LeAnn Rimes Bares All to Share Psoriasis Condition

We all have insecurities, and it’s not always easy to talk about them. LeAnn Rimes is finally speaking out about something she’s been hiding. She decided to pose nude, showing her psoriasis, in honor of World Psoriasis Day.

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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. 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. 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

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In a People exclusive article, LeAnn is sharing pictures of the skin condition that’s all over her body. She explains that most of her life she tried to fix her psoriasis with creams and medications, and would cover up to hide her skin.

LeAnn says, “Underneath my shirt, my whole stomach would be covered in thick scales that would hurt and bleed. For so much of my life, I felt like I had to hide,” she said. “… No one was talking about this. And certainly not when I signed my first record deal at 11. In the world we lived in, our ‘flaws’ were not invited to the forefront.”

It’s so brave of LeAnn to share her condition so openly, and hopefully this will allow others to speak freely about it as well. Read the full article here.

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