LeAnn Rimes suffered with "chronic pain" for years due to poor dental treatment

Speaking to Flow Space magazine, she said: "I look at my pictures from that time, and my face was so different - it was just so swollen.

"Oh, it was awful. I was in chronic pain for, like, two-and-a-half years."

The Can't Fight The Moonlight singer previously revealed to her fans that she was diagnosed with high-grade dysplasia last year.

The discovery was made when a routine Pap smear

after a routine Pap smear found pre-cancerous cells in her cervix.

She decided to be candid with her social media followers to try and encourage a more honest conversation about female health.

She added: "I just feel like it's not something we talk about, and something so many women feel so much shame around.

Meanwhile, LeAnn has also sought to get rid of the stigma around perimenopause, having first experience her own symptoms in her late 30s.

The star - who takes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) - revealed: "I thought I was crazy for about two years. I was waking up at 3 a.m. all the time, and having really, really heavy anxiety."

After speaking to The Menopause Reset author and chiropractic doctor Mindy Pelz, she was encouraged to speak to her husband Eddie Cibrian about the issue.

LeAnn revealed: "She was like, 'Look, I've seen marriages literally implode over this... because no one really explains it to [men].'

"She was always telling me, 'If you're feeling something, express it to him.' And I do; I'm really vocal about it."

Eddie, 52, admitted to the outlet in an email that he is "one of the lucky ones" because of how frank his wife is about any issues.

He said: "She really committed to learning and seeking out help early on.

"We were never in a position wondering why these things were happening. We knew the why, which is a huge step for most couples."