Selena Gomez has revealed the melasma on her face has been mistaken for moustache – insisting the skin condition is caused by sun exposure and urging her followers to wear SPF.
Selena Gomez has revealed the melasma on her face has been mistaken for moustache.
The Only Murders In The Building star, 33, went without make-up in a recent video posted to her Instagram Stories platform and she confessed one of her followers mistook her skin condition – which is caused by sun exposure – for facial hair so she decided to set the record straight.
She explained: “Someone made me laugh because they asked me: ‘How do you shave your moustache?’ … I was like: ‘I totally get it.’
“It’s actually not [a moustache]! It’s my melasma. I take care of it and I treat it, but yeah no, it’s there.
“I actually have melasma and a pimple. It’s actually from the sun, so you’ll have to obviously wear sunscreen and be careful.”
Selena – who has been running her own Rare Beauty brand since 2019 – previously opened up about her experience with another skin condition – acne – revealing it flares up when she gets stressed or becomes “lazy” with her skincare routine.
During an episode of Vogue’s Beauty Secrets, she explained: “I notice when I get stressed or something I break out more or I get lazy with my routine so I feel like it’s just become a part of it.
“And I just deal with whatever I got that day. When you are taking care of your skin you are taking care of your body and your mind and your soul just because I think it’s all connected.”
She also previously she no longer feels as if she has to wear make-up to feel beautiful.
In a 2020 essay for CNN, Selena explained: “I used to think I had to wear makeup in order to feel pretty, but now I understand that I don’t need make-up to feel beautiful. Now, I view makeup as an accessory and something to be excited about.
“There’s so much pressure to look a certain way and makeup is often used to hide or cover up perceived imperfections … [I launched Rare Beauty] to challenge the beauty ‘norm’ by changing the conversation and celebrating what makes each of us unique.”
Selena Gomez’s skin condition mistaken for moustache
