Leann Rimes, 38, Just Shared Nude Photos To Raise Psoriasis Awareness
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LeAnn Rimes posed nude for Glamour to raise awareness about psoriasis, and penned an essay for the magazine about her experience with the chronic skin disorder.
The release was timed to World Psoriasis Day.
In her twenties, LeAnn found a treatment to control her psoriasis, and went 16 years without a flare-up.
LeAnn Rimes posed nude for Glamour to raise awareness about psoriasis, and penned an essay for the magazine about her experience living and performing with the chronic skin disorder. "You know when you say something you’ve been holding in for so long, and it’s such a sigh of relief? That's what these photos are to me," LeAnn captioned the photos on Instagram. "I needed this. My whole body—my mind, my spirit—needed this desperately. With today being World Psoriasis Day, I thought this would be the perfect time to share my story."
Psoriasis is a chronic skin disorder that causes the body to produce new skin cells in a matter of days instead of weeks, so excess skin cells build up in thick, scaly patches called plaques. It affects 2 to 3% of the global population, and 8 million Americans, according to the National Psoriasis Foundation. As LeAnn described, the condition is lifelong, and often manifests in flare-ups triggered by stress.
The country music star also opened up about having psoriasis as a child. "I was only two years old when I was diagnosed with psoriasis. By the time I was six, about 80% of my body was covered in painful red spots—everything but my hands, feet, and face," LeAnn wrote. "These weren’t the days when there were commercials about psoriasis on TV or open discussions about skin conditions. No one was talking about this. And certainly not when I signed my first record deal at 11." She tried steroid creams and other medications, but nothing seemed to work. So she would wear jeans and long-sleeved clothing onstage during heat waves to cover her flare-ups.
In her twenties, LeAnn found a treatment to control the skin condition, and went 16 years without a flare-up. Until 2020. "All hell broke loose in the world—and inside of me, as I’m sure it did for so many other people amid this pandemic," she wrote. "Stress is a common trigger for psoriasis, and with so much uncertainty happening, my flare-ups came right back."
Hours after her essay went live, LeAnn took to Instagram Stories to address her fans. "Hey everyone I just wanted to come on here and say thank you so much for the overwhelming outpouring of love. It has been quite an activating day," she said. "To sit in all of this and to allow myself to be seen so deeply, I know there's so many out there who relate to this, and relate to me, and I relate to you and everything you're going through."
"That was my main reason for wanting to share so vulnerably, because I know so many people are struggling and do struggle with psoriasis amongst many, many other things, she said. "I wanted to share in our humanness. So just know that you are loved and you are worthy as I tell myself to same thing over and over again."
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