« I want to give voice to what so many other people are going through It’s finally time for me to be shamelessly honest about what psoriasis is and what it looks like »
In honor of World Psoriasis Day on Tuesday, the 38-year-old singer-songwriter opened up about her experience with the skin disease in an essay and photoshoot with Glamor magazine In the photos below, Rimes posed nude as she showed what a recent outbreak of psoriasis looked like on her body
The « Can’t Fight the Moonlight » singer began her essay by noting that she was diagnosed with the disorder at age two and at age six, « 80% » of her body was » covered in painful red dots »
Rimes said she would continue to fight for years to come and didn’t find a treatment that worked for her until she was 20. In fact, the country star was able to walk away using « two and a half years ago » shots
However, that was until the stress of the coronavirus pandemic hit and « all hell broke loose in the world »
« I tried everything I could to treat it: steroid creams, main drugs – I even tried being wrapped in coal tar with Saran Wrap, » Rimes wrote. « And when I was in public I did all I could to hide it On stage I often wore two pairs of tights or jeans – even in 95 degree heat Under my shirt my whole stomach would be covered in thick scales that would hurt and bleed For much of my life I felt like I had to hide «
“Finally, in my twenties, I found a treatment that seemed to help keep my skin clear,” she continued “As my condition improved, I lengthened my time between each of my shots until I felt comfortable doing them two and a half years ago And then the start of this year came. All hell broke loose in the world – and inside of me, as I’m sure it has for so many other people in the midst of this. pandemic Suddenly I went from what I love, and being around people, to hanging out in the sweaty house Stress is a common trigger for psoriasis, and with so much uncertainty my flare-ups just came back on. more «
Rimes said she has decided to share her battle with the skin disease in order to « give voice » to others who may have a similar experience
« A big part of my journey, both personally and within my creations, my new vocal album and my soon-to-be-released podcast, has been digging into tracks I was hiding and bringing them to light. » , she declared « It has been and still is a journey to enable them to come out, to welcome and reintegrate these fragments in their entirety »
After keeping his battle mostly private over the years, Rimes said talking about his psoriasis and the nude photos looked like a « sigh of relief »
« I needed this My whole body – my mind, my spirit – desperately needed it I honestly thought these photos were going to be hard to look at, » she wrote « It’s one thing to see and judge yourself in the mirror; I thought it would be even more difficult in a photo, which is why in the past I never allowed people to take pictures of me during Be in our own body flares, we judge ourselves so harshly «
« But when I look at these photos I see so much more than my skin Before this shoot my husband was looking at me like, ‘I can’t even see this’, which I obviously didn’t understand, » Rimes added. , referring to her husband Eddie Cibrian « I would think, how can’t you see him ?! It’s all over me! I think I see what he sees now «
Although Rimes admitted that she wasn’t sure the photos would « change the way » she lived, she said, « there is freedom even when you step in the door »
« I hope all those who also stayed small will have the courage to come out of this cage When we allow ourselves not to be held back, our lives come back to us »
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