Billy Corgan Opens Up About The Birthmarks He’d Tried To Hide His Entire Life

If you look through pictures of Smashing Pumpkins, you’ll find that Billy Corgan is not often photographed in short sleeves. There’s a reason he tends to favor long sleeves, and it’s not just because that was part of the de facto uniform for grungy bands in the ’90s. The musician went viral last week after sharing a photo displaying the large “port wine” birthmarks on his left arm and hand, which he said he was “teased unmercifully” over as a kid. He did not expect as many peo...

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