Kim Kardashian recently asked her fans advice on how to cope with psoriasis, a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by typically red, dry, and/or itchy patches on the skin. 

“I think the time has come I start a medication for psoriasis,” she stated. “I’ve never seen it like this before and I can’t even cover it at this point. It’s taken over my body… Has anyone tried a medication for psoriasis & what kind works best? Need help ASAP!!!”

According to the Mayo Clinic, psoriasis, which has no cure, “causes cells to build up rapidly on the surface of the skin. The extra skin cells form scales and red patches that are itchy and sometimes painful.”

Kim first revealed her struggle with psoriasis in 2011, and revealed it on an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. 

“I got it for the first time at the DASH store opening in New York,” she also shared on her app in 2016. “I wore this all-sequin dress and I started getting really itchy; I thought it was just a rash caused by the fabric, but then the rash was COVERING my legs and my mom [Kris Jenner] was like, ‘I think you have psoriasis!!!’”

I think the time has come I start a medication for psoriasis. I’ve never seen it like this before and I can’t even cover it at this point. It’s taken over my body. Has anyone tried a medication for psoriasis & what kind works best? Need help ASAP!!!

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) December 24, 2018