Coronation Street Star’s SHOCKING Health Battle Revealed! You Won’t Believe What Happened After The Fire!

Georgia May Foote(Image: Georgia May Foote Instagram)

Former Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote has been flooded with support after speaking out about her “tough” experience with a skin codition.

The actress, who played Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap, has been open about her struggles with the long-term condition vitiligo after developing it in 2020.

Vitiligo is caused by a lack of melanin pigment in the skin and those that have it develop white patches on their body.

This week, Georgia, who heartbreakingly lost her business in a devastating storage unit fire in Middleton last week, reflected on her “crazy” journey living with the skin condition to work World Vitiligo Day.

On Thursday (June 25), the 34-year-old took to her Instagram and alongside a photo of her posing with her hands on her chest, she wrote to her followers: “Happy World Vitiligo Day.

“If you are new to my page or don’t already know, I developed vitiligo in 2020. This has been one of the craziest journeys I have ever had. I was misdiagnosed for a while before I begged to be seen by a dermatologist, which then took another year. I was then diagnosed with vitiligo.”

Talking about the condition, the former soap star shared: “Vitiligo is a skin condition where my immune system attacks the melanocytes which produce the melanin in my skin.

Georgia has been open and honest about having the skin condition(Image: Georgia May Foote Instagram)

“This causes white patches all over my body, which continue to spread daily. They become bigger and show up new places all the time! This year has been particularly tough as it has spread onto my face now. I have good days and bad days with the condition!

“Sometimes I’m really down about it and other days I feel very special. Unfortunately there is no understanding why this happens. (stress deffo doesn’t help in my case ) I have the very annoying side effect of itching!

“And until the uk pass the cream Opzelure there will be no way of bringing my pigment back!”

Georgia rounded off her post by adding: “People who love me don’t give it a second glance. That’s all that matters it’s a hard thing to deal with, but I am tough and I will not let it get to me.

“I have an amazing family and group of friends who mean the world to me. Happy World Vitiligo Day to my gang.”