LeAnn Rimes Has Struggled With Psoriasis Since She Was Two-Years-Old

Country music singer LeAnn Rimes is opening up about her psoriasis. She was diagnosed with psoriasis when she was two-years-old. Psoriasis is described as “a skin disorder that causes skin cells to multiply up to 10 times faster than normal. This makes the skin build up into bumpy red patches covered with white scales. They can grow anywhere, but most appear on the scalp, elbows, knees, and lower back.”

She has not openly talked about her skin condition very often. LeAnn opened up on World Psoriasis Day and shared her story. She admitted, “I tried everything I could to treat it: steroid creams, major medications — I even tried being wrapped in coal tar with Saran Wrap. And when I was in public, I did everything I could to hide it.”

LeAnn Rimes opens up about her struggle with psoriasis

The 38-year-old shared nude images to her Instagram to show fans what psoriasis is really like. She wrote, “So much of my journey, both personally and within my creations, my new chant record and podcast coming out soon, has been excavating pieces that I’ve been hiding and bringing them to the light. It’s been and still is a journey of allowing them out and welcoming and reintegrating those fragments back into wholeness.”

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She continued, “Music has been my gift, and why I’m here. But I want to give a voice to these other pieces of me. And I want to give a voice to what so many other people are going through. This is finally my time to be unabashedly honest about what psoriasis is and what it looks like.”

LeAnn concluded her post by saying, “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. 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 with @glamourmag, head to the link in my bio/ stories to read my full essay #worldpsoriasisday #psoriasis #psoriasisawareness #glamourmag #whatilivewith”

LeAnn said that her psoriasis has flared up this year due to stress. She doesn’t know if she will stop covering up when in public, but she does feel relieved that she doesn’t have to hide it all anymore. She hopes to inspire others to share their story and increase their confidence.