Tia Mowry has suffered from eczema ever since she was a child. However, she revealed to People that the condition was misdiagnosed for years. As Tia said in a separate chat with InStyle, “I grew up with symptoms not knowing that’s what I had until I was in my mid 20s.” She also noted that a lack of representation played a major role in her delayed diagnosis.
“Eczema is definitely a chronic condition that’s very prominent within the African American community but unfortunately, there’s a huge percentage of people suffering with eczema and it actually goes underdiagnosed. And that happens to be a part of my story. I’m definitely a part of that percentage,” she told People.
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Eczema can present in different ways for different people. For her, it looked like spots concentrated around her back and her arms, but they were very itchy. Darlene Mowry took her daughter to the doctor when she was a child, worried that it could be eczema, a condition she suffers from herself. However, she was told they were sunspots, which she now knows they were not. It took years for Tia to get an answer, but she’s passionate about making sure other young Black girls don’t feel alone the way she did, so now she’s speaking out about her experience and calling out the lack of representation in the beauty industry. “When you see someone that resonates with you, or that looks like you, it makes a huge impact,” she added.
