Reid Ewing, who plays Haley's boyfriend Dylan on Modern Family, wrote about his battle with body dysmorphia and cosmetic surgery addiction in an essay on Huffington Post on Friday.

It's a brave move for a male celebrity—talking openly about his insecurities with his body and the lengths he's gone to, starting with plastic surgery at age 19.

"I genuinely believed if I had one procedure I would suddenly look like Brad Pitt," he wrote.

And it seems doctors were only too ready to agree.

I told the doctor why I felt my face needed cosmetic surgery and told him I was an actor. He agreed that for my career it would be necessary to get cosmetic surgery.

He quickly determined that large cheek implants would address the issues I had with my face, and a few weeks later I was on the operating table.

He spoke with me before I went under, but he wasn't the same empathetic person I met with during the consultation. He was curt and uninterested in my worries, making small talk with his staff as I lost consciousness.

Ewing details his procedures over the next several years—from implants to fillers and injections—with less and less reputable doctors. Doctors who were being sued repeatedly and making up lawyers' fees with sheer volume.

The 27-year-old actor, who has also appeared in Fright Night, The Truth Below and 10 Rules for Sleeping Around, came to realize he was at the mercy of doctors more concerned with profits than the well-being of their clients.

"My history with eating disorders and the cases of obsessive compulsive disorder in my family never name up," he says. "None of the doctors suggested I consult a psychologist for what was clearly a psychological issue... or warn me about the potential for addiction."

The secrecy that surrounds cosmetic surgery keeps the unethical work practiced by many of these doctors from ever coming to light. I think people often choose cosmetic surgery in order to be accepted, but it usually leaves them feeling even more like an outsider. We don't hear enough stories about cosmetic surgery from this perspective.

As Reid worked to get healthy, he came out—not just as suffering from body dysmorphia, but as gay.

Actually, he says he was never "in."

@MichaelJMapes I was never in

— Reid Ewing (@media_reid) November 21, 2015

Bata was profiled on Good Morning America last week, addressing his own struggle with body dysmorphia.

Ewing is certainly comfortable acknowledging his orientation on social media.