Georgia May Foote, 34, started suffering with vitiligo in 2020, but the autoimmune skin condition has only got worse over time, and it has even reached her face
Georgia May Foote has shared a new health update months after she revealed she has been diagnosed with a lifelong condition.
The actress, known for playing Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2010 to 2015, is living with vitiligo, a long-term skin condition that results in pale, white patches on the skin due to the loss of melanocytes, the pigment-producing cells. Earlier this year, Georgia, 34, explained she first started suffering with the issue in 2020, but it’s only got worse over time, and it has even reached her face.
This week, Georgia shared a new update on social media as she posted an image of her raised arm on Instagram. She also shared some snaps from her busy life and captioned the post: “Just a bit of me and my week.”
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The star recently appeared on Channel 5 News to share some details of her vitiligo – and said she wants to raise awareness of the autoimmune condition. She said: “I developed it in 2020. It started with a couple of little spots here and there, and then over the past five years it’s progressed. Now it’s all over my hands, I’ve got it all down my arms, elbows.
“And it’s now gone on my face as well, which has obviously been quite a big change. It was a bit of a strange thing to develop at the age I did, but I also feel lucky. If I can be the person who can help other people by raising some awareness for it, then I will do.”
Georgia said she was wrongly diagnosed “for a while” but she “kept pushing and pushing and pushing” for the right diagnosis as the condition “was getting more progressive.” She also said she hopes a cream which can treat the condition – which is not currently available in the UK – will eventually be approved for use in the country.
Revealing details of her condition earlier this year, the former Strictly Come Dancing contestant wrote: “My heart goes out to anyone who has this condition. Mine was brought on in 2020 [upside down face] I wonder why! I just wanted to show the reality of it. Some days are so so hard and I get so angry about it. I will always try to be brave to show others with the condition that it’s ok. Sometimes it gets the best of me.”
She added: “We have got this. I pray one day we get the cream passed for use in this country. When I go on holiday in a few weeks I beg to please be kind with comments. I know you will be able to see a lot and it’s going to be hard to deal with.”
Next, Georgia, who now has her own nail salon in Manchester, posted a photo of her left hand, sporting a flawless manicure and a glitzy ring from husband Kris Evans – alongside several white patches contrasting with her olive skin. She described: “This was only a few months ago and it’s spread so so much since. I have always looked forward to holidays, but now for the genuine first time ever I’m so nervous to go.
“Instead of getting that confidence you get from a tan I’m scared I’m going to get people staring at me. Also some of the patches you can’t see until the rest of you goes darker.”
For her final post on the matter, Georgia added a throwback selfie and wrote: “This picture makes me a little sad. I was so tanned. I have always loved how good of a tan I got. Fast forward 5 years and I’m living with vitiligo which has left me with white patches that grow worse every day.
“Today is hard. It’s now on my face. Knowing it’s only going to get worse breaks my heart. Some days I’m ok with it. Days like today I’m not. My face [sad emoji] it’s the hardest thing I have ever had to deal with. I feel so insecure about it.”
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