Inside Kim Kardashian’s Skin Struggle With Psoriasis: Her Health Journey in Photos

Met Gala Mishap

Many fans remember Kim’s iconic Marilyn Monroe look from the 2022 Met Gala, but what she remembers about that night was another psoriasis flare-up. She told “SHE MD” podcast hosts Mary Alice Haney and Dr. Thaïs Aliabadi and guest rheumatologist Dr. Daniel Wallace that she had a patch on her face in the days leading up to the event.

“It’s only this one spot that will itch. And it will really, really itch when it does,” she said during her July 16, 2024, appearance. “When I started to get a little bit desperate was when it started to cover my face, and there was a spot really close to my eye, and it would just burn a little bit.”

Kim continued, “I remember I had the Met Ball coming up that week and it was covering my face.”

Mary asked if it was stress-related, but the reality star never discovered the exact reason for the flare-up, which had never happened on her face before that incident. “I’m trying to think of what I was going through at that time. There’s a lot I could say,” she said.

Unexpected Flare Up

In January 2024, Kim revealed that the psoriasis on her leg was worse than ever. She shared a video of the dry skin and admitted that it was very “painful.”

“Not sure what my triggers are,” the SKIMs founder added. “I haven’t changed my diet. I’ve tried everything. Psoriasis sucks.”

A Positive Outlook

Despite her frustration at the flare up, Kim pointed out that her patch of psoriasis looked like it was in the shape of a heart.

“Am I tripping or is my psoriasis in the shape of a heart for Valentine’s Day?” she asked fans in an Instagram video. “Do you guys see that? Kind of, right? I think I totally see it.”

Treatment Time

Kim shared an Instagram photo with fans in 2019, showing off how she was treating a major facial psoriasis breakout with an herbal ointment, though joking it looked like the “s–ts.”

“When I was 25, I had my first psoriasis flare-up,” Kim shared in a 2019 blog post. “I got a common cold, and since psoriasis is an autoimmune condition, this triggered it. It was all over my stomach and legs. Luckily, in my apartment complex at the time, my neighbor was a dermatologist. I showed it to him, and he said to come into the office, and he would give me a shot of cortisone, and then hopefully it would go away (since it was my first big outbreak). I did this and my psoriasis completely went away for about five years.”

So Brave

The beauty mogul shared a March 2019 photo of another breakout, writing, “Morning psoriasis,” with the red blotches apparent on her face.

Kim revealed that her psoriasis journey really began when she face another outbreak in her early 30s. Since then, she’s been regularly dealing with the condition.

Everywhere

Kim gets the rashes and scale-like dry breakouts all over her body, even on her gorgeous legs. She shared a photo of her entire right leg covered in red psoriasis blotches.

In her 2019 blog post, Kim revealed that her “main spot” for psoriasis is on her lower right leg. “[It] consistently stays flared up,” she admitted. “I have learned to live with this spot without using any creams or medications. I just deal. Sometimes I cover it up and sometimes I don’t. It doesn’t really bother me.”

A Long Battle

Paparazzi captured one of Kim’s breakouts in March 2011, speculating she had bruises on the back of her legs before the reality star publicly revealed her psoriasis battle during a July 2011 episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians.