Is It Lupus?

<< Dr. Fox: Wouldn't know a forgotten 90s gem if it bit him on the arse

In the early hours of this morning at Knowledge Towers, we were watching the televisual gem that was Dr. Fox's Forgotten Nineties Gems as it reached it's tumultuous climax. At No. 2 was Seal's 'Crazy', a song that was in our opinion neither forgotten nor indeed a gem. Discussion turned to how Seal had grown his hair to cover his facial scars, scars that could have kept his rich tones out of the charts, yet several million albums later suddenly seem quite alluring to the likes of Heidi Klum. Conversation then turned, perhaps predictably avoiding such issues as talent and record sales, to how he happened upon those scars in the first place. Some causes that I've heard before were ritualistic scarring (unlikely, given that he was born and raised in Paddington), a motorbike accident and acid burns. Well, here's how it really happened:

Seal got his facial scars from a childhood bout of lupus.

That's right, lupus, George Costanza's most feared disease. Seal (yes, it is his real name) contracted discoid lupus at a young age, which caused blistering which led to the scarring. Poor fella. Discoid lupus sufferers have a 1-5% chance of developing SLE, otherwise known as full blown lupus, which can be fatal, particularly in infancy, and sounds pretty unpleasant. Seal recovered from lupus and has built a successful career (though he's been a bit quiet since Kiss From a Rose), and has won the battle for acceptance in the superficial entertainment industry, if not at the even shallower Knowledge Towers. As for Foxy's No.1? Sleeping Satellite. The man's an idiot.