Justin Bieber says media outlets use old pictures of him with Lyme disease to make him look sick

• Justin Bieber hit out at media outlets for using photos of him when he suffered from Lyme disease.
• On Instagram, he said that the media purposefully use these photos to make him look "not okay."
• Bieber confirmed his diagnosis of Lyme disease, which is incurable, in January last year.

Justin Bieber has taken to Instagram to call out media outlets for over-using pictures of him when he suffered badly from Lyme disease to make him appear "sick and unwell."

Bieber revealed he had Lyme disease last year, adding that he was also suffering from "a serious case" of chronic mononucleosis, or glandular fever.

Earlier this week, Bieber posted a series of Instagram stories to complain that media outlets using photos from around this time is "not right."

"I'm still in shock we are still using those photos of me, I'm telling you media wants to pick bad photos of me to make it look like I'm not okay," Bieber wrote in one story over the top of a photo of him from last year.

"There have been countless photo shoots and opportunities for media to pick up other photos but they still run with this one to make me look sick and unwell," he continued in a second story. "It's not right."

This is not the first time Bieber has complained about these photos being over-used. In an Instagram story last year, Bieber asked media organizations to stop using thesm.

"I don't know what the algorithm is for why certain photos come up, but this is so frustrating considering that I took a lot of time to get healthy and I feel as though people try to legitimately sabotage me," Bieber said.

"This was a time where I was really unhealthy. I was battling Lyme disease, right? All of the top photos are me looking dishevelled, right? I was obviously going through a tough time, but it's like, these are the photos that the media tries to run with."

In January last year, Bieber confirmed his Lyme disease diagnosis when he posted on Instagram to hit back at trolls who accused him of looking like he was taking drugs.

"While a lot of people kept saying Justin Bieber looks like s--t, on meth etc. they failed to realize I've been recently diagnosed with Lyme disease, not only that but had a serious case of chronic mono which affected my, skin, brain function, energy, and overall health," Bieber wrote in the post, which has since been deleted.

"It's been a rough couple years but getting the right treatment that will help treat this so far incurable disease and I will be back and better than ever NO CAP."