Billy Corgan Embraces Birthmark After Attempting to Conceal It His Whole Life

Billy Corgan is embracing being snug in his pores and skin.

The Smashing Pumpkins frontman, 57, confirmed off his port wine birthmark in an Instagram put up on Monday, Sept. 2, encouraging his social media followers to “discover peace with who you’re.”

“I am a fan of physique positivity actions as a result of on the finish of the day it’s about celebrating what makes us ‘us,’ ” the two-time Grammy winner wrote.

Corgan’s put up started with a photograph of him carrying a purple sweater with its sleeves rolled as much as exhibit the birthmark, which covers components of his hand, wrist and arm. He additionally included a photograph of mannequin Carlotta Bertotti for instance of somebody “with a birthmark who has embraced her ‘distinction’ with grace.”

In line with the Cleveland Clinic, port wine stains outcome from abnormally shaped capillaries — tiny blood vessels below your pores and skin — dilating and changing into “extra open or stretched out than regular.”

Whereas they’re often innocent, the medical heart states that the birthmarks often get darker and thicker over time and “could develop into raised relatively than flat and easy.”

The musician continued his Instagram caption by explaining why he was once uncomfortable together with his birthmark.

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“My level being that my complete life I’ve endeavoured to cover my ‘port wine’ birthmarks as a result of as you may think about I used to be teased unmercifully about them as a toddler,” he wrote.

“A lot in order that individuals who have recognized me for a decade are shocked after they lastly ‘see it.’ And even now strangers will cease me on the road not as a result of they acknowledge me however as a result of they suppose one thing is improper with me that requires medical consideration,” Corgan continued.

After itemizing a few of the questions he used to get about his birthmark, together with ‘Are you sick?’ and ‘Is it contagious?’ he ended his put up by sharing a “constructive message for the day.”

“Whoever you’re, I hope you discover peace with who you’re as a result of: I want to know that particular person and nobody else,” his message learn.

Corgan’s put up comes days after he confirmed to PEOPLE that he and his spouse, Chloé Mendel Corgan, 31, are anticipating their third child collectively.

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“We’re overjoyed to announce that our household is rising! It is an thrilling time for us, though sudden,” the expectant mother advised PEOPLE. This child will be part of the couple’s two kids, Philomena, 5, and Augustus, 8.