Lupus: attacked on her physique, Selena Gomez makes an update on her weight gain | The USA Print

On social networks, many anonymous people were quick to point out the flaws and imperfections of stars, and to attack them for their weight gain. Singer Selena Gomez has again made the bitter experience recently.

As she appeared the face as “puffy” Due to recent weight gain, Selena Gomez has been the subject of fierce criticism about her physical appearance. On Tik Tok, the 30-year-old American star saw fit to answer it simply, with the idea of ​​both educating these unscrupulous Internet users and encouraging his subscribers to accept themselves as they are.

Selena Gomez has explained that the medical treatments she takes regularly to treat or avoid lupus flare-ups lead to weight gain due to Water retention. Conversely, when she stops taking certain medications, she tends to lose weight spontaneously, without wanting to.

And the singer to continue with a message of support: “I just wanted to encourage anyone who feels some kind of shame about what they’re going through. No one knows the real story. I just want you to know that you are beautiful and wonderful”. “I prefer to be healthy, take care of myself and take my medication”she continued, before adding that she is not not “ a supermodel » And “ never will “.

“ Thank you for supporting me and understanding. And if not, walk away, because honestly, I don’t believe in shaming people for [leur] body or anythingshe concluded facing the camera.

Remember that systemic lupus erythematosus, also called systemic lupus erythematosus, is a chronic autoimmune disease, the clinical manifestations of which are very varied. If the disease evolves by spurts, it remains for life. Treatments include taking various classes of drugs such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), synthetic antimalarials, immunosuppressants or corticosteroids. These are known to cause water retention, including edema and swelling of the face. Note that the singer Hélène Segara, on corticosteroids due to an autoimmune disease affecting the optic nerve, is regularly the target of unfounded and malicious criticism about her weight gain and her swollen face.