Former Corrie star opens up about having incurable skin condition as she shares holiday snaps
18.04.2023 - 10:43
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Soap beauty Georgia May Foote has shared about living with the skin condition vitiligo after developing new patches on holiday. Vitiligo is a long-term condition where pale white patches develop on the skin caused by the lack of melanin, a substance in the body that produces hair, eye and skin colouring.
The condition can affect any area of skin, but it commonly happens on the face, neck and hands and in skin creases. Last summer the former Coronation Street star from Bury revealed she'd had the condition for two years.
She recalled that after initially being told that it could be a yeast infection she received a final diagnosis of vitiligo from a dermatologist. Georgia said she was developing new spots all the time with her hands mostly affected by the condition and patches mirrored on both sides of her body. This is a sign of non-segmental vitiligo, the most common type of the condition.
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Georgia, 32, who is currently on holiday with her musician fiance Kris Evans, posted pictures from their sunshine break on her Instagram Stories. "So many new patches appearing on this holiday," she wrote.
Georgia added her amazement at meeting others with the condition on holiday. "And you know what I've seen someone on the last two holidays with it too," she said. "To say it only affects one-per-cent of people I don't believe."
Georgia, who was a Strictly Come Dancing finalist in 2015, said that when she gets back home she'll do a Q&A session for her followers as "I've been asked a lot about it recently," she explained.
The star, who played Katy Armstrong in Corrie, previously told fans about the condition: "I try my hardest everyday not to let it affect my