Baring it all to reveal the painful truth of endometriosis

Endometriosis is often ignored with women expected to get on with their lives — but it needs to be taken seriously, says model Hannah Devane who features in a new photographic exhibition illustrating the impact of the debilitating condition 

BODY POLITICS: Hannah Devane took part in a nude photoshoot with 17 other ‘endo warriors’, all of whom bare their scars to raise awareness of endometriosis. Picture: Ester Keate

Model, Hannah Devane, used to have to put on a brave face at work when she was in terrible pain from endometriosis, a gynaecological condition that affects up to one in 10 women and is one of the leading causes of infertility in women.

The 31-year-old Dubliner, who has been living in London for nine years, is all too aware that there are “plenty of other people ready to replace you". And so, she continued with her career, flying to Paris four times a year, despite back pain and pelvic pain, fatigue, pain when urinating, and pain on her right side and in her legs.