ICONIC TV dermatologist Sandra Lee was rushed to the hospital after suffering a stroke on set, the star has revealed.

Better known as Dr. Pimple Popper, Lee has broken her silence on the terrifying health crisis.

The TV personality, who has led the cult-favorite reality show since 2018, said the stroke happened in November while she was attending to patients during filming for her Lifetime show Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out.

“It happened while I was filming the show,” Sandra told People.

“I had what I thought was a hot flash. I got super sweaty and didn’t feel like myself.”

After filming, she headed to her parents’ house.

There, her problems persisted – she felt a shooting pain in her leg and had a tough time walking down the stairs.

She noticed the symptoms were primarily affecting her left side.

“I would hold my hand out, and it would just slowly collapse,” she said.

“I noticed that I had a tough time articulating and just enunciating. I thought, ‘Am I having a stroke?’”

Sandra’s dad, also a dermatologist, urged her to go to the emergency room.

She underwent an MRI and learned that she had suffered from an ischemic stroke.

“What essentially happened is I had a part of my brain that died,” Sandra said.

After the incident, Sandra paused all filming for two months and went into recovery.

The show has been airing for 8 seasons since 2018 and this is the first known production hiatus the series has had to take.

She underwent physical therapy for “very basic things,” she said.

“I don’t like that I don’t have total control of my left hand or the grip wasn’t as strong,” she continued.

“If I feel like I’m not at my best—it’s very scary.”

She resumed filming in January, but worried about performing more intricate surgeries.

“There’s a lot of PTSD because it happened while I was filming the show,” Sandra said.

The dermatologist added that thanks to support from her staff, she was able to manage her caseload as the symptoms resolved themselves.

She said she’s opening up about her health scare to ease the stigma around strokes.

“In Asian cultures in particular they don’t tell people they’ve had a stroke because it can be seen as a sign of weakness,” Sandra said.

“I want to get the word out that if you have symptoms like I had, make sure you see your doctor. Take care of yourself.”