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Alyssa Milano shares her long battle with long COVID, including hair loss and lasting fatigue.
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The Charmed actress admits to days of “total rage” and emotional crashes, highlighting the importance of mental health care.
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In September 2025, she revealed she had her breast implants removed, saying she’s “letting go of the body that was sexualized.”
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Milano hopes her choice inspires her 11-year-old daughter to avoid the same pressures.
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Her evolving message: wellness is about authenticity, balance, and boundaries — not perfection.
Alyssa Milano’s Health & Well-Being Journey: From Illness, Loss, & Reclamation
Alyssa Milano is known for her activist voice, her roles on Charmed, and her fearless public presence. But behind the scenes, she’s also navigated a deeply personal, often painful path of health challenges, self-discovery, and healing. In recent months, her decision to remove her breast implants has shone a spotlight on that journey — a chapter that reconnects to battles she’s long kept in quieter spaces.
The Implant Removal: A Bold Turning Point
Announcement & intention
In September 2025, Milano shared via Instagram that she is undergoing surgery to remove her breast implants. She wrote:“Today I’m releasing those false narratives, the parts of me that were never actually parts of me. I’m letting go of the body that was sexualized … I believed was necessary for me to be attractive, to be loved, successful, happy.”
Why now? Why this moment?
Milano framed this decision as part of reclaiming her authentic self — shedding expectations, internalized standards, and narratives she once believed she had to carry. She also said she hopes this choice helps free her 11-year-old daughter, Bella, from similar pressures. 
Community & support
The move has drawn support from fellow public figures who have undergone explant surgery themselves, reinforcing a broader conversation about autonomy, consent, and wellness in public life.Reflections, Lessons & the Path Forward
Authenticity as health
For Milano, healing hasn’t just been about symptom relief or physical metrics. It’s about reconciling her public image with the woman she truly is, and dismantling narratives she internalized about worth, appearance, and performance.Resilience is nonlinear
Her story underlines that wellness is not a straight upward curve. She’s had relapses, days of exhaustion, emotional crashes, and yet continues forward.Modeling imperfection & conversation
By sharing vulnerability, from mental fluctuations to hair loss to body modification, she helps derail stigma. Her greater gift may be encouraging others to ask:Where am I hiding parts of myself? What am I carrying that isn’t mine?
Setting gentle boundaries & letting go
In her 50s, Milano is redefining pacing, saying no, and making choices earlier in her timeline rather than when forced. The implant removal is one of many acts in that direction.What to Watch Next
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How Milano’s physical recovery unfolds; whether she shares updates on energy, mood, and body image post-explant.
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Whether she integrates this experience into her activism — especially messages about body autonomy, consent, and healing.
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Her stance in future interviews on how women navigate changing beauty expectations across decades.
The ripple effect: whether her vulnerability encourages other celebrities or public figures to speak out on their own struggles.
🕰 Alyssa Milano’s Health & Wellness Journey: A Timeline
Childhood – Dyslexia Diagnosis
Growing up in the spotlight, Milano struggled with dyslexia, a learning disorder that made reading scripts and using teleprompters challenging.
She later admitted:
“I’ve stumbled over words while reading from teleprompters … I write them down to prepare.”This early challenge shaped her resilience and coping skills, but also added pressure during her teen stardom years.
2000s – Motherhood & Body Image Struggles
After the births of her children, Milano faced postpartum weight gain and hormonal shifts.She revealed gaining over 40 pounds during pregnancy, and losing it gradually through balanced eating and moderate exercise, rejecting “bounce back” culture.
She partnered with wellness programs like Atkins but stressed patience and listening to her body rather than quick fixes.2019–2020 – COVID-19 Infection & Long COVID
Milano contracted COVID-19 in 2020 and soon developed long COVID symptoms, including brain fog, fatigue, and body aches.She posted an Instagram video of herself brushing her hair, revealing handfuls of hair loss linked to the illness.
In her words:“I had every symptom imaginable — it was terrifying.”
This vulnerability gave a human face to long COVID struggles for millions of others experiencing similar lingering effects.2021–2023 – Mental Health, Stress & Emotional Shifts
Milano began speaking more openly about mental health fluctuations, describing episodes of intense anger, tears, and emotional exhaustion.In interviews, she admitted:
“Some days, I feel like I have nothing left … and other days I feel deeply connected. It’s a cycle.”
She also embraced therapy and mindful parenting to better cope with stress while teaching her children emotional regulation.2024 – Reflections on Wellness & Self-Image
As she approached her 50s, Milano leaned into authenticity over perfection, prioritizing boundaries, pacing, and letting go of unrealistic beauty standards.She began discussing self-acceptance as a core health practice, saying health is not just physical, but emotional and spiritual balance.
2025 – Breast Implant Removal & Reclamation of Self
In September 2025, Milano underwent surgery to remove her breast implants.On Instagram, she shared:
“I’m letting go of the body that was sexualized … the body I believed I needed to be loved, successful, and happy.”
She said the decision was not only for her own health and self-image, but also for her 11-year-old daughter Bella, to model freedom from toxic body standards.The move was met with widespread support from fans and peers, sparking conversations about body autonomy and women reclaiming control over their identities.
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(This article is based on interviews and reporting from PEOPLE, New York Post, Allure and other sources up through September 2025.)
