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Woman who became a recluse after menopause-triggered eczema made her ‘look like a vampire’ praises ‘miracle’ cream cure

A woman who became reclusive after eczema caused by the menopause spread across her face making her “look like a vampire” now feels able to socialise again after finding a “miracle” cream cure. Natasha Bishop, 51, an administrator from Southampton, ...

03 Oct 2022 at 08:00

Scotland

Cancer patient plans to help others with book full of stories of hope

A businessman living with incurable cancer is working on a new book which he plans to give free to others with the disease. Kevin Donaghy, from the Scottish borders, is putting together the Book of Hope in a bid to show those who have been ...

26 Sept 2022 at 01:01

Ireland

Wheelchair-user with debilitating skin condition set for charity challenge

A wheelchair-user who has constant pain caused by a rare skin disease is to join a major challenge to help fellow sufferers. Emma Fogarty was born with EB (epidermolysis bullosa), a condition which causes her skin to blister and wound at ...

07 Aug 2022 at 16:15

Life

Does my child have psoriasis or is it just a rash?

Children get rashes for all sorts of reasons. It’s well known that if your little one gets spots or a rash that doesn’t fade when you press against it with a glass, this can be a sign of meningitis and you should go to A&E or call 999 ...

01 Aug 2022 at 09:00

Health

Support worker who never sunbathes has two aggressive skin cancer tumours removed from her face but her husband insists she is “beautiful”

A support worker who has never sunbathed but fears she will eventually lose most of her face to skin cancer after having aggressive tumours removed from beneath her eye and her cheek says her husband still insists she is “absolutely ...

07 Jun 2022 at 09:00

Health

Gran whose “bogey” was cancer fears she will “look like Freddy Krueger” after life-saving surgery to remove her face and give her a prosthetic

A grandmother whose “bogey” was an aggressive form of skin cancer is terrified that life-saving surgery to “remove” her face and replace it with a prosthetic will leave her “looking like Freddy Krueger”. When mum of three Sheila ...

18 Mar 2022 at 08:25

Health & Wellbeing

Aljaz Skorjanec: Psoriasis was hard on my mental health

When it comes to feeling your best, Aljaz Skorjanec knows there’s nothing more important than good sleep. “The first thing I did that really helped me change my sleep pattern for the better, was changing when and how I eat,” ...

20 Apr 2022 at 10:25

National News

Skin cancer warning - Irish people "burn easily and tan badly'

A sun warning has been issued with the public reminded that skin cancer is the most common cancer in Ireland. In a social media post, the HSE said: "We sometimes think Irish sun isn’t real sun, but skin cancer is actually ...

16 Apr 2022 at 13:33

National News

Skin cancer warning - Irish people "burn easily and tan badly'

14 Apr 2022 at 23:33

Body Image

Call centre worker bedbound by eczema leaving her balding and sleeping in balaclava to stop her face sticking to sheet clears it with £9 cream

A call centre operator plagued by such virulent eczema she was left balding, bedbound and slept in a balaclava to stop her oozing face from sticking to the pillow says a “life-changing” £9 cream cleared her skin ...

30 May 2022 at 09:11

Body Image

Scottish student nurse loses an incredible 7st 10lb in 10 months but is left “devastated” by folds of saggy skin and “vanished” breasts

A Scottish student nurse who lost an incredible 7st 10lb in just 10 months says she has been left “feeling devastated” by her folds of saggy skin and “vanished” breasts. Fiona Macdonald, 30, who lives in ...

06 May 2022 at 08:25

Health

Adorable baby so coated in angry red eczema she wears socks on her hands to prevent scratching is “cured overnight” by £7.99 cream

An adorable baby who was so coated in angry red eczema after being born with perfect skin that her mum made her wear socks on her hands to stop her ferocious scratching was “cured overnight” by an ...

12 Apr 2022 at 08:25

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