Spotty Spice Victoria Beckham attempts to deflect attention from her skin with a pair of tiny denim shorts

Victoria Beckham has - rather unusually - kept herself out of the spotlight for almost two weeks, and now it's clear why.

The former Spice Girl is suffering from a rather unfortunate bout of acne.

Despite her best efforts to avoid being seen in public, she was photographed skulking around Beverly Hills on Wednesday.

Breakout: Despite her best efforts to avoid being seen, Victoria Beckham was photographed in Beverly Hills on Tuesday with very spotty skin

Weapon of mass distraction: Posh wore denim cut offs in an apparent effort to deflect attention from her face

The former Spice Girl did her best to deflect attention from her spots in a pair of outrageously short denim cut-offs as she stepped out with son Cruz.

The 34-year-old has been blighted by outbreaks since she was a teenager and has gone to rather extraordinary lengths to treat her skin in recent years.

Victoria has been regularly indulging in £100 Geisha Facials, using a paste made from nightingale droppings, to combat acne she has suffered since her teens.

A friend told Closer magazine recently: 'When Victoria was in Japan recently she was admiring the local women’s clear skin and discovered it was down to these facials.

'She was intrigued and when she got back to the US she found that some New York beauty salons now offer the treatment.

'She tried it and loved how great her skin looked. She also uses a cream derived from nightingale poo at home.'

But it seems not even the most expensive - and down right bizarre - treatments are enough to starve off a dreaded breakout.

Meanwhile, Victoria is counting down to the return of her husband David from his six-month stint with AC Milan.

He will rejoin LA Galaxy on July 11, with his first match scheduled five days later.