Modern Family star, Sarah Hyland, has openly spoken about her physical and mental health struggles in the past — she's even posted a photo of her transplant scar on social media before.
But now she's getting even more real with her fans by posting a photo of herself that she once "hated" to hopefully inspire invisible illness warriors.
She's had two kidney transplants, laparoscopic surgery for endometriosis, and surgery to correct an abdominal hernia.
Her father gave her one of his kidneys — but unfortunately, she was far from being out of the woods.
But she eventually opened up in an interview — revealing the full story.
"When a family member gives you a second chance at life and it fails, it almost feels like it's your fault," she said.
But she said the doctors described her situation as "a house that's caught on fire".
“You can't un-burn a house," she said.
"I was really depressed. For a long time I was contemplating suicide," she admitted.
"It's a really helpless feeling."
Luckily, come summer of 2017, Sarah found out that her brother was a match.
She and her brother went through with the surgery and Sarah's prognosis was, fortunately, positive.
She posted a photo on Instagram, showing off her transplant scars, encouraging everyone to own their imperfections.
"#showyourscars" she captioned the photo.
Trolls dragged her for admitting to wearing two pairs of Spanx under her dress at this year's Oscars — considering how thin she is. But she revealed that she actually wears Spanx because of her transplant scar.
"To my fellow #invisibleillness warriors. It’s ok to be insecure about your body," she wrote.
"Our bodies have endured unfathomable feats that our minds barely have time to comprehend what has actually happened."
"With inflammation, excess water gain, and medications, my skin has a hard time bouncing back," she said.
"I saw this picture and HATED it but quickly readjusted my attitude and decided to celebrate it."
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