“I’m going to use my platform,” La La Anthony has always taken pride in using her voice to help society. She even received a huge honor, as there is a street named after her in New York City. Thanks to her ThreeSixty—a nonprofit that helps run a prison reform program. Apart from this, the multi-hyphenated media personality has also been a huge advocate of skin issues. Not only does she or her best friend Kim Kardashian suffer from it, but that affects more than 3% of the US adult population.
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“I’m fully transparent with who I am, and you know what I’ve been through. So I’ve had plaque psoriasis for more than 10 years, which is, like you know, the flaky patches on your skin. I get it like behind my ears, my eyebrows a lot.” La La Anthony spoke to Radio and TV personality Jazmyn Summers about various topics, including being the voice to raise awareness about the auto-immune illness. “The more I realize, so many people suffer from the same thing and like feel unconfident or feel like they have to hide.”
As per the National Psoriasis Foundation, close to 7.5 million to 8 million US adults suffer from Plaque Psoriasis. That’s why the BMF star has been an active voice so that more people understand through her experience. Helping her on this journey is Amgen Bio-Tech, with whom she has collaborated in the past.
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“So I partnered with Amgen, and we did a great great partnership, and it’s really about just setting the tone the conversation and educating people on what it is.” La La Anthony also spoke about an interactive video ad entitled ‘Moments With La La’, which helped more. “I talk about my experience, and people can really you know ask questions. Also, the goal is just to get people to talk to their doctor and find out what works best for them.”
The former VJ opened up about the area where the disease flared up the most. During the 2015 interview, she revealed that she had her hair slicked all the way back to cover up the flare. “I had it really bad in my scalp and behind my ears.” On this journey of hers, her best friend, Kim Kardashian, was a rock through and through.
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In partnership with Amgen Bio-Tech, The Chi star gave an update about her medication. “La la was compensated by Amgen. She is not currently on medication.” This autoimmune condition can be very painful, forming red, scaly patches on any part of the skin, including the eyebrows and legs. But La La Anthony was never ashamed of sharing her story.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 14: (L-R) Kim Kardashian West and Lala Anthony attend Sean Combs 50th Birthday Bash presented by Ciroc Vodka on December 14, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Sean Combs)
“The thing I’ve taken from [Kim] is not to be afraid of it, not to be ashamed of it,” The BMF star spoke to People in 2015. “It’s something that we have; it doesn’t make us any less human, or weird or freaky. It’s about being open with what we have and being open with other people who are suffering from the same thing. If I was to take anything from her it would be that: to not be ashamed of it.”
Kim Kardashian had previously spoken about how her hectic lifestyle played a major role in her psoriasis condition. For La La Anthony, it was “Stress is definitely one of those [triggers], but for me it’s when I get really excited.” Since this lifestyle is what everybody is following, speaking about the disease became more apparent for Anthony.
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