Psoriasis Doesn’t Care

Psoriasis Doesn’t Care

• Psoriasis Doesn’t Care

  

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  According to the National Psoriasis Foundation, psoriasis affects 7.5 million people in the United States (NPF, 2012). The condition doesn’t consider how many people know your name or how many Twitter followers you have. It doesn’t go on hold while you shoot a film overseas or star in your own reality show. It’s an autoimmune disease that does what it wants unless you do something about it.

  Many celebrities have dealt with the disease while remaining in the public eye, maintaining a positive outlook, and having a successful career. Click “next” to learn who they are.

• LeAnn Rimes

  

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  LeAnn Rimes was diagnosed with psoriasis when she was two. Since then, she has gone on to be one of the most successful women in music, helping to bring country music into the mainstream and winning two Grammy awards along the way. Rimes has put out over 10 studio albums and lent her vocal talent to numerous projects. Rimes went public with her psoriasis in 2008, as part of the “Stop Hiding, Start Living” psoriasis awareness campaign.

• Eli RothYou may recognize Eli Roth from his role as Donny Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino’s smash-hit, Inglourious Basterds. Or maybe you’ve seen the horror films he directed, including Hostel and Hostel: Part II. However, when Eli’s not in the spotlight, he’s dealing with his psoriasis…and living a completely normal life despite it.

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