9 Celebrities Who Have Shared Their Experiences With Lupus

Seal's facial scars are the result of discoid lupus, which gets its name from the coin-shaped lesions the disease causes.

"Something that had kind of been initially traumatizing turned out to be something that has made me instantly recognizable," he told Yahoo in 2020. He added: "My lupus first arrived when I was 21. It's not as serious as systemic [lupus], which affects the organs."

While initially self-conscious about his scars, he said, "I quickly realized this body is not who we are. I got off lightly."