wears long sleeves.

And even though she looks glamorous in every single long sleeve dress, gown, and top she

wears, fans can't help but wonder why she chooses to cover up her shoulders and arms.

According to Jezebel, the "Two Doors Down" singer wears long sleeves, and sometimes even

gloves, to hide all her secret tattoos.

"I'm not really one to have, just, completely tattoos, but I do have a few."

"Okay."

"But they're not where you can see."

In 2013, Jennifer Saunders of Absolutely Fabulous fame publicly confirmed on Australian TV show

Sunday Night that Parton is covered in tattoos.

Saunders recalls the time the superstar flashed her ink in a restaurant, describing them as:

"The most beautiful angels and beautiful butterflies and baskets of flowers in pastel-colored tattoos."

Parton made Saunders promise to not tell a soul, however, Saunders went on to share the

story on TV as well as in her autobiography, Bonkers: My Life in Laughs.

During a November 2019 interview with Good Morning America, Parton confirmed that she's

partial to a butterfly or flower tattoo.

Butterflies are a recurring motif in her life, mentioned in songs and appearing on the logo

for Dollywood, Parton's Tennessee theme park.

Explaining their very special meaning, she told ABC News,

"They tell stories about me getting lost in the woods, and getting in trouble chasing

butterflies."

According to Inked, Parton has also previously admitted to Jay Leno that she has an angel

tattoo somewhere on her body and told Larry King that she doesn't have full tattoo sleeves

or anywhere near as many tattoos as people think.

"Splattered them here and there, but I'm not making a, wouldn't be a biker chick or anything."

If you take a close look at what Parton wears on the red carpet and during her shows, it's

often her upper arms that she hides most.Though the singer has never confirmed that the reason

she wears long sleeves is to cover her tattoos, she has confirmed that she originally got

tattoos to cover up her scars.

Speaking to Vanity Fair, Parton admitted,

"I don't really like to make a big to-do of [the tattoos] because people make such a big

damn deal over every little thing.

Most of the tattoos, when I first started, I was covering up some scars that I had, 'cause

I have a tendency to have keloid scar tissue, and I have a tendency where if I have any

kind of scars anywhere then they kind of have a purple tinge that I can never get rid of."

"So I started having little pastel little things to disguise things."

It sounds like wearing long sleeves is simply another way that Parton can hide her keloid

scars while keeping her tattoos personal and private, revealing them only to who she chooses,

rather than the entire world.

According to a consultant Plastic Surgeon at the British Skin Institute,

"A keloid is a type of bulky scar that develops in the skin as a result of injury, infection

or inflammation and spreads beyond the borders of the original field of skin damage.

It is essentially an area of excessive collagen deposition."

The surgeon describes them as "shiny, rubbery skin lumps" that can be very unpredictable

as they can take years to develop, and can stop and start growing at different stages

of life for no reason known to medical professionals.

As stated on the UK's National Health System website, they're most common on the upper

chest, shoulders, head, and neck.

In recent years, Parton has been very open about the fact that she has keloid scars.

While there's no need to have them removed since they're completely harmless, like most

scars, they will stay on your body for life.

If you want them treated for cosmetic reasons, the British Skin Institute recommends you

see a skin specialist or dermatologist; there's no single treatment that can remove them completely,

and the process can be quite complicated.

It's also important to understand that most people usually need to undergo multiple different

treatments, and even if successful, the keloid scars can still return.

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