s--t.”“I had like a year and a half where I couldn’t look people in the eyes, I felt like if I didn’t look them in the eyes then they couldn’t see my skin,” she wrote in her stories, adding, “it’s something I’m still working on.”Matthews said her condition prevented her from pursuing jobs and socializing, writing, “I have said no to so many fun events, premieres, and opportunities because of my skin.”“But I show up when I can because I want you guys that are in similar situations to feel seen and know that life doesn’t have to stop when shitty things are happening to you,” she added, signing with a heart.“‘CIRS’ chronic inflammatory response syndrome. Brought on prolonged exposures to toxins ,” Matthews wrote. The condition has “ruined just everything in my body. Nerves, skin, hair, brain, gut, liver, hormones, etc,” she said.Mold exposure has been proven to pose a serious health risk and can cause a range of symptoms, from fatigue to skin issues, according to“How do you handle the day-to-day stress of being a working mom and raising kiddos?” one person asked.“The mom guilt has eaten me alive. Chronic illness is all consuming and I haven’t been able to show up as the mom I want to be for the last couple years. I just want to feel like myself again,” she wrote with a broken heart emoji.Matthews has four children with her husband, Jace Terry, including Beckham, 8; Haven, 5; Tommie, 3; and Lottie, 8 months. The couple met when Matthews was 16, and found out she was pregnant less than a month later. They married in 2018, six months after welcoming their first child. Mikayla Matthews and her husband, Jace Terry, on the right, with fellow castmates Jacob Neeley and Mayci Neeley, on the left.Another person asked, “Do you want to get better and work through your trauma, or do you just want to sit in it forever?”“Considering my skin still looks like this 90% of the time, I have no choice but to sit in it,” Matthews wrote over a photo of her face, showing a red, spotty rash around her cheeks, jaw, and neck.“It’s frustrating to me when people don’t understand that going through any chronic illness is traumatic,” she added in her stories.“I try to limit putting makeup on as much as possible which is hard with filming cause I try to cover up my flares,” she wrote, adding, “So on my off days filming I wear zero makeup.”
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