‘It controlled my life’: Married At First Sight’s Hayley Vernon speaks candidly about her harrowing battle with the skin condition psoriasis
Married At First Sight star Hayley Vernon spoke candidly about suffering from psoriasis – a skin condition that causes itchy and scaly patches.
The finance broker, 32, told Now To Love she first noticed an itchy spot on her left forearm the size of a five cent coin when she was a teenager.
‘It was very itchy and I didn’t know what it was. I thought it might have been a rash. I didn’t know what to do, so I put hand sanitiser on it, thinking it would get rid of it,’ she said.
‘It controlled my life’: Married At First Sight’s Hayley Vernon spoke candidly about suffering from psoriasis
Photos obtained by Now To Love show patches of dry skin on her elbow, her tattooed arm.
She explained that the condition came at a difficult time for her as she was dealing with her parents’ divorce, working at a fast food restaurant, partying a lot and drinking alcohol which caused the condition escalate.
The body building enthusiast revealed that at it’s worse, the psoriasis broke out in patches on her legs, elbows knees and her ears.
‘It was so painful. It was out of control. It controlled my life.’
‘It was out of control’: The body building enthusiast said she first notice a dry patch in her teens. She revealed that at its worse, the psoriasis broke out in patches on her legs, elbows knees and her ears
Hayley visited a doctor at a skin clinic and was prescribed medicine that help her manage and take control of her psoriasis.
She said that the doctor told her she needed to change her unhealthy lifestyle for the pills to work and Haley changed her diet, drank more water, worked out and manage her stress.
Eventually, the psoriasis disappeared as a result of her hard work and discipline.
Lifestyle overhaul: Hayley visited a doctor at a skin clinic and was prescribed medicine that help her manage and take control of her psoriasis. Her doctor also told her she needed to change her unhealthy lifestyle for the pills to work
‘Don’t let that happen to you’: Hayley urged those who are suffering with the skin condition to see a doctor and get help they need
Hayley urged those who are suffering with the skin condition to see a doctor and get help they need.
‘This is something people spend thousands of dollars trying to fix. It affects you mentally, because it knocks around your confidence. Don’t let that happen to you,’ she told the publication.
Daily Mail Australia has approached Hayley Vernon for comment.
Speaking up: Hayley is not the only reality TV star to be open with her psoriasis struggles, in the past Kim Kardashian-West has been open about her experience with the condition
Hayley is not the only reality TV star to be open with her psoriasis struggles, in the past Kim Kardashian-West has been open about her experience with the condition.
Kim told Poosh: ‘I’ve become extremely comfortable with my psoriasis.’
‘No matter where it is on my body, sometimes I am fine with showing it off and other times I don’t want it to be a distraction, so I cover it up with body makeup.
Married At First Sight concludes Sunday at 7:00pm on Channel Nine
Learning to live with psoriasis: Kim told Poosh: ‘No matter where it is on my body, sometimes I am fine with showing it off and other times I don’t want it to be a distraction, so I cover it up with body makeup’