Nara Smith Details Gruesome Eczema Flare-Up That Left Her Body 'Oozing' and 'Swollen' — and How She Found Relief in Lupus Diagnosis

Nara Smith is open about her health challenges.

The 23-year-old social media star got candid in a new Instagram post detailing her journey with eczema and eventually lupus after revealing that bad breakouts were partly the reason she started making food from scratch.

“It’s been about 3 years since my eczema started to seriously flare up,” Smith began her lengthy caption alongside a series of pictures showing off her eczema posted on Tuesday, October 10. “I just had my second child. it started as a small cracked patch of dry skin that I just moisturized and ignored.”

Her first photo in the gallery included a topless photo showing the redness on her arms, the second was a picture of Smith lying in bed, the third was a picture of her inflamed eye, and the fourth was a photo of her dry scalp – all of which she explained in her inscription.

Nara Smith Talks About Struggling With Eczema and Final Lupus Diagnosis: ‘It Made Me Reevaluate How I Eat’

Nara Smith.

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“My eczema spread quickly starting from my palms and spreading to my back, arms, scalp and eventually my face. I felt exhausted and my body was in so much pain that I couldn’t move or hold the baby for several days,” she continued.

Smith is the mother of three children: Rumble Honey, Slim Easy and Whimsy Lou. She shares them with her husband, Lucky Blue Smith, whom she married in February 2020.

“As time went on, my hair fell out in clumps and I could never get rid of that lingering cold feeling I felt in my body,” she wrote. “I spend nights researching eczema because I thought it was all I had. I drastically changed my diet (cut out grains, dairy, sugar) made food from scratch and replaced all my produce with more natural options.”

This style of cooking is what the content creator has become synonymous with since going viral on TikTok. In his videos, Smith often makes conventional dishes and desserts from scratch while explaining the process ASMR-style.

“I would go through phases of healing (never completely gone) and then flare-ups. I’ve seen more [dermatologists] and always got the same answer: severe eczema. They sent me home defeated, nobody listened to me and with a paper bag full of steroid creams,” she continued in her post.

Smith said she “struggled and [overanalyzing] everything” into her body for two years, causing her “biggest attack” which then led to “a serious infection.” She detailed, “Every part of my body was covered in inflamed skin that oozed, itched and swelled.”

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Nara Smith eczema.

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“I woke up with my eyes swollen shut and my hands not working. I stopped eating completely, I was paralyzed with fear of making things worse,” she revealed, noting that she fell into a “depressed state” that led her to seek help elsewhere.

“I boarded a flight to Germany seeking help from naturopaths, doctors and other specialists and finally got a diagnosis: Lupus,” recalled the German-South African creative model. She likened the answer to a puzzle where “all the pieces fell into place” and all her “symptoms made sense.”

She explained: “From my purple hands that were frozen, to my extreme fatigue, hair loss and sores. Now it all made sense. I was relieved to finally have an answer, but equally scared of what it meant for my life and my children.”

Smith admitted it’s been a “learning curve” for her and she’s still “learning” to adapt every day. “I’m sharing this in hopes of giving someone hope, comfort, or strength to keep pushing when things get really hard and lonely,” she concluded her post.

Nara Smith reveals that she and Lucky Blue are leaving the family home in Texas and moving to the East Coast

Nara Smith publishes a sore eye.

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The transparent Instagram post came a day after Smith gave her nearly five million followers a first look at her new, picturesque home on the East Coast. She shared glimpses of her home in Connecticut after her family officially moved from Texas.

Smith gushed about the move in the caption, writing, “This year has been filled with blessings and I’m bursting with gratitude,” adding that she “convinced Lucky to get me chickens, so I let him take the lake” when they finally decided on their the perfect home.

Lucky Blue first mentioned that he and Nara wanted to move to the East Coast in an interview with GQ back in August because it was “difficult to make friends” in the city. “It’s hard to connect with someone who isn’t in the same stage of life as you,” he told the newspaper at the time.

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